Proc 5000 Topic Paper

Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Business Practices

Lorenzo Garner Jr.

Webster University

Procurement and Acquisitions

PROC 5000

Claude Wiedower

July 27, 2014

Table of Contents

Abstract 3

History Of Surface Deployment and Distribution Command 4

After the Gulf War 6

Our Weaknesses Throughout SDDC 8

Strategies That Make SDDC Successful 10

Integrated Mission Changes across SDDC's Business Lines of Operation 11

Conclusion 13

References 14

Abstract

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) is a unique Army command that delivers world-class, origin-to-destination distribution solutions. Whenever and wherever Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen are deployed, SDDC is involved in planning and executing the surface delivery of their equipment and supplies. SDDC is the Army Service Component Command of the U.S. Transportation Command and is a major subordinate command to Army Materiel Command. This relationship links USTRANSCOM's Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise and AMC's Materiel Enterprise. The command also partners with the commercial transportation industry as the coordinating link between DOD

surface transportation requirements and the capability industry provides.

The Strategic Business Directorate (G9) is SDDC's business liaison in partnering with Department of Defense (DoD) shippers and commercial industry to provide reliable, cost effective, global surface deployment and distribution transportation services in support of national defense objectives.

SDDC is the executive agent for DoD’s Personal Property Program and continues to reengineer the way DoD selects, manages and works with transportation service providers that move household goods and vehicles.

History of Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) traces its organizational lineage to the Army’s former Office of the Chief of Transportation,...