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Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom : major findings and recommendations /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peltz, Eric, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2005.
Subjects:
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Equipment and supplies.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Logistics.
Military supplies.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Sustainment of army units in OIF
  • Sustainment performance in OIF
  • A joint supply chain vision
  • The OIF supply chain
  • Organization of this report
  • Tactical supply operations
  • A few basic Army inventory metrics and terms
  • Prepositioned ASL breadth: did the Army preposition the right parts?
  • ASLs deployed from CONUS had better part mixes
  • ASLs were quickly depleted
  • Part ordering during combat operations
  • Recommendations
  • Theater distribution
  • Insufficient cargo truck capacity during major combat operations
  • Divisional adaptation to shortfalls in cargo truck capacity
  • Supply levels during combat operations
  • Fuel supplies remained robust
  • The pause in the advance at objective RAMS
  • Recommendations
  • Strategic distribution
  • Air shipment performance
  • The sources of delays for CCP-built pallets
  • Load consolidation
  • CONUS distribution center/CCP capacity
  • Recommendations
  • National- and theater-level inventory
  • Backorder rate for Army-managed items
  • Air shipping costs
  • Army prepositioned sustainment stocks
  • Determining and resourcing national-level requirements for spare parts
  • Recommendations
  • Command and control
  • Limited situational awareness during combat operations
  • The monitoring and control of processes
  • Recommendations
  • Implications for the future
  • Toward the future force
  • Improving the logistics system for current and future forces
  • A logistics system that has transformed in concept but is still in transition
  • Appendix A. Outline of recommendations
  • Appendix B. Key Terms.