Army Business Transformation - Next Steps

Abstract

As a follow-on to the Army Science Board 2005 Summer Study on Best Practices, the Army Science Board was tasked to identify areas where alternative approaches and application of transforming practices and policy could benefit the Army in the areas of: 1) Human Resources Management; 2) Weapon Systems, Real Property and Installation Lifecycle Management; 3) Material Supply and Service Management; and 4) Financial Management. Study activities were divided into 4 subpanels on these enumerated areas of interest. With respect to these areas, the Board was instructed to: Focus on Army processes where alternative approaches can be applied within a 2 year period; Examine "leverageable" changes in other Service/Joint processes; Designate/develop metrics to gauge performance; and, Recommend organizational changes, Return on Investment (ROl) of resource savings, implementation costs plus internal and external regulatory/statutory considerations. Major recommendations include: 1) Establish a Human Capital Development Command; 2) Develop an enterprise-wide decision support system; 3) Consolidate and lean BRAC-identified organizations prior to moving; 4) Establish a team of subject matter experts to develop a Time Defined Acquisition process for the Army; 5) Establish financial management policy, data structures and analytic capabilities to leverage the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) for support of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES), Enterprise-wide analysis and decision support tools; and 6) Improve the supply chain by a) Implementing Purchasing and Supply Chain Management and major component Performance Based Logistics (PBL), b) Establishing a policy to obtain Pre-war Obligation Authority (including surge provisions in supply contracts and resource war reserve); and c) Implementing a shared services contract process for goods and services to provide price advantages for local ordering.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA474764

Entities

Organizations

  • Army Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Financial Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).