Define-Measure-Improve The Change Methodology That Has Propelled the Army's Successful Velocity Management Initiative

摘要

Velocity Management (VM)-a term coined by logistics analysts at the RAND Arroyo Center and adopted by the U.S. Army-brings a new way of doing business to U.S. Army logistics. By combining a renewed focus on the customers of the logistics system with a powerful improvement methodology, in just a few years Army logisticians have achieved dramatic and continuous performance gains in key logistics processes. Today, at facilities and installations across the United States and abroad, a high-velocity, streamlined order and ship process delivers Army repair parts in well under half the time it took to deliver them just three years earlier. The repair process is also experiencing fewer and shorter delays, and cost savings from improved inventory management mean a broader array of ordered items are more readily available.