July 11, 2007
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RFID Discussed at Senate Subcommittee Hearing on DoD Supply Chain Management
On Tuesday, Juy 10, 2007, a subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs held a hearing on the Department of Defense Supply Chain Management. The Honorable Jack Bell, Deputy UnderSecretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness), General Norton A. Schwartz, Commander, US Transportation Command, and Lieutenant General Dail, Director of the Defense Logistics Agency testified on behalf of DoD. Bill Solis, Director Defense Capabilities Management testified for the General Accountability Office. The hearing reviewed actions DoD has taken to implement its end-to-end logistics strategy since the last hearing in July 2006.
Senator Voinovich (R-OH) had the opportunity to ask three questions; two were on RFID. Senator Voinovich was interested in how the use of RFIDs improved DoD's supply chain process (were fewer mistakes were being made) and to what extent was DoD adapting best business practices. He also wanted to know whether there was a business case analysis to support the further use of RFIDs.
General Schwartz, US TRANSCOM, took the lead on answering both questions. With respect to the first question General Schwartz explained that he had been to the various large users of RFID, e.g. Wal-mart, Best Buy. The challenge facing the military is the uniqueness of the 'customer'. The soldier who needs the item is frequently moving and is in places where there are no zip codes or addresses. General Schwartz went on to explain the need to match properly the different kinds of technology (active vs. passive) with the proper objective. The two primary objectives being in-transit visibility and inventory management.
All three witnesses answered Senator Voinovich's second question in the affirmative.
Written By:Carla
On July 12, 2007 7:42 PM
Senator Voinovich (R-OH) had the opportunity to ask three questions; two were on RFID. Senator Voinovich was interested in how the use of RFIDs improved DoD's supply chain process (were fewer mistakes were being made) and to what extent was DoD adapting best business practices. He also wanted to know whether there was a business case analysis to support the further use of RFIDs.
General Schwartz, US TRANSCOM, took the lead on answering both questions. With respect to the first question General Schwartz explained that he had been to the various large users of RFID, e.g. Wal-mart, Best Buy. The challenge facing the military is the uniqueness of the 'customer'. The soldier who needs the item is frequently moving and is in places where there are no zip codes or addresses. General Schwartz went on to explain the need to match properly the different kinds of technology (active vs. passive) with the proper objective. The two primary objectives being in-transit visibility and inventory management.
All three witnesses answered Senator Voinovich's second question in the affirmative.
Hi, I'd like to see this testimony. Is it available somewhere online?
It is available here:
http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=462
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