Managing materials for a twenty-first century military / Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile, National Materials Advisory Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Assessing the Need for a Defense Stockpile.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Supplies and stores.

United States.

Strategic materials--Military aspects.

Strategic materials.

Strategic materials--Government policy--United States--Evaluation.

Strategic materials--United States--Management.

Raw materials--United States--Management.

Raw materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 189 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1939, the U.S. government, using the National Defense Stockpile (NDS), has been stockpiling critical strategic materials for national defense. The economic and national security environments, however, have changed significantly from the time the NDS was created. Current threats are more varied, production and processing of key materials is more globally dispersed, the global competition for raw materials is increasing, the U.S. military is more dependent on civilian industry, and industry depends far more on just-in-time inventory control. To help determine the significance of these changes for the strategic materials stockpile, the Department of Defense asked the NRC to assess the continuing need for and value of the NDS. This report begins with the historical context of the NDS. It then presents a discussion of raw-materials and minerals supply, an examination of changing defense planning and materials needs, an analysis of modern tools used to manage materials supply chains, and an assessment of current operational practices of the NDS.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Overview: Observations, Conclusions, and Recommendations""; ""2 Historical Context""; ""3 Raw Materials and Minerals Supply""; ""4 Changing Defense Planning and Defense Materials Needs""; ""5 Managing Today's Materials Supply Chains""; ""6 Current Operational Practices of the National Defense Stockpile""; ""Appendixes""; ""A: Stockpile History""; ""B: U.S. Defense Strategy""; ""C: Defining Twenty-first Century Defense Materials Needs""; ""D: Rare Earth Elements""; ""E: Other U.S. Stockpiles""; ""F: Case Study: Beryllium"" ""G: Committee Membership""; ""H: Acronyms""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611300166

9780309177924

0309177928

9781281300164

1281300160

9780309112581

0309112583

OCLC:

923278550