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National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
War Experience Provides Rationale For Marine Corps Logistics Reform U.S. Marines in Iraq generally are having an easier time managing and distributing battlefield supplies than they did during the early phases of the conflict more than a year ago.  |
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Digital Age Logistics Systems Still No Panacea for Troops Providing essential supplies and services to troops on the front lines ranks increasingly consumes larger bites of the Pentagon's half-trillion-dollar annual budget.  |
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Army Ponders Formation Of Expert Logistics Units As the U.S. Army reorganizes from a division- to a brigade-based combat force, it also intends to change the way it delivers supplies and logistics support to the front lines.  |
CFO September 1, 2002 Edward Teach |
Working on the Chain With profits down and perils up, companies are focusing on supply-chain management.  |
National Defense February 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Marine Corps Faces Gap in Ground Tactical Vehicles Officials say the Corps needs billions of dollars to repair and replace battle-worn vehicles and to modernize its fleet with humvee-like trucks with V-shaped hulls to offer better protection from roadside bombs.  |
National Defense January 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Weighed Down by Heavy Hardware, Marine Brigades Go on a Diet The idea that marine units are becoming so weighed down by equipment they are beginning to resemble the Army has been an irritant to Marine Corps' senior leaders for several years.  |
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Marine Corps Procurement Forecast Clouded by Bleak Budget Projections Equipment buys in the near term will focus on technologies to defeat improvised explosive devices and on protective systems for troops and vehicles.  |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Robert Kiyosaki |
Even Steven A balance between supply and demand is essential to your company's well-being.  |
Bank Technology News December 2007 Robert J. Bernabucci |
Unlocking the Value in Supply Chain Finance Globalization is driving a growing interest in global supply chain finance.  |
National Defense October 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marines Seek `Combat Tactical Vehicle' to Replace Humvees The Marine Corps intends to replace its fleet of more than 20,000 Humvee trucks with larger, sturdier vehicles that are better suited to the rigors of combat.  |
National Defense January 2007 Grace Jean |
Marine Corps' Vision for the Future Requires More Training, Technology Beginning this month, the Marine Corps will start testing a new war-fighting concept aimed at countering unconventional enemies. The technologies that would support it, however, are lagging, officials said.  |
National Defense December 2004 Michael Peck |
Marines Unveiling Two New Games The Marine Corps is adapting two commercial video games---one a first-person-shooter and the other a platoon level strategy game---for training purposes.  |
National Defense June 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Battlefield Logistics: Color It `Purple' As pressure intensifies at the Defense Department to improve logistics support to U.S. troops in the field, decision makers within the military services, Joint staff and combatant commands are stepping up efforts to fix immediate problems and try to develop long-term solutions.  |
Food Processing August 2010 |
Logistics Q&A: Why do CEOs of midsized companies need to be concerned about supply chain management? A new series focusing on plant operations and logistics.  |
National Defense April 2006 Claude V. Christianson |
Joint Logistics: A Personal Perspective We have an opportunity to significantly advance our systems, processes and organizations to improve support for the joint force commander -- and we must seize it, says this Army Lt. Gen. and director for logistics on the Joint Staff.  |
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Dept. Begins New Effort to Better Track Military Supplies The Defense Department expects to unveil this month its latest plan to improve the management and distribution of combat supplies, repair parts and materials that make up the Pentagon's $162 billion logistics chain.  |
National Defense December 2012 Thomas A. Benes |
Navy, Marine Corps Rethink Expeditionary Warfare Expeditionary warfare is evolving to meet the demands of a future beyond the Iraq-Afghanistan conflicts. The Navy is rebalancing its forward deployment posture, and the Marine Corps is in transition from land-centric warfare.  |
National Defense March 2013 Dan Parsons |
Marine Corps Struggles With Sea-Based Supply Lines Modern ship-to-shore invasions rely on smaller forces that wade ashore then draw supplies and ammunition from a ship. A large portion of the force, including leadership, has little experience with "ship-to-objective" scenarios where supplies and command and control remain at sea.  |
National Defense March 2015 Sandra Erwin |
Defense Logistics: Too Much Unwanted Inventory, Not Enough of What Is Needed The Defense Department has stocks of supplies the military doesn't use and sometimes not enough of what it really needs.  |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2007 |
Viewpoint -- Technology Enables Supply Chain Innovation At Sun Sun Microsystems uses a "one-touch" supply chain.  |
National Defense July 2004 Harold Kennedy |
Services Need to Share Logistics Information The lack of accurate information about supply requirements, shipments and deliveries has hurt military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Learning how to fix those information gaps is one of the most important lessons of the war.  |
National Defense April 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Marines Struggle to Begin Rebuilding Force in `07 The Marine Corps is requesting a budget of $18.2 billion, but only a fraction of that will go to buy new equipment. The Corps will need nearly $10 billion in additional funds to help the service begin to recover from the Iraq war and reorganize for an extended campaign against terrorism.  |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon |
The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.  |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2007 David Blanchard |
Warehousing Costs Challenge Inventory Strategies Retailers' just-in-time demands are forcing manufacturers to spend more on logistics.  |
