What they need is the right information with the right amount of detail at the right time and place. Decisionable Information Decisionable information may be as much process as product or technology. We absolutely need a common, shared battlespace picture to properly use precision forces and weapons in any situation. However, situation control is what brings success. Data bases, information and knowledge only define the situation.
Every process needs a purpose.
This process must be proactive, not reactive. If we concentrate only on received information, no matter how timely it is, we can only react. Using information to determine how we want to shape the battlespace is the only way we can properly use the ever-growing automated information environment and be proactive. This is particularly true for logistics. Clearly and irrefutably, CSS actions precede battlefield success.