Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from September 2002

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from September 2002

Improving spares campaign support. (Supply Support).
September 22, 2002... The genesis of spares and repair parts problems began in the early 1990s with aggressive inventory reductions deemed necessary to size inventories to match a post-Cold War national security environment and force reductions following the Persian...

Supply chain command and control. (Supply Support: Air Force Spares Campaign).
September 22, 2002... Over the years, the critical need for improving the supply chain command and control (SC C2) process for weapon system spares supportability has become more and more apparent. While many improvements have occurred as a result of lessons learned...

Demand planning in a demanding environment. (Supply Support: Air Force Spares Campaign).
September 22, 2002... The supply chain process consists of many moving parts that must come together to support customer needs. Only when these moving parts are aligned can the supply chain deliver the right product to the customer at the right time and place. The...

Advanced planning and scheduling. (Supply Support: Air Force Spares Campaign).
September 22, 2002... To capitalize on the momentum of the logistics transformation Demand Planning Pathfinder at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC), Oklahoma, an Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) Pathfinder effort was launched in February 2002....

Financial issues overview. (Supply Support: Air Force Spares Campaign).
September 22, 2002... The Spares Campaign initiatives result from months of intensive review and analysis by teams specifically tasked to identify process improvement opportunities in a number of areas, including programming and financial management. The five...

Purchasing and supply chain management. (Supply Support: Air Force Spares Campaign).
September 22, 2002... Purchasing and supply chain management (PSCM) describes a comprehensive approach that has emerged for linking supply chain management and strategic goals. Under this rubric, commercial firms apply newly defined PSCM techniques and tools to...

The most efficient organization misperception. (Views on Logistics).
September 22, 2002... So XYZ Air Force Base recently completed an A-76 cost comparison study. Five different contractors submitted proposals in hopes of winning the contract. Among them, a contracting officer chose one contractor as having the most advantageous...

Transporting munitions: a history of transporting munitions and its relevance to aerospace expeditionary forces.
September 22, 2002... The Air Force transformation to an AEF parallel the expeditionary forces of Alexander the Great, the Ottomans, Napoleon, Grant, and Guderian. Throughout history, great armies have successfully used a transportation infrastructure to create...