James D. Hall
By appointment, Jim Hall is Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics Plans and Studies.

He is responsible for monitoring the Strategic Plan and Roadmap for Logistics, assessing emerging logistics concepts, supporting International Coordination in Logistics, and guiding the Human Capital Strategy for Logisticians. He is Co-Chair of the Focused Logistics Functional Capability Board. Additional responsibilities include serving as the Defense Standardization Executive and Chair of the Joint Cross Service Supply and Storage Advisory Board that is guiding implementation of Distribution Realignment and Procurement Consolidation.

Appointed to the department in 2004, as Director, Studies and Analysis for the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics), he led initiatives to incorporate lean principles into the DoD supply chain and streamline material flow. He was Executive Coordinator of the Business Transformation Investment Review Boards for Weapons Systems Life Cycle and Material Supply and Service Management.

Before joining the department, Jim addressed a range of supply chain management and operations issues in multiple industries as a management consultant. While a Vice President or Partner of Cleveland Consulting Associates, ATKearney and Deloitte Consulting he assisted executives of Borden, Delphi, GM, Kraft, Safeway, Sears, and other major firms. He focused on establishing cross-enterprise collaboration, globalizing business processes, creating synergy among multiple business units, and improving operations performance.

As a line manager for American Hospital Supply, the leading medical products distributor, he was responsible for logistics operations, costs, and assets in a major geographic area. He has managed the order to cash process, tiered inventory, customer service, multiple distribution centers, transportation, and financial functions.

He has been a speaker at several Council of Logistics Management annual conferences and is the author of the chapter “Supply Chain Management” in McGraw-Hill’s Distribution Management Handbook.

Jim served in the Navy as a surface warfare officer aboard a DDG participating in combat operations. He graduated with distinction from the Naval Academy and has an MBA from Drexel University.

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