Download or read book Assessment of Logistics Effectiveness for Expeditionary Units Critical Review of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command Necc Logistics Highlighting Areas of Friction Across Various Supply Processes written by U. S. Military and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this MBA project is to provide a critical review of Naval Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) logistics support processes. By tracing the MK-16 underwater breathing apparatus, a critical piece of hardware to the NECC explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) mission, through the complicated expeditionary logistics (EXLOG) supply chain, this report highlights areas of friction across various supply processes. These include inefficiencies related to IT network connectivity, redundancies in human data input processes, and shortcomings in the overall IT infrastructure, to include financial improvement and audit readiness (FIAR) compliance. Specifically, NECC inventory and logistics refers to the materials, equipment, activities, and resources needed to properly adhere to doctrine and execute required mission tasking. A review of current inventory and logistics processes provides a baseline and affords the opportunity to apply IT improvement recommendations, enabling a more robust quantitative analysis of EXLOG data. I. INTRODUCTION * A. BACKGROUND * B. RESEARCH FOCUS QUESTIONS * C. RESEARCH PLAN * D. SCOPE * E. PURPOSE AND BENEFITS * F. LIMITATIONS OF RESEARCH * G. LITERATURE REVIEW * II. NAVY EXPEDITIONARY FORCES * A. NAVY EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT COMMAND ORGANIZATION * B. NAVY EXPEDITIONARY COMBAT COMMAND MISSIONS * C. NECC DISTRIBUTION * D. NAVAL EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) * 1. EOD Group * 2. EOD Training and Evaluation Units * 3. EOD Mobile Diving and Salvage Units * 4. EOD Expeditionary Support Units * E. EOD EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT UNITS * 1. EODESU ONE * 2. EODESU TWO * 3. EODESU ONE versus EODESU TWO * III. EODESU SUPPLY * A. THE BASICS * B. SUPPLY PROCESS * 2. TOA * 3. COSAL * 4. GEAR RETURN * IV. CASE STUDY: EODESU TWO MK-16 UBA * A. MK-16 SYSTEM OVERVIEW * B. SCENARIO * 1. Pre-deployment * 2. Deployment * 3. Post-deployment * V. ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION * A. CASE ANALYSIS * 1. Data Management * 2. Audit Readiness * 3. Command Structure * 4. Modified ELO * 5. MK-16 Demand History * B. CONCLUSION * VI. RECOMMENDATIONS * A. RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS * 1. Data Management Recommendations * 2. Audit Readiness * B. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH * 1. Logistics Management Tools (IT) * 2. USMC EXLOG * 3. Prior, Unaddressed Research Recommendations

Download or read book Naval Expeditionary Logistics written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-02-09 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the request of the Chief of Naval Operations, the National Research Council (NRC) conducted a study to determine the technological requirements, operational changes, and combat service support structure necessary to land and support forces ashore under the newly evolving Navy and Marine Corps doctrine. The Committee on Naval Expeditionary Logistics, operating under the auspices of the NRC's Naval Studies Board, was appointed to (1) evaluate the packaging, sealift, and distribution network and identify critical nodes and operations that affect timely insertion of fuels, ammunition, water, medical supplies, food, vehicles, and maintenance parts and tool blocks; (2) determine specific changes required to relieve these critical nodes and support forces ashore, from assault through follow-on echelonment; and (3) present implementable changes to existing support systems, and suggest the development of innovative new systems and technologies to land and sustain dispersed units from the shoreline to 200 miles inland. In the course of its study, the committee soon learned that development of OMFTS is not yet at a stage to allow, directly, detailed answers to many of these questions. As a result, the committee addressed the questions in terms of the major logistics functions of force deployment, force sustainment, and force medical support, and the fundamental logistics issues related to each of these functions.

