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Military supply-chain management is a cross-functional approach toprocuring,producing anddeliveringproducts andservices for militarymateriel applications. Militarysupply chain management includes sub-suppliers, suppliers, internal information andfunds flow.[1]
A supply involves theprocurement,distribution,maintenance while instorage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind andquantity of supplies.United States Department of Defense definitions refer to a "producer phase" and a "consumer phase":
Asupply chain is a set of linked activities associated with providing material from araw material stage to an end user as afinished good.[3]
Supply control is the process by which an item of supply is controlled within the supply system, including requisitioning, receipt, storage,stock control,shipment, disposition,identification, andaccounting.[4]
A supply point is a location where supplies, services and materials are located and issued. As a single moving entity,[5] a supply point location is temporary and mobile, normally being occupied for up to 72 hours.[6]
Sub-suppliers are those suppliers who provide materials to other suppliers within the supply chain. In other supply chain management contexts they are referred to by tier, second-tier suppliers serving first-tier suppliers, etc.[7] TheEuropean Union refers to sub-suppliers in its objective to improve cross-border market access in the defence sector.[8]
Military logistics is the science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance ofarmed forces. In its most comprehensive sense, those aspects ofmilitary operations that deal with: a.design anddevelopment,acquisition,storage,movement,distribution,maintenance,evacuation, anddisposition of materiel; b. movement, evacuation, andhospitalization of personnel; c. acquisition orconstruction, maintenance, operation and disposition of facilities; and d. acquisition or furnishing of services.[9]
The main difference between the concept of logistic management and supply-chain management is the level of information gathered, processes, analysed and used for decision making. An SCM-based organization not only having concerns with its immediate clients but also handles and forecasts the factors affecting directly or indirectly their supplier or suppliers or on their client or clients. If we exclude this information part out of supply chain model then we can see the logistic management part of the business.
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Unlike standardsupply-chain management practices world-wide, some major concepts are not supported in the military domain. For example, the "just-in-time" (JIT) model emphasizes holding less (or no) inventory, whereas inmilitary supply chains, due to the high costs of a stock-out (potentially placing lives in danger), keeping huge inventory is a more acceptable practice. Some examples of these are theammunition dump andoil depot.
Likewise, the militaryprocurement process has much different criteria than the normal business procurement process.[citation needed] Military needs call for reliability of supply during both peace and war, as compared to price and technological factors.
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