Transitioning Of The Defense Transportation System Research Paper

THE TRANSITIONING OF THE DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TOWARD COMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EFFICIENTLY AND SECURELY
LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction
The Defense Transportation System (DTS) is in dire need of transitioning for realignment with DOD’s supply chain management and the merging realities of supply chain best practices. The Transitioning is critical in dealing with the numerous challenges that include excess inventory, poor controls, cost overruns and outdated management practices. Notwithstanding heavy investment in supply chain management systems, DOD still struggles with numerous challenges caused by lack of a unified benchmarking framework. The Defense Transportation System is part of DOD’s Global Transportation infrastructure that supports the military’s strategic preparedness for rapid deployment. The DTS comprises of the military, commercial and host nation components; which comprises of surface transportation, sea transportation, air and pipeline transportation. DTS is supported by sea ports, aerial ports, railways and other organic and non-organic transportation components. Thus DTS plays a crucial role in enhancing the capability of the U.S military as it combines the fundamental components of air, sea and land transportation alongside an integrated network of controls that maximize their effective use while providing greater movement visibility and increased global agility of the U.S Joint Forces preparedness. The Transportation Systems are in need of standardization notwithstanding the nature of joint forces operations as per the Defense Transportation Regulations. This standard is essential in ensuring that there is uniformity in transportation processes across all forces notwithstanding whether it’s in peace time, training or in times of contingency. Standardization ensures effectiveness and efficiency of the joint forces regardless of the nature of operation. Based on previous supply chain improvement efforts, the supply chain management maturity models (SCM3) have been used to evaluate and benchmark the Defense Transportation System (DTS) maturity level (Haraburda, 2017). DOD can utilize this SCM maturity measurement framework to enhance supply chain operations through integration of commercial SCM best practices that would transition the Defense Transportation System into a 21st century military agency with a high level of combat efficiency and effectiveness.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Rovira and Parasuraman (2010) studied the effects of imperfect automation on controller attention and performance. The study examined the advantages of conflict probe automation on future air traffic systems since Air Traffic Service Providers (ATSP) will in future play an insignificant role in air traffic maneuvering. The primary study objective was to investigate the impact of automation imperfection on ATPS performance output as well as attention allocation. Rovira and Parasuraman (2010) further opine that the nature of automation imperfection can lead to a significant variation in human performance costs. The study used four 30 minutes sessions conducted in 12 full performance levels, where dependent variables were conflict detection, resolution performance, eye movemen...