Transforming Enabling Processes: The Next Step in Logistics Reform

Abstract : IN THE EARLY TO MID-1990S, THE Air Force introduced Lean Logistics and its key elements; two levels of maintenance, shorter repair cycles and rapid delivery. While Lean Logistics initiatives significantly altered Air Force logistics, much remains to be changed. Today, the Air Force needs like innovation in all processes affecting (enabling) logistics to realize a dramatically better performing warfighter support system.