Operational Logistics The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations /

• Main Author: Kress, Moshe (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Management for Professionals,
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.

This book explores the theoretical foundations and applications of military operational logistics (OpLog). OpLog theory has two facets: qualitative and quantitative.The qualitative facet is imbedded in the theory of operational level of war or operational art. It includes principles, imperatives and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Structure, Terminology and Analytic Tools
• The Foundation of Operational Logistics
• Planning
• Information
• Forecasting Logistic Demands
• Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Logistics
• Humanitarian Logistics
• The Visual Network Model
• OpLog Flexibility
• Two Critical OpLog Functions
• Optimizing Logistic Networks.