Military supply chain management


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Military supply chain management is a cross-functional approach to procuring, producing and delivering products and services. The broad management scope includes sub-suppliers, suppliers, internal information and funds flow.[1]

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Supply

A supply is the procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies. The producer phase of a military supply extends from determination of procurement schedules to acceptance of finished supplies by the military services. The consumer phase of a military supply extends from receipt of finished supplies by the military services through issue for use or consumption.[2]

Supply chain

The supply chain is the linked activities associated with providing material from a raw material stage to an end user as a finished good.[3] Supply control is the process by which an item of supply is controlled within the supply system, including requisitioning, receipt, storage, stock control, shipment, disposition, identification, and accounting.[4] The supply point is a location where supplies, services and materiels are located and issued. These locations are temporary and mobile, normally being occupied for up to 72 hours.[5]

Logistics

Main article: Military logistics

Military logistics is the science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of armed forces. In its most comprehensive sense, those aspects of military operations that deal with: a. design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; b. movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel; c. acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation and disposition of facilities; and d. acquisition or furnishing of services. [6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms – Supply Chain Management
  2. ^ DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms – Supply
  3. ^ DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - Supply Chain
  4. ^ DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - Supply Control
  5. ^ DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - Supply Point
  6. ^ DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - Logistics

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