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QOver the past several years, the Navy has been implementing
an enterprise resource planning sys-
tem (ERP). Has that been helpful?
AWe are now looking at our financial data because ERP at
its core is a rock solid financial
ledger. We have been able to look at
the numbers and determine how
much money we have allocated
against contracts almost to the
penny—how much money was com-
mitted but not allocated, and where
there’s money we intended to spend
that could potentially be stopped.
We have matched the level of effort
of our contractors with the level of effort
of our civilians. ERP has given us the
granularity we need to make very good
decisions.
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QWhat do you need the private sector to do to help you through this?
AAs these companies work to scrub their bottom lines, not just their top
lines now, they are going to help us
because as their costs go down, we will
get better value for our contracts. In this
new environment, we really have to
reduce our costs. And that includes the
price of material.
Now, of course, the top line has stopped
rising. Companies for years had been all
about garnering the maximum amount of
business, really pushing the top line hard.
But now that sales are dropping, they are
scrubbing the bottom line to protect profit and are looking to cut costs and be
more efficient. That helps us.
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QWhat first attracted you to naval ogistics? Why are you in the Supply
Corps?
AGraduating from the Naval Academy, I had choices and the
Navy’s Supply Corps really attracted me.
It seemed fascinating. The opportunity to
be on a fuel farm in the Philippines, to
work all over the world has been great. Of
course, things like working on an aircraft
carrier and a deployment to Kuwait and
all the joint experiences I have had in the
Defense Logistics Agency have convinced
me it was the right answer.
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QWhat is it about the Supply Corps that makes it exciting?
AThe thing that is exciting about the Supply Corps is that it allows you to
be a little entrepreneurial. Make no mistake—supply chain management is as
much an art as it is a science. So, the fun of
this game is you really get to leverage a little bit of ingenuity, and we appreciate that.
One of the things that’s really exciting is
that we have some of the best kids in
America joining the Supply Corps. I talk
to some of these young men and women,
and they are just great. I will tell you, I
couldn’t compete against them. They are
the best and brightest ... that is for sure. ;
