Critical Information Technology Must be Funded to Achieve a Successful Revolutionin Military Logistics

摘要

The Chief of Staff Army (CSA) has placed automation as one of his top threepriorities in the Army. He has set the stage for the Army's future which is outlined in his book Vision 2010. His impact on the Revolution in Military Logistics (RML) has moved him to declare there can be no Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) without an RML. As the Army prepares to enter into the 21st Century, it's critically recognized that logistics plays a more important role than ever before in our history. Today, and in the next two decades, advanced information technology will become the backbone of our distribution-based logistics system as the Army seeks to increase accuracy, speed, and volume of logistics information available to senior warfighters. The purpose of this document is to focus on two key information enablers that must be incorporated