MTMC Commanding General: rail gives MTMC its best on-time delivery.MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) achieves its best "on-time delivery" with what form of transportation? The question was raised by Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commander, Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a . The MTMC Operations Center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. room on Aug. 1 was silent. As John Piparato, Chief of Domestic Surface Distribution, started to phrase an answer, the Commanding General beat him to the mark. "It is rail," said Privratsky. "Rail has the best on-time delivery. And I'm not sure we own up to it." How good is rail in meeting the military transporter's key mandate or the Required Delivery Date? MTMC records show that rail shipments meet Required Delivery dates 82 percent of the time, said Privratsky. "I know there is a steady improvement in rail delivery," said Privratsky. "This is time-definite delivery The delivery of requested logistics support at a time and destination specified by the receiving activity. See also logistic support. . Metrics show the mode of rail is the best." MTMC's experience with rail delivery is no surprise to Dr. Joe Mattingly Jr., a retired professor with the R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
"This confirms my beliefs," said Mattingly. "I'm glad to see the issue raised." The efficiency of rail is no surprise to Maj. Martin Piech, an Army Reservist re·serv·ist n. A member of a military reserve. reservist Noun a member of a nation's military reserve Noun 1. with long experience on rail issues. "During the current economic downturn and following merger related service shortfalls, the major rail carriers have put a substantial amount of effort into improving the consistency of service time," said Piech. "One area of emphasis has been to reduce intermediate rail terminal dwell time The time cargo remains in a terminal's in-transit storage area while awaiting shipment by clearance transportation. See also storage. . "Industry leaders have also positioned themselves to handle incremental traffic volume increases in both the near and long term." Piech was formerly assigned as Assistant Operations Officer to the 1205th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion, of Middleton, Conn.; and Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, Southport, N.C. Currently, he serves as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee An individual reservist attending drills who receives training and is preassigned to an Active Component organization, a Selective Service System, or a Federal Emergency Management Agency billet that must be filled on, or shortly after, mobilization. with J4 at European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. Jon Meyer, National Account Manager, CSX Transportation, is understandably proud. He reports steady on-time improvement since Conrail's integration in 1999. "We run our merchandise network, which includes government traffic, close to 90 percent on time from dock to dock," said Meyer. "Running on time not only meets customer's expectations, it actually reduces costs." |
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