It covers procurement, logistics and small case for reference

1. TITLE LAYOUT
Subtitle
Gaurav Nayak- 17030
Rajkumar Tripathy- 17073
Supply Chain Practice in Indian Army

2. Army Supply Chain Structure
A military supply chain can be divided into three distinct chains
 First, that is fast and moves light commodities like food, medicine and clothes- something like
Wal-Mart.
 Second, transports major weapon systems that require maintenance and repair over extended
periods.
 Third, chain is deployment chain in which army moves large number of soldiers in very short
time and trying conditions.

3. Unlike any commercial supply chain, army supply chain is known to have reverse and lateral
flows.
As and when army inculcates a weapon in its arsenal, it is solely responsible for its maintenance,
up gradation and disposition, even as its user keeps on changing.

4. Procurement in Army
 Multi Echelon model
 Outsourcing

6. Challenges…
 Acquisition, Life Cycle Management and Costs
 Large inventories with multi level stocking echelons
 Large numbers of equipment bought without adequate equipment service package
 Long gestation period of procurement
 Multiple verticals for examination of procurement proposal
 Inadequate staffing of MoD and MoD (Finance)
 Specific or unique requirements of the army
 Quality Imperatives
 Limited Vendor Base
 Constraints of Transparency
 Officer’s Tenure Vs Acquisition Cycle
 e-Procurement
 Rate Contract

8. Inventory management in Army
 Inventory a necessary evil
 To manage it various models being used
 Defence inventory >>> No revenue >>> Still necessary

9. Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report…
 Lavish nature of scales >>> excessive inventories
 Large accumulation of surplus stores >>> sluggishness in supply chain.
 Excessive lead times, (internal and external)
 Poor quality of human resource
 Lack of standardisation of equipment.
 Mounting repairable, insufficient rate of repair and non-involvement of civil industry in
liquidating the same.
 Abnormal delays and repeated slippages in computerisation

10. Recommendation…
 Automation of the process
 Inventory control technique
 Timely receipt
 De-layering of the multi-echelon procurement structure
 Timely publishing of the scales
 Encourage trade participation in indigenous manufacture and supply of defence stores
 Stock visibility using MIS
 Frequent review
 JIC vs JIT
 Velocity management

11. Logistics in Army
 The most dynamic and diverse functional element on the army battlefield is logistics.
 The effectiveness of this element determines the success or failure of the battle.
 For the manoeuvre commander to be successful, logistics must deliver value through its
management.

12. 1999 Kargil Conflict

13. What Happened in Kargil…
 Pakistan forces- Northern Light Infantry, captured various peaks in Kargil sector
 Maximum mobilisation of Indian armed forces ( ratio 6:1)
 War continued for 2 months (May, June)
 Operation Vijay was declared successful by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
 524 Indian soldiers martyred and 696 Pakistanis killed
 Around 7,30,000 soldiers and 60 frontline aircrafts were deployed
*This is where logistics have come into force i.e Deployment of resources
*The ALS or Ashok Leyland Stallion which forms the bulk of the Indian Army’s logistical
vehicles proved its reliability and serviceability with 95% operational availability during the
operation.

15. Indian strategists believe that the Pakistani offensive had four major objectives…
 Choke the strategy road linking Srinagar with Leh and prevent vital winter supplies reaching
Ladakh
 Occupy Drass and Kargil and use that to open up the LOC
 Use the capture of heights in Chugh Valley, Batalik and Turtuk regions to force India to back
down in Siachin
 Control the Mashkoh Valley nullah near Kargil and use it as a major route for fresh infiltration

16. Logistically Support system to land operations…
Air Operations
 Indian Air-Field near to Kargil-
1) Srinagar 2) Avantipur 3) Adampur
 Planes used were-
1) MiG 21S 2) MiG 23S 3) MiG 27S
4) Jaguars 5) Mirage 2000
Naval Operations
 “Summerex”- Eastern Fleet sailing from
Visakhapatnam to Northern Arabian Sea in
major naval practice

17. Logistical Costs to India…
 Deployment of forces
 Supplying food- No army can win without food
 Deployment of arms and ammunitions
 Deployment of medical services
 Deployment of communication systems
*It has been estimated that daily cost of war for India at Rs 15 Cr

18. References…
http://www.claws.in/images/journals_doc/317792781_LogisticsforArmyCLAWSResearchTeam.p
df
https://www.scribd.com/document/36172310/Logistics-Final
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/84907/8/08_abstract.pdf

19. Capt. Manoj Ku.
Pandey
Capt. Anuj
Nayyar Capt. Vikram Batra
Capt. Vijayant Thapar
Capt. Saurabh Kalia

20. JAI HIND