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Recent Large Service Acquisitions in the Department of Defenseby Frank Camm; Irv Blickstein; Jose Venzor
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95New approaches to the acquisition of services and the related policy issues in which the Office of the Secretary of Defense is likely to become involved. Six case studies, representing a range of new approaches used to identify policy issues in which OSD is likely to become involved, relevant to large service acquisitions. more...
Environmental Management in Proactive Commercial Firmsby Frank Camm
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This study focuses on how commercial firms recognized as having the best environmental management practices in the USA, have implemented those practices, specifically addressing those relevant to the Department of Defense's central logistics activities. more...
Diagnosing the Army's Equipment Readinessby Eric Peltz
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95To keep its equipment ready to fight, the Army needs metrics that portray its condition both in the motor pool and during missions. This work provides an integrated set of metrics that tie equipment sustainment and reliability to equipment readiness. more...
Dollar Cost Bandingby Ken Girardini
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95When Army equipment fails, its timely repair depends critically on the availability of needed spare parts. This monograph describes the development and implementation of dollar cost banding (DCB), a new algorithm for computing spare parts inventories maintained by Army supply support activities (SSAs). DCB has been used to expand the breadth of deployable inventories, producing immediate and significant gains in performance at little or no additional inventory cost and without sacrificing mobility. more...
Right Price, Fair Creditby Ellen M. Pint; Marygail K. Brauner; John R. Bondanella; Daniel A. Relles; Paul Steinberg
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95A discussion of how prices and credits for spare parts affect the behaviour of logistics customers and suppliers. It explores how they could be modified to improve the performance of the US Army logistics system as a whole. more...
Velocity Managementby John Dumond
RAND Corporation 2000; US$ 9.95This work states that Velocity Management has brought a new way of doing business to US Army logistics, with a renewed focus on the Army customer and an approach for process improvement that cuts across three critical performance dimensions: time, quality, and cost. more...
Implementing Proactive Environmental Managementby Frank Camm; Jeffrey Drezner; Beth E. Lachman; Susan A Resetar
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work analyses how firms have applied proactive approaches in areas of environmental management relevant to: weapon system design; management of environmental cleanup; and other areas. It then draws implications for the US Department of Defense's environmental management efforts in these areas. more...
Assessing the Personal Financial Problems of Junior Enlisted Personnelby Richard Buddin; D. Phuong Do
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95Financial problems are widespread among young enlisted personnel in the US military. This report shows that young military members are more prone to problems paying bills than their civilian counterparts. more...
The Strategic Distribution System in Support of Operation Enduring Freedomby Marc L. Robbins; Patricia Boren; Kristin Leuschner
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Explores the multistranded story of the Strategic Distribution program, discussing why a significant change was needed in Defense distribution, how Strategic Distribution sought to transform the system, and how well that system met the challenge of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. more...
A Look at Cash Compensation for Active-duty Military Personnelby Beth J. Asch; James Hosek; Craig W. Martin
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95Retaining high-quality personnel is a priority for the US armed forces. To do so, the military must compensate its service members adequately. This work examines all forms of cash pay, with attention to special and incentive payment. more...









