Reports and Technical Reports
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 ...
The Logistics Support Resource Strategy Map: A Design and Assessment Tool
(2008-12-01); NPS-LM-08-149
Designing a resource strategy for logistics support includes choosing to use contracted, blended, or organic support, or a combination thereof, for acquisition products. Non-cost issues have received much less attention ...
RFID/RTLS Application to Remanufacturing Operations in the US Department of Defense
(2008-10-01); NPS-LM-08-135
The most efficient use of the DoD''s network of remanufacturing depots is an important concern because of the extensive requirement to recapitalize the military equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan through product recovery. ...
Lean Six Sigma for Reduced Cycle Costs and Improved Readiness
(2006-09-01); NPS-LM-06-033
In general, during the lifecycle of a weapon system a significantly larger amount of money gets spent in operating and maintaining the system than acquiring it. Hence, efficient logistics systems, including transportation, ...
A Design of Experiments Approach to Readiness Risk Analysis for Performance-Based Logistics
(2006-09-01); NPS-LM-06-037
We develop a simulation model to aid in identifying and evaluating promising alternatives to achieve improvements in weapon system-level availability when outsourcing logistics services for system components. Two outcomes ...
A Transactions Cost Economics Approach to Defense Acquisition Management
(2006-12-01); NPS-LM-06-028
This study examines defense acquisition through the new lens of Transaction Cost Economics (TCE). TCE is an emergent field in economics that has multiple applications to defense acquisition practices. TCE''s original focus ...
Budget Scoring: An Impediment to Alternative Financing
(2007-09-01); NPS-FM-07-101
This research investigates procurement scoring and the Department of Defense''s (DoD) use of alternative financing methods, such as leases and public-private ventures. One of the major impediments to using alternative ...
Reform of Budgeting for Acquisition: Lessons from Private Sector Capital Budgeting for the Department of Defense
(2006-09-01); NPS-FM-06-029
Current trends in federal budgeting move us to conclude that the argument for implementing capital budgeting in the federal government should be revisited. It is clear that significant changes would have to occur in the ...
Public-private Partnerships for Government Financing, Controlling Risk, and Value-for--money: The UK Experience
(2006-09-01); NPS-FM-06-036
One of the key requirements to a successful Public-private Partnership (PPP) is the transfer of risk from the government to the private sector. This research examines the PPP experience in the United Kingdom (UK) Ministry ...
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