2004 Supply Chain Operational Excellence Award Co-Winners
DoD Award Winners
United States Marine Corps (USMC)
and
United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)

USMC From left to right: Mr. Alan Estevez, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Supply Chain Integration, Accepting the Award is Lieutenant Colonel Joe Granata, Officer in Charge, SASSY Management Unit (SMU), accompanied by Capt Tarrell Giersch, Operations Officer, Supply Management Unit, CWO3 Michael Naputi, Asst Operations Officer, Supply Management Unit USTRANSCOM From left to right: Mr. Alan Estevez, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Supply Chain Integration, Lieutenant Colonel James Garner, Chief, Stakeholder & Implementation Branch; Strategy, Plans, Policy, & Programs (J5); Executive Officer, CENTCOM Deployment Distribution Operations Center I, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Rex Adee, Chief, Initiatives Branch; Operations Directorate (J3), and Lieutenant Colonel Bobbi Leyes, Chief, Measures & Analysis Branch, Strategy, Plans, Policy, and Programs (J5)

CONGRATULATIONS - UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS and UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION COMMAND - 2004 Award Co-Winners for Supply Chain Operational Excellence --"Supply and Distribution Bridging the Gap between Warehouse and Warfighter" submitted by Marine Corps and " United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Deployment Distribution Operations Center (CDDOC): Bridging the Gap between Strategic and Theater Distribution" submitted by USTRANSCOM. Competition was fierce as all nomination packages for the 2004 Supply Chain Operational Excellence Award clearly demonstrated genuine process improvements and total focus on our primary mission - maximum support to the warfighter. It is essential that we cross-flow these innovative programs and processes throughout the department. All 2004 submissions have been posted below for your review. Logistics activities throughout the department are encouraged to review these submissions to benefit from the exceptional efforts of logisticians throughout the department.

 2004 Supply Chain Operational Effectiveness Award Co-Winners:

2004 Supply Chain Operational Effectiveness Award Submissions: