UK Ministry of Defence
The UK Ministry of Defence is a key Government department with extremely sensitive and broad ranging responsibilities.
- Region
- UK
- Alliance partner
- Sun Microsystems
- Solution
- Infrastructure and Security
- Supply Chain Management
Download as PDFThe task
For the MoD, the modernisation challenge translates into specific action in four
areas. To reduce logistics costs (by 20%) while improving performance; to raise
the standards of command and management; to improve all aspects of the MoD’s dealings
with business and the public, and to become a true knowledge based organisation.
Given the sheer scale of the numbers involved, these goals add up to some highly
ambitious targets.
Within the MoD, for example, the procurement budget in 2000 stood at €9 billion and the logistics budget was €7 billion, with €33 billion of assets being managed by the logistics organisation and 13,000 contracts being managed by the procurement team. Achieving the transformational results being asked for by the UK Government represented and still represents a dramatic challenge. A truly innovative set of solutions would be required.
