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Fiscal Year 2016
Division Academic Affairs
Department Energy Academic Group (EAG)
Investigator(s) Howard, Alan R.
Sponsor Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (Navy)
Summary This project seeks to solve a systemic energy problem effecting afloat and ashore commands. Both communities lack an in-depth understanding of the fragility of the energy supply chain and the impediments inherent in the energy supply chain process. After decades of theater logistics dominance, an entire generation of officers has taken for granted a continuous flow of energy and all too often considers this an assumption during planning and war-gaming. In order to solve this dilemma, commanders and staff officers in both communities must first gain an appreciation for energy awareness and for the complexity of energy supply chain management. Next, they must undergo the process of de-constructing the current processes that support energy supply chain management and then reconstruct this process using the fewest value added steps. The same intellectual rigor that is routinely applied to operational problems must be applied to this logistical problem.
Keywords energy dilemma energy supply chain process theater logistics dominance
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