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A supply chain is the network of organizations—be they military, government, or private sector—involved in creating and delivering a product or service to a customer or consumer. RAND research on the management of supply chains has focused on both the efficiency and the security of civilian and military supply chains, with reports covering freight modernization, rail capacity and security, fuel taxes, and container inspection at ports.

Commentary

Supply Chain Disruptions: The Risks and Consequences

Nov 15, 2021

With interdependence comes risk, and in the case of supply chains, these risks often are not fully appreciated. A systematic effort, cutting across agencies and public and private sectors, could be one way to ensure that vulnerabilities are understood and mitigated.
Commentary

Supply Chains Have a Cyber Problem

Jun 22, 2021

We are entering a world in which cyber disruptions easily become supply chain disruptions, and where supply chains for hardware and software create new cyber risks. Managing these will demand digital-era solutions, including updating tools, regulations, and reporting requirements.

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Report

The F100 Engine Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Demonstration: Findings from Air Force Spend Analyses

Describes spend analyses drawn from a purchasing and supply management demonstration for purchases of F100 spare parts and repair services.

Dec 6, 2006
Commentary

Securing U.S. Supply Chain

Published commentary by RAND staff:Securing U.S. Supply Chain appearing in United Press International.

Aug 29, 2005
Report

An Assessment of Air Force Data on Contract Expenditures

Assesses the adequacy and accuracy of data from the Individual Contracting Action Report form, also known as the DD350, for conducting an expenditure analysis

May 20, 2005
Report

Improving the Army’s Management of Reparable Spare Parts

Making the Army’s inventory-management and component-repair processes more efficient and responsive to customer requirements: an integrated approach.

Mar 1, 2005
Report

Sustainment of Army Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom: Battlefield Logistics and Effects on Operations

Describes how Army forces were sustained with materiel during Operation Iraqi Freedom, examines how well this support performed, and discusses the effects on operations, emphasizing the period from the start of ground combat to the fall of Baghdad.

Jan 1, 2005
Report

Dollar Cost Banding: A New Algorithm for Computing Inventory Levels for Army Supply Support Activities

Describes the development and implementation of dollar cost banding, a new algorithm for computing inventories maintained by Army supply support activities (SSAs).

Sep 2, 2004
Report

Organizational Concepts for Purchasing and Supply Management Implementation

This report presents a construct for reorganizing Air Force acquisition and purchasing activities by implementing purchasing and supply management.

Aug 11, 2004
Report

Dollars and Sense: A Process Improvement Approach to Logistics Financial Management

This report documents analysis conducted in support of the Velocity Management Financial Management Process Improvement Team.

Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article

Estimating Spares Requirements for Space Station Freedom: Using the M-SPARE Model

In this guide, we describe the M-SPARE methodology, operation, and analytical capabilities.

Jul 1, 1993
Report

An Analysis of Military and Commercial Microelectronics: Has DoD's R&D Funding Had the Desired Effect?

Analyzes commercial and military integrated circuits (ICs) to evaluate the efficacy of the military research and development (R&D) strategy during the 1980s.

Jan 1, 1991
Report

The (s-1,s) Inventory Policy Under Compound Poisson Demand: A Theory of Recoverable Item Stockage

This report presents a mathematical foundation for a new approach to setting stock levels on recoverable items; namely, to calculate by item the steady state probabilities for the number of units in resupply (or repair).

Mar 1, 1966
Report

Systems Analysis and Supply Management

A discussion of supply management problems from the viewpoint of systems analysis. Supply management is systems management.

Apr 1, 1964
Report

Dynamic Modeling of Inventories Subject to Obsolescence

The models discussed in this paper are concerned with optimization of ordering and disposal decisions, leading to policies of the (s,S) type, incorporating specific elements descriptive of the uncertainty of future demand for the particular item.

Jan 1, 1963
Report

Logistics research and management science

A discussion of the many useful contributions made to the management of the logistics system of the United States Air Force through the application of research techniques. In particular, the author describes the broad nature of the military environme...

Dec 31, 1958
Report

Laboratory Evaluation of Supply and Procurement Policies: The First Experiment of the Logistics Systems Laboratory

A description of Laboratory Problem I (LP-I), the first large-scale logistics simulation performed in RAND'S Logistics Systems Laboratory to evaluate a set of proposed supply policies and procedures.

Aug 9, 1958
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Jonathan Balk

Research Assistant
Education B.S. in aerospace engineering, University of California-Los Angeles
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Bryan Boling

Engineer
Education Ph.D. in aerospace engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; MSc in aerospace engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; BS in mechanical engineering, University of California, Berkeley
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Elliott Brennan

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education B.A. in English, Yale University
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Monika Cooper

Senior Technical Analyst; Combatant Commands & NATO Liaison, RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD)
Education Doctorate Business Administration (In Progress) in business administration, cultural intelligence, University of Maryland, Global; MBA in economics, finance, Bellevue University; Bachelor of Science in international business management, Bellevue University; Undergrad Studies in psychology, modern languages, Creighton University
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Endy M. Daehner

Director of Operations, Global Research Talent, Senior Physical Scientist
Education B.A. in human biology, Stanford University; Ph.D. in chemistry, California Institute of Technology

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