Joining the Department of Defense Enterprise Resource Planning Team

<p>Over time the Air Force (AF) built customized legacy logistics data and information systems which have evolved into an inflexible network of obsolete systems that are costly to maintain and upgrade and struggle to share data in a timely and coherent manner. The Department of Defense (DoD) to include the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) the US AF the US Army and the US Navy have all recognized the need to modernize and integrate their legacy systems to improve warfighter support. The DLA the US Army and the US Navy all see Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) technology as a commercial best practice and consequently as the best way to replace their legacy systems. They are all in the process of implementing ERP pilot tests. The AF has adopted a 'watch and learn' position on ERP while continuing to upgrade its legacy systems piecemeal. This thesis first seeks to understand what ERP is and how it is being used. A case study analysis of the DLA the US Army and the US Navy ERP pilot tests is used to explore how and why the DoD organizations are using ERP and to see if it is time for the AF to formally explore ERP technology to replace its legacy logistics systems.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>