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Operational Logistics-The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations
The term management is seldom used in the context of military operations, yet several aspects of modern warfare lend themselves to common management disciplines. Information management is needed to control, fi lter, process, and route the fl ow of data and information to and from the battlefi eld. The role of manpower management becomes more important as more specialized personal qualifi cations and training are needed to operate and maintain advanced weapons. Movement management is applied throughout a campaign to accumulate and deploy military forces. The term management is used occasionally even in combat operations in the context of fi re control . As more advanced, effective and expensive combat systems enter the battlefi eld, effi ciency must be considered, along with the more traditional effectiveness objective. Attaining effi ciency depends on good management.