The Army Material Requirements Generation Process: A Process in Need of Change

Abstract

The Army has failed to transform the materiel requirements determination process during the post-Cold War drawdown. A series of evolutionary changes to the process has resulted in a dysfunctional system that is overly complicated, duplicative and executed by an understaffed workforce. As a result, the intent of the Chief of Staff of the Army to transform the Army is hamstrung by a non-responsive system. This paper reviews the current process and its origins. The system is then compared to the system required to support a transforming Army in a period of great technological and doctrinal change. A proposal for a transformed system is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415080

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  • Harold J. Greene

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  • United States Army War College

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