Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from June 2009

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from June 2009

Logistics support analysis: business acumen involves the ability for logisticians to understand how strategies, decisions, and actions interact to impact the overall organization. Business acumen allows one to think about these interactions using the principles and tools developed for use in modern corporate practices.(Special Feature)(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... Business Acumen: What It Means to Logisticians Sea Basing: Logistical Implications for the US Army This edition of the Journal presents two featured articles: "Business Acumen: What It Means to Logisticians" and "Sea Basing: Logistical...

Business acumen: what it means to logisticians.(logistics Support Analysis)(Essay)
June 22, 2009... Introduction Faced with ever-changing missions, priorities, and resources, logisticians operating in today's complex environment must deliver sustained logistics readiness to the combatant commander (CCDR) through the coordinated use of...

Sea basing: logistical implications for the US Army.(logistics Support Analysis)(Company overview)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Predicting when and where the United States will fight future wars is a difficult task. If we were able to predict the time, place, and adversary we could design military forces prior to the outbreak of...

Contemporary issues.
June 22, 2009... What we need to look at are those systems referred to as transformational; that are going to give us an even greater capability in the future. But you cannot get the transformation if you try to do everything... you are going to have to make...

Effects-based performance: bridging the gap between fighter operations and maintenance.(contemporary issues)(Company overview)
June 22, 2009... Introduction The US Air Force has been a dominant force in warfare for almost a century. Over the course of that century, strategic thinkers have continuously reevaluated existing methods of airpower employment to discover new and innovative...

Effect of enterprise resource planning implementation on organizational productivity.(contemporary issues)
June 22, 2009... Introduction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are comprehensive packaged software solutions which aim for total integration of all business processes and functions. (1) The Center for Digital Government (CDG) (2) defines ERP as...

Challenges 21st century logistics.
June 22, 2009... Engine Safety Stock: An Opportunity to Avoid Over-Sparing Engines Safety stock is a term used by inventory specialists to describe a level of extra stock that is maintained below the cycle stock to buffer against stock outs. Safety stock...

Engine safety stock: an opportunity to avoid over-sparing engines.(Challenges: 21st Century Logistics)
June 22, 2009... Inventory management is about two things: not running out, and not having too much. Our desire to not run out, along with uncertainties in demand and supplier lead times are why we have inventory in the first place. Essentially, inventory is a...

The impact of OPTEMPO on intentions to depart the air force: does the increase of OPTEMPO cause action?(INSIDE LOGISTICS: EXPLORING THE HEART OF LOGISTICS)(operations tempo)(Essay)
June 22, 2009... Introduction Turnover, defined as the act of an employee leaving an organization, has assumed crisis proportions for many employers who struggle to retain people in their organization. (1) Because turnover costs can range from 93 percent to...

Improving Air Force enterprise logistics management tools.(Candid Voices: Views on Logistics)(Essay)
June 22, 2009... Introduction The fielding of the Integrated Logistics Support-Supply (ILS-S) Enterprise Solution-Supply (ES-S) capabilities over the past several years provided Air Force logistics managers with numerous capabilities for more effectively...

Knowledge, technology, innovation! Our continuing commitment.(AFLMA 2008: GENERATING TRANSFORMATIONAL SOLUTIONS TODAY; FOCUSING THE LOGISTICS ENTERPRISE OF THE FUTURE)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You won't find lots of fancy words in the pages that follow. As you'll soon notice, this review gets right to the point. That's part of our commitment to you--the most demanding customers in the world need to know what...

Who are we?(AFLMA 2008: your transformational, logistics studies, and analysis connection)(Air Force Logistics Management Agency)
June 22, 2009... Since its inception, the Air Force Logistics Management Agency has grown to be recognized for its excellence--excellence in providing answers to the toughest logistics problems. And thaws our focus today--tackling and solving the toughest...

The results.(AFLMA 2008: Generating Transformational Solutions Today; Focusing the Logistics Enterprise of the Future)
June 22, 2009... There are many ways to measure mission success. One of them is the count--how much did we do, how much got done, what did we complete? A second way to measure success is meeting our customers" needs. That means three things: first, understanding...

