Reports and Technical Reports
Optimizing Resources of United States Navy for Humanitarian Operations
(2014-08-26); NPS-LM-14-180
The United States Navy (USN) can rapidly respond to disasters due to high
levels of readiness that are maintained on a constant basis The USN’s unique
capabilities allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to engage in ...
Issues and Challenges in Self-Sustaining Response Supply Chains
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-04-01); NPS-LM-13-C10P05R06-064
The research presented in this report was supported by the Acquisition Research Program of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School. To request defense acquisition research, to become ...
Fully-Burdened Cost of Supply in Self-Sustaining Logistics Networks
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-04-01); NPS-LM-13-C10P05R01-059
The research presented in this report was supported by the Acquisition Research Program of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School. To request defense acquisition research, to become ...
Capabilities and Competencies in Humanitarian Operations
(2012-06-18); NPS-AM-12-175
This research explores the core capabilities of the U.S. military as well as of non-military organizations through the lens of the disaster response life cycle. Disasters and war share several attributes, such as the ...
Strategies for Logistics in Case of a Natural Disaster
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-09-28); NPS-LM-11-188
The need to effectively and efficiently provide emergency supplies and services is increasing all over the world. We investigate four policy options''prepositioning supplemental resources, preemptive as well as phased ...
When Disaster Strikes: Is Logistics and Contracting Support Ready?
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011-09-27); NPS-LM-11-185
Recent crisis responses, including the Department of Defense (DoD) and the United States (U.S.) integrated response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti, in which the DoD played a major role, can be examined and analyzed ...
Lifecycle Information of Aircraft Engine Maintenance
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-04-14); NPS-LM-10-019
When an aircraft component needs replacement of a serially controlled item, the maintenance office uses the Scheduled Removal Component (SRC) card, which is used to track the component''s lifecycle, to verify that the part ...
Sourcing in the Air Force: An Optimization Approach
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-02-01); NPS-LM-09-131
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) annually procures billions of dollars worth of systems, supplies, and services in support of the national military strategy. Faced with budget cuts and other resource constraints, the ...
Services Supply Chain in the Department of Defense: Comparison of Acquisition Management Practices in Army, Navy, and Air Force
(Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010-08-23); NPS-CM-10-161
This paper presents the results of our empirical studies of current management practices in services acquisition in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The primary objective of these studies was to develop a comprehensive ...
Managing the Services Supply Chain in the Department of Defense: Empirical Study of the Current Management Practices in the Army
(2009-09-30); NPS-CM-09-136
This paper presents the results of the fourth research project in our ongoing research on the management of services acquisition in the Department of Defense. In this empirical study, we developed and used a Web-based ...