ABSTRACT

Contents 5.1 Executive Summary .......................................................................... 70 5.2 Multi-Stage Analysis of Enterprise Challenges: A Summary ................... 71 5.3 Multi-Stage Integration for Efficiency, Resilience, and Effectiveness ....... 74

5.3.1 Achieving Efficiency: An Integrated Multi-Echelon Inventory Solution ................................................................ 76

5.3.2 Designing for Resilience: Adaptive Logistics Network Concepts ................................................................ 77

5.3.3 Improving Effectiveness: Pushing the Logistics Performance Envelope ........................................................... 80

5.4 Design and Evaluation: An “Analytical Architecture” to Guide Logistics Transformation .................................................................. 82 5.4.1 Multi-Stage Supply Chain Optimization ................................. 83 5.4.2 Dynamic Strategic Planning ................................................... 84

5.4.3 Operational and Organizational Risk Evaluation ...................... 86 5.4.4 Logistics System Readiness and Program Development ............. 87 5.4.5 Accelerating Transformation: An “Engine for Innovation” ......... 90

5.5 Final Thoughts ................................................................................ 91

An army fights with its weapons but lives off its logistics . . .