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Marine Corps Prepares For Budget Cuts and Uncertain Future Marine officials say that the force in the coming decades will be just as busy, but it will have to do the job with fewer resources.  |
National Defense July 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Washington Pulse Army Nearing Breaking Point... Third Rotation Into Iraq Begins in September... War Stress Mounting in the Marine Corps... `Security of Supply' Treaties Exclude Vaccines, Fuel...  |
National Defense July 2010 |
Marines Get Their Own Version of the iPod Touch Troops have used the Touch, among other things, as a translation device or as a means to display mission data or biometrics information.  |
National Defense April 2008 Grace V. Jean |
Industry-Military Collaborations Necessary to Reset Fatigued Force At the end of the war, trucks and tanks need to be revamped to prepare for the next war.  |
National Defense September 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Marines buying powerful telescopes for every rifleman in fighting units The total number soon will surpass 600,000, said the program manager for optics and non-lethal systems at Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Va.  |
Inc. May 2004 Nicole Gull |
Managing on the Front Lines What the Marine Corps has learned about management from the Iraq War.  |
HBS Working Knowledge March 7, 2005 Jonathan Byrnes |
Achieving Supply Chain Productivity More than anything else, supply chain productivity requires that supply chain managers become experts at knowledge generation and change management.  |
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Leathernecks Sharpen Focus on Cultural Awareness The Marine Corps has launched an effort to improve the ability of its troops to cope with the complex cultural issues that they are encountering in anti-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.  |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Managing Supply Chains: What the Military Can Teach Business (and Vice Versa) In reality, both worlds have an opportunity to learn from each other's mistakes and successes.  |
National Defense January 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Roche: Good Upkeep May Not Be Enough to Keep Air Force Flying The Air Force will continue to struggle to keep the fleet in war-ready shape, despite advances in logistics and maintenance, said James Roche, outgoing Air Force secretary.  |
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean |
Small Unit Leaders Need Better Training Marine Corps planners have begun a series of combat experiments designed to sharpen the skills of dismounted troops.  |
National Defense September 2007 Grace Jean |
Marines Turn Attention to Traditional Skills Traditional Marine Corps missions -- such as launching attacks from the sea -- are being neglected as units prepare for urban combat, and officials worry that important skills are eroding.  |
National Defense January 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Logistics Reforms Aim to Fix Supply Bottlenecks A team of logistics experts from the U.S. Transportation Command and other agencies will be heading to Iraq this month, in an attempt to break long-standing logjams in the distribution of supplies to forward-deployed units.  |
IndustryWeek April 15, 2009 David Blanchard |
Short-Term Strategies Are in Vogue in 2009 Cost management projects supersede long-term IT implementations.  |
Food Processing September 2010 |
Logistics Q&A: How Technology Has Changed Logistics An ask-the-expert series focusing on food plant operations and logistics.  |
National Defense January 2014 Dan Parsons |
Budgets Permitting, Marines Could Be Fighting Alongside Robots by 2020s Within five years, Marines could head into battle alongside autonomous robotic trucks carrying water, ammunition and other gear.  |
IndustryWeek May 16, 2012 David Blanchard |
Lenovo Can See More Clearly in the Cloud PC manufacturer gains visibility into its supply chain via cloud-based system.  |
National Defense June 2009 Robert H. Williams |
Hollywood Set Designers Develop New Marine Simulator A nearly 10-year effort involving Hollywood set designers and military virtual-reality experts has yielded a remarkably convincing simulator for familiarizing Marine Corps troops with their combat equipment.  |
National Defense March 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Corps' Trainers Target `Ungoverned' Areas of World The first element of the Marine Corps' new special-operations command already is scrambling to tackle its mission to help prepare the soldiers of under-developed nations to defend themselves against terrorists.  |
National Defense October 2009 Sandra I. Erwin |
Soldiers' Backpacks Not Likely to Get Any Lighter While most military gear has become lighter over the years, essentials such as food, water, and ammunition still weight soldiers down.  |
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz |
Supply Chain Security's Added Benefit According to some manufacturers, supply chain security doesn't have to be considered a cost burden.  |
National Defense March 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Army, Marine Corps Face Pitfalls When it Comes to Modernizing Equipment As budgets tighten and the military reduces ground forces, the Marine Corps' failed attempt to field the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle may serve as a case study for those hoping to modernize military equipment.  |
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin |
Marine Corps Not Yet Ready To Shake Its Persecution Complex Defense Secretary Robert Gates made it official: The Marine Corps is not going to turn into a "second Army," nor will it have to give up its distinctive role as the nation's 911 force. Regrowing its amphibious roots after a decade of landlocked war has become a cri de coeur for the Corps.  |
National Defense June 2014 Dan Parsons |
Marines Prepare Modular Force for Future Rife With Conflict Despite a dozen years of combat operations coming to a close, the next decade likely will provide no rest for the war-weary Marine Corps.  |
National Defense January 2016 Jon Harper |
Marine Corps Develops Equipment Wish List The Marine Corps is looking for new capabilities as it prepares to return to its amphibious roots and operate in more challenging environments.  |
National Defense July 2014 Dan Parsons |
Nonlethal Weapons Could Gain Ground in Future Missions Nonlethal weapons are tailor-made for many of the potential scenarios Marines will encounter in unsettled regions of the world where firing live rounds could spark major conflict.  |