Title: Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom : major findings and recommendations /
Authors: Peltz, Eric, 1968-; Rand Corporation.
Publisher: RAND,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003-2011 Equipment and supplies.; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Logistics.; Military supplies.
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 -- Tactical supply -- Theater distribution -- Strategic distribution -- National and theater-level supply -- Command and control -- Overarching recommendations.5