March 2011
Intermediate to advanced
275 pages
7h 38m
English
Content preview from Transforming US Army Supply Chains
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Chapter 11
DoD’s materiel distribution structure has changed little since it was first put in place during the World War II era.
—“Beyond Goldwater-Nichols: U.S. Government and Defense Reform for a New Strategic Era, Phase 2 Report,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 2005
There are chinks in the aviation repair parts supply chain.
—Major General James H. Pillsbury, Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, remarks at Army Aviation Association of America Conference, April 11, 2006
The U.S. Army’s materiel enterprise is truly enormous in scale and scope. However, it is not merely the size and complexity of the supply chain that causes difficulty but rather the structure and policies within the system ...