Outsourcing Wholesale Logistics, A Model for Future Systems

Abstract

This essay outlines and discusses the merits of contracting wholesale logistics for Army weapon systems. The Army has acknowledged that between sixty to eighty percent of the lifecycle costs of a weapon system results from the Operations and Support costs associated with the system. This paper outlines the method to reduce those costs by providing incentives to simultaneously increase operational readiness and reduce logistics requirements of the system at both the wholesale and retail levels. In addition the concept provides the Army a viable industrial base and naturally re-capitalizes the weapon system. The essay looks at two systems, that have begun to incorporate this concept into their lifecycle support plans. The systems, ITAS and Sentinel represent a cross-section of weapon system functions. Their functions include direct fire command and control and sensing, respectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 09, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404623

Entities

People

  • Lloyd Mcdaniels

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Cost Reductions
  • Costs
  • Defense Industry
  • Deployment
  • Infrastructure
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Reliability
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control