CHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is one of the largest employers in the world. It employs about 2.87 million people,1 and has a base budget of $671 billion, and a $69 billion budget for overseas contingency operations for the 2021 fiscal year.2 It also engages about 350,000 contractors.
These contractors represent the Department’s supply chain. They also present a security risk – a problem familiar to many businesses. Supply chains need to be managed to be efficient, economical and effective. One objective is to avoid single points of failure, because like a regular chain, a supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
This concept has not gone unnoticed ...
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