Duration: 4 Weeks

Purpose: This professional development course is designed to develop the managerial skills of selected military and civilian personnel; to enhance the understanding of the interrelationships and interdependence among logistics functions and the organizational structure of logistics management; to provide insights into the impact of a functional management decision on other logistics functions and on the logistics system as a whole.

Scope: The course provides an overview of the Army logistics system. The lifecycle management model is the common thread of the course. It is used to highlight the more significant considerations of research, development, test, and evaluation (RDTD); distribution; contracting; inventory management; maintenance; and disposal of army materiel. Management skills instruction includes basic statistical and probability techniques as well as aspects of interpersonal behavior. This instruction is oriented towards improving the decision making abilities of the students by providing knowledge of the techniques and considerations involved herein.

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(Copied from School of the Americas website, February 1998.)