While the needs of the warfighter certainly have changed in recent years, the fundamental priorities of supply chain excellence—improving service and reducing cost to serve—have not. It is to these basics that the defense supply chain must recommit itself. With some of the most diverse and expansive supply chains in the world, defense organizations are highly dependent upon the respective performance of their numerous partners, many of whom are outside their immediate control. Increasing supply chain outreach and emphasizing the end-to-end synchronization of information can yield incalculable operational benefits—not just in dollars and cents, but also in operational readiness and mission success.
In this paper, Accenture presents a transformation framework that focuses on increasing supply chain outreach and emphasizing the end-to-end synchronization of information to yield operational readiness and mission success.