Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from March 2003

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from March 2003

Improving depo support. (Depot Maintenance Reengineering).
March 22, 2003... DMRT has two clear objectives: improve support to the warfighter and improve financial performance. To fully support the warfighter, the deports must focus on reengineering processes to reduce flow times and increase production. The team...

Workload and production. (Special Feature).(Depot Maintenance Reengineering and Transformation)
March 22, 2003... During the review phase of Depot Maintenance Reengineering and Transformation, the Workload and Production Team found depot maintenance lacked corporate strategy and a consistent approach for implementing process improvements. The team explored...

Financial.(Depot Maintenance Activity Group)
March 22, 2003... Over the last several years, most Air Force corporate discussions pertaining to depot maintenance have focused on critical reviews of the financial woes within the Depot Maintenance Activity Group (DMAG). The Depot Maintenance Reengineering and...

Workforce.(training of depot personnel)
March 22, 2003... The workforce focus area was charged with the large task of uncovering issues hindering optimal depot maintenance performance. Over time, several events impacted the workforce, including reductions in force and closure of two depots. The...

Organizational structure.(Depot Maintenance Reengineering and Transformation)
March 22, 2003... The organizational structure of depot maintenance was not one of the original Depot Maintenance Reengineering and Transformation (DMRT) focus areas. During the review phase, several teams discovered the organizational structure was perceived as...

Infrastructure.(of the Depot Maintenance Reegineering and Transformation)
March 22, 2003... The Air Force depot maintenance physical plant occupies more than 500 facilities and nearly 16 million square feet. With such a large concentration of facilities at three locations, facility and capital equipment (referred to as infrastructure)...

Materiel support.(for depot operations)
March 22, 2003... Air Force supply and maintenance functions operate under multiple layers of policy. These policies are critical to effective support to the warfighter: they identify standard processes and procedures, define reporting requirements, and serve as...

Information technology.(for depot maintenance)
March 22, 2003... A simple physical inventory would reveal there is no shortage of information systems supporting depot maintenance. Unfortunately, these systems do not always provide timely or accurate data; do not always talk to each other; and in many cases,...

Metrics.
March 22, 2003... The Metrics Focus Team was tasked to establish a standardized set of warfighter-focused performance measures to realign depot maintenance metrics with warfighter needs and tie the measures to supply chain management and major command (MAJCOM)...

Customer-oriented leveling technique: COLT uses a marginal analysis technique to achieve the best possible objective while satisfying constraints. (Supply 2003).(Customer-Oriented Leveling Technique)
March 22, 2003... We have probably all heard it (and maybe even said it once or twice): "I would have been able to produce if only I had the parts" or "It isn't my fault the aircraft isn't on schedule, supply is out of the washers I need, and the supplier is on...

Part grouping: angioplasty for the supply chain: a part grouping system, however, effectively leverages a supply chain by arranging the production of individual items into groups that are based on common manufacturing processes. (Agile Combat Support).
March 22, 2003... Hey, loggie warfighter, your aged weapon systems are full of tired iron, you have diminishing manufacturing sources for mission critical spare parts, your industrial base is getting colder, and lead times are getting longer each day....

Agile combat support and the logistics officer: career progression: logistics is as crucial to the mission as the operator is to the weapon system. (Agile Combat Support).
March 22, 2003... Logistics is not inherently glamorous. (1) Commercials, promotions, movies, and so on are not made about logistics; they are made about the fighter pilot in a state-of-the-art aircraft, dropping bombs on target. However, logistics is an...

Supporting the fleet in the 21st century: evolutionary acquisition and logistics. (Agile Combat Support).
March 22, 2003... The New Mentality--Reality-Based and Evolutionary Acquisition The Air Force acquisition world has been turned upside down. The traditional, bureaucratic rules have been tossed aside, and a new if it isn't against the law mentality rode into...

The munitions industrial base: what can we do about it? The Air Force must change its contracting strategy. (Agile Combat Support).(Industry Overview)
March 22, 2003... In the budget world, most people think if you throw enough money at a problem it will go away. After years of neglect, the munitions industrial base is one area where simply throwing money at it will not be enough. The munitions industrial...

AFIT takes students back to the basics with its Applied Maintenance Management Concepts course. (Air Force Institute of Technology).
March 22, 2003... What Is AFIT? The Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) has two schools available for the traditional logistics career fields. One is the Graduate School of Engineering and Management in which officers, civilian equivalents, and...

Notable quotes.
March 22, 2003... Appeasement--surrender on the installment plan. --Arthur H. Vandenberg

Is your green light really red? Get the real story from your mission indicators. (Inside logistics: exploring the heart of logistics).
March 22, 2003... You know how it is. You get the same report every month, showing you a green light. Then suddenly one month, you get a red light, and everybody starts looking under rocks for an answer to where you went wrong this month. The problem is, you may...

Transforming the way the Air Force plans, deploys, and sustains robust, global communications for the warfighter.
March 22, 2003... Transformation is not a buzzword--it is a core philosophy, a penchant for innovation that has been a hallmark of Air Force tradition since the Wright brothers first took flight over Kitty Hawk. Even so, the tragic events of 11 September 2001...