Our joint connection.(Air Force logistics Management Agency)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2008, the Air Force logistics Management Agency (AFLMA) continued to impact more than just Air Force logistics by participating in four significant Joint efforts: developing, distributing, and updating a Joint...

AFLMA in the fight: supporting transformation, analysis, and deployments.
June 22, 2009... So how did Air Force Logistics Management Agency (AFLMA) maintain its level of performance while deploying a major portion of the staff? It turns out the staff at AFLMA practices what they preach. Part of what AFLMA brings to the fight is the...

Partnerships the right team: partnering, partnerships, strategic partnerships--those are some interesting words. You've probably heard them bantered about frequently during the last few years. Likewise, you've probably seen a variety of briefs, books, pamphlets, or handouts where organizations told you about their partnerships.(AFLMA 2008)(Air Force Logistics Management Agency)
June 22, 2009... Merely identifying our daily efforts with another Air Force organization as teaming up is not our approach. Rather, we recognize partnerships as a needed tool to make things such as transformation, agile combat support (ACS), and expeditionary...

Answers: what you need: when you need it.(Air Force Logistics Management Agency)
June 22, 2009... We use a broad range of functional, analytical, and scientific expertise to produce innovative problem solutions and design new or improved concepts, methods, systems, or policies that improve peacetime readiness and build war-winning logistics...

Transforming logistics: Logistics Enterprise Architecture (LogEA).
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] LogEA is designed to be the single authoritative source of processes and systems models for Air Force logistics. It establishes the process framework, standards, and guidelines to define the environment in which future...

Air Force munitions ISO management: logistics enterprise for containers.(International Organization for Standardization)
June 22, 2009... Introduction Since inception, the Air Force munitions Afloat Prepositioned Fleet (APF) has been, and will remain a key pillar of the Department of Defense (DoD) Global Force Management and prepositioning. The Global Force Management construct...

Enterprise architecture: origins, tools, and insights.
June 22, 2009... Introduction The Air Force is continually taking measures to institutionalize enterprise architecture (EA). However, many in the Air Force have a limited concept of what an EA is, how it works, and most importantly, why it is needed. The...

Continuing the tradition.
June 22, 2009... We have all heard the phrase, "flexibility is the key to airpower," but today, never has it been so vital to supporting the Air Force. During this critical time of change and increased deployments, flexibility is the tool needed to support the...

Deployable distribution center.(Defense Logistics Agency)
June 22, 2009... The Deployable Distribution Center organization consists of two main components--a forward deployed warehouse (FDW) and a theater consolidation shipping point (TCSP). It was developed as a fully deployable organization, modular and scalable in...

Evolution of a handbook: contingency contracting: a joint handbook for the 21st Century: the development of a handbook benefits not only the Air Force, but the entire Department of Defense contracting community by synchronizing and accelerating contingency contracting transformation efforts of all four Services.
June 22, 2009... Introduction Since the invasion of Iraq and the ongoing operations against terrorism, contingency contracting operations have taken on a whole new perspective. Air Force contingency contracting officers now comprise approximately 70 percent...

Wargames, modeling, and simulation.(Realism in the Games and Exercises)
June 22, 2009... Has it been a year already? It doesn't seem possible. For the Wargame Division, the past year was extremely busy. It was also an amazinqly productive year because of an unprecedented level of teamwork and cooperation with key Air Force, Joint,...

Future modeling and simulation.(Capabilities to Enhance Logistics Wargames)
June 22, 2009... Future logistics support of wargames could be greatly enhanced through the development of a suite of integrated modeling and simulation (M&S) tools to support the logistics wargame planners. Using these tools in the preparation and execution...

A brief history of wargames.
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] US military leaders realized they needed mechanisms that would look ahead 10, 15, 20, and 25 years. This mechanism would provide assurance that the United States would remain a dominant power. Wargames were developed to...

Newest products with style and impact: relevant, informative, and insightful.
June 22, 2009... Have you noticed there seems to be a void when it comes to books or monographs that address current Air Force logistics thought, lessons from history, doctrine, and concerns? We did, and we're filling that void. Our staff produces and publishes...

