LESS IS MORE


SHARING COMPONENTS


The Army’s insistence on 90 percent commonality of parts for the JLTV family of vehicles, such as this one, is a major step in the right direction, the authors say, but they believe the Army could go much further and achieve commonality of parts between families of vehicles across the entire fleet. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin Corp.)


path to achieve a more agile, lethal force capable of projecting power anywhere, anytime lies in creating logistics efficiencies.


Trough the six supply chain efficiencies identified in research conducted through the MG James Wright MBA Fellowship Program, the Army will be able to decrease waste and delivery times, increase accuracy and asset utilization, and free up valu- able funding that can be applied to increasing combat power.


Tis article first appeared in the March–April 2014 issue of Army Sustainment magazine, at http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/ currentissue.html.


MAJ LINDA C. WADE is a member of the G–8 Army staff at the Pentagon. She holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary, an M.A. in procurement and acquisition management and a professional graduate certificate in government contracting from


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Webster University, and a B.A. in economics from the United States Military Academy at West Point.


CPT ADAM G. BRADFORD is a special assistant in the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army. He holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary and a B.A. in business administration from the University of Arkansas.


CPT TIMOTHY P. GIBBONS serves at the Combined Arms Sup- port Command, Fort Lee, VA. He holds an MBA from the College of William and Mary and a B.A. in enterprise management tech- nology from the University of Scranton.


CPT NATHAN D. PLATZ serves in the G–4, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord , WA. He holds an MBA from the College of Wil- liam and Mary and a B.A.in computer science from Missouri State University.


Army AL&T Magazine April–June 2015


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