Logistics Plans And Programs Utilization Field

This report presents the results of a detailed Air Force occupational survey of the specialties within the Logistics Plans and Programs utilization field (AFSC 66XX and 0046). The occupational survey program within the Air Force has been in existence since 1956 when initial research was undertaken to develop the methodology for conducting occupational surveys. In this utilization field, Course G3OLR6621000, Logistics Plans and Programs Officer, is the only ATC technical training offered. All personnel with AFSC 66XX may attend this 5-week course.

Survey Coverage: Logistics Plans and Programs (AFSC 66XX) utilization field and Logistics Plans (AFSC 661x0) career ladder personnel were survey to obtain current data on increased automation responsibilities, mainly in Contingency Operations/Mobility Planning and Execution System (COMPES) functions. These personnel were also surveyed to help assess the impact of the deletion of manpower, facilities, and budget duties from AFR 39-1 and the development of Air Force Manpower Standards for logistics plans and programs work centers. A single job inventory was administered to all active duty personnel during Many through October 1992. The total sample population consists of 1,013 Air Force members; this represents 60 percent of the total eligible population. There are 16 logistics plans and programs jobs that were identified. Three of the jobs grouped together to form the Logistics Staff Personnel cluster, and three other jobs grouped together to form the Wholesale Logistics Personnel cluster.

This is a report of an occupational survey of the Logistics Plans career ladder, conducted by the Occupational Analysis Flight, Air Force Occupational Measurement Squadron (AFOMS). This survey data will ensure current data for use in evaluating the effectiveness of training and to verify changes within the career ladder and technical training materials. AFSC 2G0X1 personnel were last surveyed in August 1993. According to the specialty descriptions in the AFSC 2G0X1 Career Field Education & Training Plan, Logistics Plans superintendents manage the development, evaluation, planning, and documentation of all logistics plans functions and activities. Logistics Plans Craftsmen manage the development of evaluation procedures for office tasks that include, but are not limited to, the deliberate planning process, support agreements, base support planning, the War Reserve Materiel (WRM) program, deployment management program, and other functional responsibilities. Journeymen perform, evaluate, monitor, and inspect logistics plans and programs activities. As this is a Lateral AFSC, initial 3-skill level training for AFSC 2G0X1 personnel is currently provided through course L3ALR2G031-005, Logistics Plans Apprentice, and is taught at Lackland AFB TX. This course is 31 days in length and includes instruction on introduction to logistics plans, Security/Operations Security, aerospace doctrine, Air Force Occupational Safety and Health, joint planning, USAF planning process, Manpower and Equipment Force Packaging - System, Time Phased Force and Deployment Data/Lists (TPFDD/TPFDL) development process, site surveys, base support planning, Contingency Operation/Mobility Planning and Execution System (COMPES), and contingency/deployment planning. Upon completion of this course, personnel are awarded the 3-skill level.

The mission of the United States Army is to fight and win our nation's wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders. Accomplishing this mission rests on the ability of the Army to equip and move its forces to the battle and sustain them while they are engaged. Logistics provides the backbone for Army combat operations. Without fuel, ammunition, rations, and other supplies, the Army would grind to a halt. The U.S. military must be prepared to fight anywhere on the globe and, in an era of coalition warfare, to logistically support its allies. While aircraft can move large amounts of supplies, the vast majority must be carried on ocean going vessels and unloaded at ports that may be at a great distance from the battlefield. As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have shown, the costs of convoying vast quantities of supplies is tallied not only in economic terms but also in terms of lives lost in the movement of the materiel. As the ability of potential enemies to interdict movement to the battlefield and interdict movements in the battlespace increases, the challenge of logistics grows even larger. No matter how the nature of battle develops, logistics will remain a key factor. Force Multiplying Technologies for Logistics Support to Military Operations explores Army logistics in a global, complex environment that includes the increasing use of antiaccess and area-denial tactics and technologies by potential adversaries. This report describes new technologies and systems that would reduce the demand for logistics and meet the demand at the point of need, make maintenance more efficient, improve inter- and intratheater mobility, and improve near-real-time, in-transit visibility. Force Multiplying Technologies also explores options for the Army to operate with the other services and improve its support of Special Operations Forces. This report provides a logistics-centric research and development investment strategy and illustrative examples of how improved logistics could look in the future.

Logistic systems constitute one of the cornerstones in the design and control of production systems and the modelling of supply chains. They are key to a number of industries, and courses teaching logistics systems planning and control are becoming more widespread. Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control is the first book to present the quantitative methods necessary for logistics systems management at a level suitable for students of engineering, computer science and management science. It features introductory material on business logistics and covers sales forecasting, inventory management, warehouse design and management, and transport planning and control. Presents a balanced treatment of quantitative methods for logistics systems planning, organization and control. Each topic is illustrated with real examples. Features a number of case studies that show how the methods can be applied to complex logistics problems. Each chapter features an annotated bibliography of key references. Assumes only a basic knowledge of operations researc h. Supported by a Website featuring exercises and teaching material. Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control provides an accessible self-contained introduction to the subject for researchers, practitioners, and students of logistics and supply chain management, in both academia and industry. The book has been developed from courses taught to engineering, computer science and management science undergraduate and graduate students.