文档介绍：FORETHOUGHT AFTER ACTION REVIEW
Speed Kills
Supply Chain Lessons from the War in Iraq
by Diane K. Morales and Steve Geary
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FORETHOUGHT AFTER ACTION REVIEW
Speed Kills
Supply Chain Lessons from the War in Iraq
by Diane K. Morales and Steve Geary
Every seasoned leader knows that even the the theater on civilian transport.
most brilliant strategy is only as good as its ex- We also teamed with vendors to ensure that
ecution. Battle plans that seem full of promise vital weapons systems were supported effi-
on the whiteboard can be undone in the field ciently. For example, we struck performance-
by clumsy operations or a missing link in the based logistics agreements for the F18 aircraft
supply chain. This was the fear in some quar- and the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar
ters last March when . general Tommy R. System (JSTARS). The goal was to move away
Franks outlined the attack plans for Operation from paying mercial contractors that
Iraqi Freedom. supported these systems on a per-repair basis.
Under conventional military doctrine, Instead, we made their pay contingent on
Franks would have sent more than a quarter overall system availability—or as we call it,
million soldiers marching through the Euph- “power by the hour.” The planes and systems
rates Valley, supported by a mountain of maté- that operated under these c