Download or read book Expeditionary Logistics written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Training and Evaluation Unit An Analysis of Current Operations While Searching for Training Efficiencies written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper used simulation modeling and process analysis to identify efficiencies that can be gained to improve capacity and flexibility of the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group Training and Evaluation Unit. The primary objectives were 1) capacity planning in the aggregate, and 2) increasing capacity by identifying instructor qualification process constraints. The researchers first used aggregate planning methodology and determined that demand exceeded capacity. Arena simulation software was subsequently utilized to simulate the instructor qualification process to determine average total time in the system and to extract the non-value added processes. The study found that newly assigned instructor candidates are subject to an inordinately long training period respective to their tour length to achieve qualification for cargo handling training and evaluation. Reasons for long training periods include a lack of feeder rates, inconsistent demand, and multiple qualification objectives for each instructor. The researchers determined that changing instructor qualification processes as well as adding civilian personnel to the training process, non-value added time can be drastically reduced, increasing the percentage of time that members are fully qualified for tasking during a prescribed assignment to TEU. These recommendations result in an effective increase in personnel for tasking without increasing personnel manning assignments.

Download or read book Riverine Logistics Models Increasing Combat Effectiveness in the Riverine Group written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A logistics process that subordinates all of the logistics support to a detachment and combines aspects of the models that are in place for other expeditionary forces will provide a more effective method of logistics and maintenance support. Expeditionary logistics has historically provided the naval logistician a unique challenge from the norm of supporting ships at sea, as the war fighter can be operating in varied environments, from relatively well developed infrastructures and supportive host nation governments, to more austere conditions, lacking any local support or established standard replenishment routes. The Navy Expeditionary Combat Command is currently trying to establish an effective, efficient method of logistical support for one of its newly formed subordinate commands, RIVERINE GROUP ONE (RIVGRU ONE). The Naval Special Warfare Logistics Support Unit (NSW LOGSU) and Explosive Ordinance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EOD ESU) are two constructs within the Navy providing examples of successful expeditionary logistics support. If RIVGRU ONE with its unique equipment and mission set leveraged the experience and lessons learned from NSW LOGSU and EOD ESU and formed its own version of an ESU it would improve the overall combat effectiveness of its squadrons.

Download or read book Logistics Support of Naval Expeditionary Units written by Jan Nilsen and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project is an assessment of the NAVCENT logistics system as it relates to support of naval expeditionary units such as Naval Construction Forces (NCF), Naval Special Warfare (NSW) forces, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units, and Fleet Hospitals. Based on literature from strategic management, logistics, and supply chain management, the research evaluates the existing theater logistics capabilities and the requirements of the supported expeditionary units. Due to the current world situation and availability of information, the focus is on the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) area o Responsibility (AOR). A key finding is that the NAVCENT logistics system is adequate, but inefficient. Adequacy points to the fact that the resources and capabilities are in place in theater, while the inefficiencies are explained by lack of execution. The report recommends increased integration, awareness and doctrinal understanding in order to improve the NAVCENT logistics system. Sponsorship is provided by the Naval Operational Logistics Support Center, a newly created organization that serves as the focal point for operational logistics in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Download or read book Logistics Support of Naval Expeditionary Units written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project is an assessment of the NAVCENT logistics system as it relates to support of naval expeditionary units such as Naval Construction Forces (NCF), Naval Special Warfare (NSW) forces, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units, and Fleet Hospitals. Based on literature from strategic management, logistics, and supply chain management, the research evaluates the existing theater logistics capabilities and the requirements of the supported expeditionary units. Due to the current world situation and availability of information, the focus is on the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) Area o Responsibility (AOR). A key finding is that the NAVCENT logistics system is adequate, but inefficient. Adequacy points to the fact that the resources and capabilities are in place in theater, while the inefficiencies are explained by lack of execution. The report recommends increased integration, awareness and doctrinal understanding in order to improve the NAVCENT logistics system. Sponsorship is provided by the Naval Operational Logistics Support Center, a newly created organization that serves as the focal point for operational logistics in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Download or read book Naval Research Logistics Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Logistics in the National Defense written by Henry Effingham Eccles and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Naval Expeditionary Logistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This purpose of this MBA Professional Report is to provide a portfolio for U.S. Navy logistics professionals who are members of, or whose primary function is to support U.S. naval expeditionary forces. The report will consolidate and clarify existing planning and logistics publications, guidance, instructions, and deployment procedures, and add elements of the aforementioned from other armed services and government agencies that are lacking in current U.S. Navy documents. The report will augment the Joint operational logistic planning process as it pertains to operational and tactical level planning. The report will also provide guidance based upon anecdotes and opinions of the author that are pertinent in developing unit or deployment-specific logistic support plans for U.S. naval expeditionary forces. Research was accomplished by reviewing numerous documents of military units and federal agencies whose principal responsibility is expeditionary warfare and supporting expeditionary forces. Conclusions and appendices address shortfalls in doctrine that are specific to logistics support of U.S. naval expeditionary forces and training of expeditionary logistics professionals. The appendices will consist of a boiler plate Operation Order (OPORD) that will provide a basic understanding of how to write and understand a basic order, checklists for pre-deployment preparation and deployment sustainment, and an overview of contingency contracting and host-nation support, that are all combined to crerate a working Logistics Handbook."--Page v.

