Perceptions of the Pure Pallet Program

<p>The expeditionary nature of today's Department of Defense (DoD) demands an effective Defense Transportation System (DTS). The major stakeholders within the DTS supply-chain including United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) the newly appointed Distribution Process Owner (DPO) have continued to explore process improvement programs initiated in the 1990s but do so now from a systems-level approach. One such initiative is the pure pallet program initially implemented in November 2003 by Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)-owned depots and later by Air Mobility Command (AMC)-owned aerial ports in March 2004. In coordination with United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) USTRANSCOM and the DLA AMC implements the pure pallet program to improve warfighter support. The cornerstone of the pure pallet program rests upon the consolidation of materiel early in the supply-chain by constructing end-user specific pallets. This research utilized a web-based survey to measure the perceptions of the air transportation specialists and logistics readiness officers who are implementing the program on behalf of the Air Force. The results indicate that the pure pallet program is achieving its intended results; however there is a perception problem. Recommendations center on educating personnel on the importance of suboptimization avoidance and making the warfighter the most important customer. This research also serves as a formal source of information from which to form conclusions and make judgments on how well Air Force personnel are implementing the pure pallet program.</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>