Assessment of Logistics improvements made by Department of Defense reinvention laboratories
By: Todd M. Jenkins
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) 
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Description: This thesis examines the logistics accomplishments of Reinvention Laboratories in attempting to improve      business practices within the Department of Defense. It documents five cases in which over $342 million in      annual savings were achieved to show The potential of continuous improvement. It also provides      recommendations for further research and for investment of resources to permit DoD logistics organizations to      obtain greater savings. This thesis provides a tool and a knowledge base useful to existing and new Reinvention      Labs. Through review of the lessons learned and study of the barriers to success, it is hoped that avoidance of      the many pitfalls encountered with implementing change can be avoided. Through Business Process      Reengineering (BPR) and the entrepreneurial spirit, DoD can transform its large and inefficient logistics      organizations into more flexible, effective, streamlined institutions capable of rapidly adapting to the changing      needs of the Armed Services. This thesis illustrates how DoD, through the resource savings in Reengineering      and Reinvention, can generate finding to invest in modernization to prepare for the missions identified in the      DoD's template for the future Joint Vision 2010.
Notes: "December 1997."

Thesis advisor(s): Lawrence R. Jones.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166)

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