Intermodal Distribution Comes of Age in Europe

摘要

Although several initiatives in the Department of Defense (DOD) are improving end-to-end supply chain distribution to support the warfighter, none has been more successful recently than European Intermodal Distribution (EID), which was adopted by the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) in March 2004. EUCOM teamed up with each of its service components, such as U.S. Army Europe, and the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) to establish the first intermodal distribution system to support forces stationed in EUCOM's area of responsibility (AOR) and EUCOM forces forward-deployed to support the Global War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. "Intermodal" refers to the transfer of cargo from one mode of transportation to another (for example, from a ship to a truck).