Products with style and impact: relevant, informative, and insightful.
June 22, 2009... Each of our books and monographs is also available in electronic format, even when available in hard copy. All are in the portable document format (PDF) and can be viewed online or downloaded. File sizes, in some cases are very large, however....

Products with style and impact: when critical thinking really matters.(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... Each of our newest works is produced in a high-impact format that makes you want to pick it up and read it. If you're used to seeing or thinking of works dealing with logistics as colorless and dry, you'll be more than surprised with these...

Analysis connection.(Air Force Logistics Management Agency)
June 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. That is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast on nature. --Jacob Bronowski, "The Creative Mind," science and...

Analytical support: supporting EXWAREX: a win-win strategy.(exercises, wargames, and experiments)
June 22, 2009... The combat analyst is a relatively new animal. Many people do not know we exist and therefore are unaware of the benefits we bring to the table. Additionally, many analysts are either new or have not yet deployed and may not fully understand the...

Inventories for NWRM: how we spent our spring vacation.(nuclear weapons related material)
June 22, 2009... Improved accountability and the enterprise management of critical nuclear weapons related material (NWRM) assets are of paramount importance to the Air Force. The Air Force Logistics Management Agency will continue to assist the Air Force by...

Calibrate yourself: once calibrated you become a changed person: playing this trivia game will calibrate you for real. Getting better at estimating your uncertainty with these trivia questions, and pretending that you are betting on your answers, will calibrate you--that is, make you better at estimating your uncertainty in real-life situations. This is borne out by his experience.
June 22, 2009... Here is your chance to show off your knowledge of trivia, and still serve a serious purpose. The purpose is calibrating yourself. We all know how important it is to work with calibrated tools. You certainly wouldn't want to depend on an...

Becoming a combat analyst.(Essay)
June 22, 2009... The summer of 2008 brought with it a novel experience--that of being a combat analyst in the air mobility division (AMD) of the combined air and space operations center (CAOC). Prior to this deployment, I considered myself a relatively seasoned...

AFLMA facts at a glance: quick summary of AFLMA activities and results.(Air Force Logistics Managment Agency)(List)
June 22, 2009... Articles Published Journals Alice Marie Long, "Enterprise Architecture: Origins, Tools, and Insights," Air Force Journal of Logistics, Vol XXXII, No 4. Anthony F. Antoline and Steven Green, "The Basics: Smart Operations for the 21st...

Command relationships.
June 22, 2009... The Air Force Logistics Management Agency is a field operating agency reporting to the Director of Transformation, Headquarters, United States Air Force. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Building 205 history.(AFLMA News Notes: Current information about the Agency, its people, and its mission)(Air Force Logistics Management Agency)(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... What would be known as Building 205 was originally built as Kilby Prison Hospital for tubercular prisoners in the late 1930s, although it was never used as such. The cost to construct the facility was $158,688.32. In 1940, the need for...

Good Sam-helping others.(AFLMA News Notes: Current information about the Agency, its people, and its mission)(Air Force Logistics Management Agency has been assisting the Good Samaritan Ministries of Montgomery for 17 years)(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... For more than 17 years, AFLMA has assisted the Good Samaritan Ministries of Montgomery with distributing Thanksgiving food boxes. This last year, volunteers helped assemble and pass out more than 440 boxes of food to families ranging in size...

Heart of Alabama.(AFLMA Support: Combined Federal Campaign)(Air Force Logistics Management Agency)(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... The 2008 Heart of Alabama Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) proved to be a banner campaign. AFLMA continued its tradition of strong support and generosity. It surpassed the assigned unit goal with a total of $12K in pledges--199 percent of the...

Meals on wheels.(AFLMA Support: Combined Federal Campaign)(Brief article)
June 22, 2009... The Montgomery Area Council on Aging is a nonprofit organization that works through the Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA) to provide warm meals to elderly and homebound people in need. However, MOWAA thrives only through its network...

2008 annual awards.(AFLMA Focus 2008: A Closer Look at Agency Awards and Achievements)(Air Force Logistics Managment Agency)(List)
June 22, 2009... The AFLMA annual awards recognize outstanding job performance, community involvement, and civic service. The criteria for selection are demanding, and the evaluation process rigorous. The AFLMA norm is excellence, and to be selected signifies...