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The management of logistics and supply chain operations is of vital importance in the defence sector. Defence Logistics looks at established theories and their practical utility, providing insights into current thinking for postgraduate and undergraduate students, lecturers, researchers, practitioners and professionals through real-life case studies. Defence Logistics focuses on key areas of logistics and supply chain management in context, such as sustainability, inventory management, resilience, procurement, information systems and crisis response. This comprehensive and up-to-the-minute collection includes contributions from international academics from a range of universities, academies and defence schools, along with practitioners who are currently working in the field of defence logistics.
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INDEX
Italics denote a figure or table.
ABC inventory classification 260
ABCA Armies Program 12
Able Archer 60
absorption capacity 96–97, 104, 105, 109–10
acceptance, and offer (contract) 207
accounting 267–85
accounting information 268–74
accruals-based accounting 272–74, 283–84
achieved availability 165–67, 172, 178
‘Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of Peace and Acts of Aggression’ (UN) 13
activity-based planning 253–54, 263
activity-cycle diagrams 317
activity diagrams 317
ACTO items 89
adaptive capacity 97, 104, 105, 110–11
additive manufacturing technology 102, 361
administrative and logistic delay (ALDT) 168, 170–72, 178
Afghanistan 16, 70, 75, 196, 231, 334, 340
agility 22, 68, 73, 255, 263–64, 273, 354, 360, 361
aid agencies 331, 333, 334, 335, 338, 340–41
air forces 13, 20–21, 22, 23, 31, 69, 75, 115–16
aircraft maintenance schedules 130
airlifts 60, 332, 354
ALDT 168, 170–72, 178
Alexander the Great 37–39
Alexius, Empe...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Contributors
- 01 Introduction
- 02 Defence logistics definitions and frameworks
- 03 Defence logistics: an historical perspective
- 04 Defence logistics in context
- 05 Resilience in defence supply chains
- 06 Integrating mission and support through the life cycle: Integrated support and maintenance strategies
- 07 Supportability analysis for supportable and supported mission systems
- 08 Achieving dependability in defence systems
- 09 Planning and executing defence operational logistics
- 10 Procurement for defence logistic support
- 11 Managing performance in defence logistics
- 12 Optimizing the defence inventory
- 13 Accounting and finance in defence logistics
- 14 Decision support in defence logistics
- 15 Defence logistics and crisis response
- 16 Defence logistics information systems
- 17 A look to the future
- Index
- Backcover