Download or read book Analysis of High Speed Vessels for Seventh Fleet Logistics Support written by Naval Postgraduate Naval Postgraduate School and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commander, Logistics Group, Western Pacific (COMLOGWESTPAC) is concerned with the delivery of high priority material, ordnance, and passengers to U.S. Navy ships due to a very large operations area and limited Combat Logistics Force (CLF) assets. High-speed vessels (HSVs) may have the potential to improve the delivery of these materials when used to complement existing logistics shuttle ships. This thesis quantifies current levels of traditional naval logistics support and provides comparison to HSV-based alternatives in various scenarios. The CLF Scenario Analysis Tool (CLFSAT), a newly developed discrete event simulation model of naval logistics support, performs the analysis. Given a scenario depicting combatant movements and operations, CLFSAT provides insight into the comparative performance of different supporting naval logistics force structures. This analysis determines that HSVs can be effective logistics platforms in specific scenarios when distributing high priority material, ordnance, and stores. HSVs are very effective in small theaters with short transit distances, but for larger theaters, their effectiveness is inversely proportional to distance from the Forward Logistics Site. Regardless of theater size, HSVs show significant improvements in theater distribution of "low density, high priority" cargo, such as precision guided munitions (PGMs) or critical repair parts when customers are outside COD range.

Download or read book Seabasing and joint expeditionary logistics written by Ammy Bender and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent conflicts such as Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom highlight the logistics difficulties the United States faces by relying on foreign access and infrastructure and large supply stockpiles ashore to support expeditionary operations. The Navy's transformational vision for the future, Sea Power 21, involves Seabasing as a way to address these difficulties by projecting and sustaining joint forces globally from the sea. This study analyzes logistics flow to, within and from a Sea Base to an objective, and the architectures and systems needed to rapidly deploy and sustain a brigade-size force. Utilizing the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), this study incorporates a systems engineering framework to examine current systems, programs of record and proposed systems out to the year 2025. Several capability gaps that hamper a brigade-size force from seizing the initiative anywhere in the world within a 10-day period point to a need for dedicated lift assets, such as high-speed surface ships or lighter-than-air ships, to facilitate the rapid formation of the Sea Base. Additionally, the study identifies the need for large-payload/high-speed or load-once/direct-to- objective connector capabilities to minimize the number of at-sea transfers required to employ such a force from the Sea Base in 10 hrs. With these gaps addressed, the Joint Expeditionary Brigade is supportable from the Sea Base.

Download or read book Seabasing and Joint Expeditionary Logistics written by Amy Bender and published by . This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent conflicts such as Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom highlight the logistics difficulties the United States faces by relying on foreign access and infrastructure and large supply stockpiles ashore to support expeditionary operations. The Navy's transformational vision for the future, Sea Power 21, involves Seabasing as a way to address these difficulties by projecting and sustaining joint forces globally from the sea. This study analyzes logistics flow to, within and from a Sea Base to an objective, and the architectures and systems needed to rapidly deploy and sustain a brigade-size force. Utilizing the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS), this study incorporates a systems engineering framework to examine current systems, programs of record and proposed systems out to the year 2025. Several capability gaps that hamper a brigade-size force from seizing the initiative anywhere in the world within a 10-day period point to a need for dedicated lift assets, such as high-speed surface ships or lighter-than-air ships, to facilitate the rapid formation of the Sea Base. Additionally, the study identifies the need for large-payload/high-speed or load-once/direct-to- objective connector capabilities to minimize the number of at-sea transfers required to employ such a force from the Sea Base in 10 hrs. With these gaps addressed, the Joint Expeditionary Brigade is supportable from the Sea Base.

