Date of Award

9-1992

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Jake V. Simons, Jr., PhD

Second Advisor

Brett Andrews

Abstract

This research evaluated current NASA organizational and logistical strategy processes to compare them with current academic theory and make recommendations to improve the processes. Various strategy theories were explored, resulting in a model synthesizing the various elements. The organizational, cultural, and political environment surrounding NASA was studied. Personal interviews were conducted and various NASA strategic plans and other documents were analyzed. From these activities emerged six recommendations: (1) Create a formal strategy process for NASA logistics (and NASA), (2) Tie logistics strategies directly to organizational strategies/goals, (3) Get logisticians from different functions/programs/centers to crossflow information, (4) Identify redundancies in logistics functions at centers and consolidate where possible, (5) Change the culture and tradition of NASA by infusing trained logisticians, and (6) Evaluate each program not in terms of the program itself but in terms of the goal for that program.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GLM-LSY-92S-5

DTIC Accession Number

ADA258423

Comments

The authors' Vita pages are omitted.

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics

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