Chapter 6
Operational Mission and Training Demand Stage
We must operationally link logistics support to maneuver in order to produce desired operational outcomes.
—General Peter J. Schoomaker, chief of staff, U.S. Army
Good demand forecasting is the most important thing in controlling the level of inventory.
—Jim Erdman, senior vice president, Penske Logistics
What is surprising is not the magnitude of our forecast errors, but our absence of awareness of it.
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, from The Black Swan
Figure 14. Mission demand stage.
Our military strategy is evolving from the Cold War’s “threat-based” force-planning concept, which was ...
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