Is There a Cheaper and Faster Way to Distribute Medical Supplies?

Abstract

For nearly a decade, the U.S. Army has been supporting combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Keeping soldiers supplied in such far-flung locations takes an enormous amount of supplies, none of which is more critical than medical supplies used daily to save soldiers lives. However, medical supplies are distributed through their own distribution system and not mixed with other things soldiers need such as rations, fuel, ammunition, and so forth. The Army is under pressure to reduce costs wherever it can, and it asked RAND Arroyo Center to find out whether consolidating medical supply distribution could be more efficient and thus less expensive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA570008

Entities

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Afghanistan
  • Combat Operations
  • Corporations
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Reductions
  • Costs
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Homeland Security
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Public Safety
  • Security
  • United States

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine