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9780833027733

Velocity Management: The Business Paradigm That Has Transformed U.S. Army Logistics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780833027733

  • ISBN10:

    0833027735

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-09-01
  • Publisher: Natl Book Network
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $25.00

Summary

Velocity management brings a new way of doing business to U.S. Army logistics, with a renewed focus on the army customer and a powerful approach for process improvement that cuts across three critical performance dimensions: time, quality and cost. The goal of velocity management is to reduce the need for massive logistics resources by increasing the speed and accuracy with which materials and information are delivered. Key logistics processes are defined, measured, and improved, continuously, so customers--army units in garrison and deployed worldwide--get what they need, when they need it and at minimal cost.

Table of Contents

Preface iii
Figures and Tables
vii
Summary ix
Acknowledgments xix
Glossary xxi
A Paradigm for Dramatically Improved Performance
1(16)
The Mass-Based Approach to Logistics
1(1)
Why Mass?
1(1)
The Limitations of Mass
2(2)
Replacing Mass with Velocity
4(3)
Define-Measure-Improve
7(5)
Define the Process
8(2)
Measure the Process
10(1)
Improve the Process
11(1)
Organizing for Improvement
12(2)
Organization of This Report
14(3)
Velocity Management in Action
17(14)
Defining the Order Fulfillment Process
18(2)
Measuring the Order Fulfillment Process
20(4)
Improving the Order Fulfillment Process
24(7)
Extending the Paradigm
31(16)
Optimizing the Performance of Inventories
32(9)
Improved Inventory Breadth
38(1)
Improved Inventory Depth
38(3)
Reducing Repair Times
41(2)
Improving the Quality of Financial Information
43(4)
Linking Process Improvement to Increased Equipment Readiness
47(8)
The Equipment Downtime Analyzer
48(1)
Diagnosing the Reasons Why Equipment Is Not Ready
49(3)
Putting the EDA to Work
52(3)
Sustaining the Velocity Management Initiative
55(6)
A Compelling Vision
56(1)
Assured Succession
57(1)
Institutionalized Improvement
57(1)
Speedy Reform
58(1)
Continuous Innovation
58(1)
Resources
59(2)
Coda: Velocity Management and the Transformation of the Army
61(2)
Bibliography 63(2)
About the Authors 65

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