Commercial Practices as Applied to Total Asset Visibility

Abstract

This document provides an overview of the military's objective for their Joint Total Asset Visibility (JTAV) 2020 program. In addition, this document reviews the current supply chain of the Air Force and attempts to identify areas of improvement and makes recommendations as to how specific areas of the supply chain might be enhanced through current commercial practices and technology regarding asset visibility. Extensive research has been reported in the fields of Automatic Identification (Auto-ID) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) along with other current commercial practices and technology involving asset visibility. RFID combined with an effective database system will give the Air Force complete visibility into its supply chain. The Air Force will have the ability to locate materiel anywhere in the world in real time. It is recommended that the Air Force adopt RFID tags and readers throughout the supply chain that interface with the database system described above.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA447723

Entities

People

  • Justin Chimka
  • Michael Greiner
  • Scott J. Mason
  • Thomas Yeung

Organizations

  • University of Arkansas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.