Study on Dynamic Management of Military Logistics System Core Competence

Abstract

Military Logistics System (MLS) is the bridge of transforming national economy into military forces. On one hand, MLS is linking suppliers in the market and acquires goods from them. On the other hand, it is centralizing the demands of military customers and implementing support activities. The particular positions and roles of MLS decides that it should not only follow economic rules of commercial practice and improve procurement fund efficiency furthest, but also responds to military customers demand timely according to modern logistics support principles. On the basis of reviewing the representative standpoints both on military logistics system core competence conception and on core competence dynamic management all over the world, the authors analyze the dynamic development mechanism of MLS core competence, and then establish the dynamic management model framework for MLS core competence. In conclusion, the authors think that the most important thing is not the MLS core competence itself for MLS, but is the dynamic management capability with the characteristics of identifying MLS core competence as soon as possible, cultivating MLS core competence quickly, deploying MLS core competence actively and appraising MLS core competence in real-time.