Download or read book Logistical Analysis of the Littoral Combat Ship LCS Operating Independently in the Pacific written by John P. Baggett and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) will be a small combatant designed to address many of the challenges facing the Navy in the 2002 Defense Planning Guidance (DPG). It will rely on newly developing mission modular technology that will allow the core component of LCS, the seaframe, to change out warfare mission packages to adapt it for different warfighting scenarios. Unlike the current combatants of the Navy, LCS will be a single-mission focused ship that will rely on still developing technology to conduct operations in one of three main areas: Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW), Mine Warfare (MIW), and Surface Warfare (SUW). Through models developed in Microsoft Excel, this thesis evaluates how speed and different fuel reserve levels impact LCS fuel consumption and endurance of the two approved versions of LCS (one by Lockheed Martin and the other by General Dynamics), analyzes the implications of these findings and other possible mission limiting factors on LCS logistics, and analyzes how the current Combat Logistics Force (CLF) force structure in the Pacific will affect the overall mission capability of the LCS. The thesis examines LCS logistical efficiency in two scenarios. For the first scenario, LCS will deploy for a MIW mission. Efficiency, during this mission, will be measured by how long LCS can conduct continuous operations before a logistic or crew fatigue constraint forces it to leave the operating area. The efficiency measure will be called operational availability (Ao). The second scenario will require LCS to perform three different humanitarian operations from a forward deployed naval base or by being detached from an underway forward deployed carrier strike group or expeditionary strike group (CSG/ESG) in the Western Pacific. Speed is one of the key attributes LCS brings to a theater. Speed has been a critical factor in getting aid to disaster areas or to injured and/or sick persons on the high seas.

Download or read book Better Management Through Logistics Research written by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Supply and Logistics) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Logistics Modernization Control of Ship to Shore Movement in Amphibious Operations Needs the Same Attention written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efforts to modernize Marine Corps' logistics processes have focused on lessons learned in Afghanistan and Iraq, but a critical node is being neglected. Corporate knowledge of amphibious operations is currently retained only within Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) and through the relationships the MEUs form during Naval Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) partnerships. While logistics modernization efforts during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) have focused on maintaining a common operational picture and supply distribution operations, the skills required to manage ship-to-shore movement in amphibious operations have atrophied. The Commandant of the Marine Corps articulated his vision for a post-OIF/OEF Marine Corps embarked with its Naval partner when stating that " ... an amphibious combat force operating from a sea base will be able to respond rapidly and win decisively." In keeping with the Commandant's intent, the current configuration of the tactical-logistical (TACLOG) group must be updated with same state of the art command and control capabilities, audio visual equipment, and information management techniques that are being used in the ground-based operating environment to facilitate C2 and information sharing during an amphibious landing and the build up of combat power ashore.

Download or read book Seven Logistics Imperatives of from the Sea written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ' ... From the Sea', the Navy and Marine Corps vision statement published in 1992, is examined from an operational logistics perspective. The four conditions that will shape the context of logistics challenges are increased demand for use of naval expeditionary forces, defense cutbacks, fewer forward logistics bases and the need to support multiple geographic CINCs or JTFs. To evaluate the goals of operational logistics two effectiveness measures are developed. Responsiveness measures whether logistics can support a wide range and scope of operations. REACH measures the where, when and duration of sustainment. Seven logistics imperatives are proposed to focus attention on vital command and staff planning matters. The fusion of intelligence, CINC staff and liaison team logistic data must form the planning basis. The precise tailoring of embarked assets will ensure the relevance of self-contained forces. Two additional imperatives stress the need for new forward bases and power projection infrastructure. Realistic training must occur to guarantee confidence between combat and logistic forces and to isolate shortfalls. The professional development of operational logistics leaders and planners must continue and, finally, seamless staff integration between naval expeditionary and CINC joint staffs is vital to best exploit the joint use of scarce logistics resources.