Author: Smita Brunnermeier
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: chain, final, report, supply, automotive, cost, analysis, interoperability
Number of Pages: 98
Published: 1999-09
ISBN-10: 0788184091
ISBN-13: 9780788184093

NIST's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) is developing standards that promote interoperability among members of the U.S. automotive supply chain. This study assesses the costs of imperfect interoperability to the U.S. automotive supply chain & describes the sources of these costs. This study estimates that imperfect interoperability imposes at least $1 billion per year on the members of the U.S. automotive supply chain. By far, the greatest component of these costs is the resources devoted to repairing or reentering data files that are not usable for downstream applications.

Author: Douglas Horton.
Publisher: International Potato Center
Keywords: market, chain, participatory, approach, uganda, assessment, innovation, pro, facilitating, poor
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008
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Author: William M. Solis
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: recommendations, management, full, extent, unknown, improvement, chain, supply, areas, risk, progress, made, implementing, dod
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2007-08-01
ISBN-10: 1422315347
ISBN-13: 9781422315347

Military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan have focused attention on DoDżs supply chain management. (SCM). The supply chain can be critical to determining outcomes on the battlefield, & the investment of resources in DoDżs supply chain is substantial. In 2005, with the encouragement of the Office of Mgmt. & Budget (OMB), DoD prepared an improvement plan to address some of the systemic weaknesses in SCM. The author was asked to monitor implementation of the plan & DoDżs progress toward improving SCM. This report reviewed: the integration of SCM with broader defense bus. transformation & strat

Author: William M. Solis
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: improve, ability, supply, chain, management, dod�s, impede, logistics, lack, key, information, defense
Number of Pages: 52
Published: 2009-05
ISBN-10: 1437913296
ISBN-13: 9781437913293

Military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have focused attention on the performance of DoDżs supply chain management. DoD spent $178 billion on its supply chain in FY 2007. There have been many reported weaknesses in DoD's management of its supply chain. DoD released its Logistics Roadmap in July 2008 to guide, measure, and track logistics improvements. DoD has identified two technologies included in this roadmap -- item unique ident. (IUID) and passive radio frequency ident. (RFID), as having promise to address weaknesses in asset visibility. This report reviewed: the extent to which the r

Author: Jack E. Edwards
Publisher: DIANE Publishing Inc.
Keywords: dod, supply, chain, management, testimony, congressional, planning, strategic, risk, areas, observations, progress, challenges
Number of Pages: 20
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 143793708X
ISBN-13: 9781437937084

DoDżs management of its supply chain network is critical to supporting military forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere and also represents a substantial investment of resources. As a result of weaknesses in DoD's management of supply inventories and responsiveness to warfighter requirements, supply chain management is a high-risk fed. govżt. program. In July 2010, DoD issued a new Logistics Strategic Plan that represents the dept's. current vision and direction for supply chain management and other logistics areas. This testimony: (1) describes DoD's prior strategic planning efforts in t

Author: Bill Canis (au)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: japanese, earthquake, tsunami, effects, chain, vehicle, supply, motor
Number of Pages: 19
Published: 2011-08
ISBN-10: 1437987184
ISBN-13: 9781437987188

The March 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami devastated the northeast coast of Japan. The resulting destruction of several nuclear reactors in the region cut off electricity for homes and industry. Manufacturing facilities which are integral to the global motor vehicle supply chain were also affected. Some of these factories that were forced to close provided parts and chemicals not easily available elsewhere. Contents of this report: Intro.; Overview of the Motor Vehicle Industry; The U.S. Motor Vehicle Supply Chain; High Tech. Components Change Manufacturing Dynamics; Events in Japan A

Author: Marc Humphries
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: supply, chain, global, elements, earth, rare
Number of Pages: 18
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 1437937985
ISBN-13: 9781437937985

Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) What are Rare Earth Elements (REE)?; (3) Major End Uses and Applications: Demand for REE; The Application of REE in National Defense; (4) Rare Earth Resources and Production Potential; Supply Chain Issues; Role of China; (5) Rare Earth Legislation in the 111th Congress: H.R. 4866, and S. 3521, the Rare Earths Supply-Chain Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 2010; H.R. 5136, the FY 2011 Nat. Defense Authorization Act; P.L. 111-84, the FY 2010 Nat. Defense Authorization Act; (6) Possible Policy Options: Authorize and Appropriate Funding for a USGS Assessment;