Sourcing and Global Distribution of Medical Supplies
Abstract
Concerned with rising Department of Defense (DoD) costs, the Office of the Secretary of
Defense (OSD) directed the military medical logistics community to explore opportunities to
gain efficiency without sacrificing capability. Since RAND had researched military medical
logistics efficiencies in a prior study,1 the military services and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
asked RAND to identify efficiencies in the global military medical logistics enterprise. We
designed a study that would investigate such logistics efficiencies in purchasing power and
information technology; based on our prior research, we included warehousing and distribution
in the study as opportunities for efficiency. Because DoD has adopted the commercial Prime
Vendor (PV) model for sourcing and distributing medical materiel to medical treatment facilities
(MTFs) inside the United States in a system that is understood to be quite efficient, we focused
on supply of medical materiel to military organizations outside the continental United States
(OCONUS). The military maintains a significant role in supplying such materiel to these
organizations and at significant cost.
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