Sustainment of Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Subtitle: major findings and recommendations
By: Eric Peltz ... [et al.].
Contributors: Peltz, Eric, 1968-
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Equipment and supplies.; Iraq War, 2003- -- Logistics.; Military supplies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Sustainment of army units in OIF; title: Sustainment performance in OIF; title: A joint supply chain vision; title: The OIF supply chain; title: Organization of this report; title: Tactical supply operations; title: A few basic army inventory metrics and terms; title: Prepositioned ASL breadth: did the army preposition the right parts?; title: ASLs deployed from CONUS had better part mixes; title: ASLs were quickly depleted; title: Part ordering during combat operations; title: Recommendations; title: Theater distribution; title: Insufficient cargo truck capacity during major combat operations; title: Divisional adaptation to shortfalls in cargo truck capacity; title: Supply levels during combat operations; title: Fuel supplies remained robust; title: The pause in the advance at objective rams; title: Recommendations; title: Strategic distribution; title: Air shipment performance; title: The sources of delays for CCP-built pallets; title: Load consolidation; title: CONUS distribution center/CCP capacity; title: Recommendations; title: National and theater level inventory; title: Backorder rate for army-managed items; title: Air shipping costs; title: Army prepositioned sustainment stocks; title: Determining and resourcing national-level requirements for spare parts; title: Recommendations; title: Command and control; title: Limited situational awareness during combat operations; title: The monitoring and control of processes; title: Recommendations; title: Implications for the future; title: Toward the future force; title: Improving the logistics system for current and future forces; title: A logistics system that has transformed in concept but is still in transition; title: Appendix a: outline of recommendations; title: Tactical supply; title: Theater distribution; title: Strategic distribution; title: National and theater-level supply; title: Command and control; title: Overarching recommendations.