Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from March 2005

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from March 2005

Funding and purchasing logistics: Centralize Purchasing Power: Why Air Force Leadership Should Care: Funding Support: Capabilities-Based Programming.
March 22, 2005... This edition begins with "Centralize Purchasing Power: Why Air Force Leadership Should Care." In this illustrative piece the authors make a number of valid points. Meaningful institutional change toward centralized purchasing fundamentally can...

Centralized purchasing power: why Air Force leadership should care.(Special Feature)(Cover Story)
March 22, 2005... Introduction Ten years ago when IBM and its procurement competitors were vertically integrated, procurement was not mission critical. It was doing tactical buying. Today procurement is strategic. Buying professionals went from being...

Funding support: capabilities-based programming.(Cover Story)
March 22, 2005... Introduction If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone. --Anonymous Logistics leaders are charged with organizing, training, and equipping units under their command. Of these three duties, organizing...

Notable quotes.(Lucien Truscott)(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... Character is what you are. Reputation is what others think you are. The reason that some fail to climb the ladder of success, or of leadership if you want to call it that, is that there is a difference between reputation and character. The two...

Contemporary issues: comparing EPR Supply-Chain Management Solutions: although the Department of Defense (DoD) has made great strides in improving the visibility of its cargo and equipment since the days of Operation Desert Storm, the DoD continues to struggle with providing efficient and effective intransit visibility (ITV) to the warfighters.
March 22, 2005... In "Comparing EPR Supply-Chain Management Solutions" the authors identify commercially available ERP-based logistics software packages and determine whether they are capable of providing the same functionality as the two Air Force...

The defeat of the south railroads and wagons: Confederate States Army generals grasped the railroad as a novel panacea for the difficulties of war.
March 22, 2005... While railroads and wagons needed to be, they were not regarded by the Southern higher direction of the War Between the States (the Rebellion) as an integrated mechanism upon which victory in modern war depended. The nature of the Southern...

Notable quotes.(Lessons from History)
March 22, 2005... A flock of sheep led by a lion will prevail over a herd of lions led by a sheep. --Ancient Fable

Candid voices: sure it is effective, but is it suitable?(avionics system)
March 22, 2005... Introduction Sure, your weapon or avionics system may be operationally effective, but is it operationally suitable? Is it reliable, maintainable, and available when a maintainer or operator needs it to be? These are questions the...

Agile combat support: linking support and logistics to operations.
March 22, 2005... Proper Planning If you have been around logistics for any length of time, you are probably familiar with the seven Ps of planning. Succinctly, the seven Ps state that proper planning prevents poor performance. (If you caught that only six...

Smarter not harder: improving the wheel and tire buildup process.(INSIDE LOGISTICS: EXPLORING THE HEART OF LOGISTICS)
March 22, 2005... The men and women of the 62d Maintenance Squadron Wheel and Tire (W/T) Section at McChord AFB, Washington, working hand in hand with the Flight Support Section of the 62d Logistics Readiness Squadron, have developed and implemented a textbook...

High-altitude intercontinental precision airdrop: a revolution in mobility affairs.(Could AMC Learn from the B-2 PGM Model?)(precision-guided munitions)
March 22, 2005... The union of precision-guided munitions (PGM) and stealth technology has brought about a revolution in military affairs that has affected the way we conduct warfare dramatically. In a recent visit to Dover AFB, Delaware, Secretary of the Air...

An alternative vision for CBM+ for the Air Force.(Air Force Institute of Technology)(Condition-Based Maintenance Plus)
March 22, 2005... A review of the Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) Web site(1) and the Air Force plan to implement it has sparked a careful appraisal of the implementing strategies. Having a clear strategy and metric to achieve the present CBM+ vision is...