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Evolution of Centralized Operational Logistics

Evolution of Centralized Operational Logistics

Roney, Christine D.

Paperback

ManagementTransportation GeneralArmed Forces

ISBN10: 1288249926
ISBN13: 9781288249923
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Published: Nov 9 2012
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.19
Height: 0.11 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This monograph describes the evolution of logistics management at the operational level since the end of the Second World War. Examining the history of how the Department of Defense has organized itself at the operational level to manage logistics in conflicts over the last 50 years will allow sustainment planners to implement the optimal level of centralization in future conflicts. Since the Second World War, the American military has increasingly centralized the management of logistics in order to increase efficiency and reduce overall costs. This monograph demonstrates the increased centralization through the examination of the core logistics functions of supply, maintenance operations, and deployment and distribution during the Vietnam War, Operation DESERT STORM, and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Since World War II, the services have sought the most efficient method to sustain their forces during combat operations on multiple continents far from the industrial base. The Department of Defense has implemented varying degrees of control in the management of common user logistics since 1970, from requiring each service to be responsible for managing their own logistical requirements to centralizing the management of common user items across the services, stopping short of creating a unified logistics command. With inevitable decreases in personnel and funding in the near future and reliance on increased joint operations, it is imperative that the services implement the most efficient management method in order to support combat operations. The trend of increasing centralization of logistics management is evident in the examination of the Vietnam War, Operations DESERT STORM, and Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, but inefficiencies still exist. This monograph recommends that the Department of Defense continue to centralize its logistics management structure to increase synchronization between the services and create further efficiencies. The Department of Defense must assign res

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