MTMC's new 2004 Strategic Plan reflects changes in mission, responsibilities.

A new MTMC Strategic Plan that mirrors the organization's new distribution mission has received approval from Maj. Gen. Ann Dunwoody, Commander, Military Traffic Management Command.

The 2004 plan takes the Military Traffic Management Command well into the 21st century, said Linda Wilson, chief, Planning and Programming Office.

Copies of the new plan are scheduled to be in the field and on the MTMC Intranet by year's end.

"MTMC's new Strategic Plan reflects the dramatic changes we have had just since our 2002 plan was produced," said Wilson. "Two years ago, we concentrated heavily on our traffic management mission.

"We are refocusing our efforts from traffic management to global surface deployment command and control and distribution operations. This supports the Department of Defense's new mission for U.S. Transportation Commands as Distribution Process Owner."

The 2004 Strategic Plan has four key areas, or Perspectives, said Wilson. They arc: Stakeholder, Internal Processes, Learning and Growth, and Resources.

"The key Perspective is the Stakeholder, or our customer, the warfighter," said Wilson. "Everything encompassed in the three other Perspectives is undertaken to support the warfighter."

The four areas are logical extensions and growth from key areas of the 2002 Strategic Plan, she said.

Brief goal statements for the four areas are:

* Stakeholder: Fulfill warfighter needs by employing innovative, customer-focused, best-value integrated services.

* Internal Processes: Redefined end-to-end management culture and capabilities that embrace a proactive, analytical approach to global deployment/ distribution command and control and deliver capabilities in support of the National Military Strategy.

* Learning and Growth: The right people, at the right place, at the right time, with the right tools within the right environment.

* Resources: Secure and execute resources to develop an organization that supports the warfighter while effectively controlling costs and maximizing benefits in the most efficient manner.

"The new Strategic Plan reflects a vision for a new culture and environment as MTMC transforms," said Wilson. "The plan builds upon the organization's new vision, mission and core competency.

"The essence of it is joint, global deployment command and control and management of distribution operations."

From transportation movements to the headquarters processes, the plan will spawn some revisions and changes in current procedures, she said.

"The plan reflects change," said Wilson. "The change will be the tight focus on MTMC's key mission of end-to-end global deployment command and control and distribution operations."

The new plan reflects approximately six months of work. Wilson coordinated a core team of MTMC employees who represented the MTMC Operations Center, Transportation Engineering Agency and the major headquarters directorates. Additional assistance was received from the Logistics Management Institute, of McLean, Va.

"The plan reflects a big part of our work lives for the past few months," said Wilson. "The project was a benchmark in all our careers. We produced a document that will carry MTMC forward for years to come."