Military precision
13 September 2012
After 35 years in the army, supply chief Frank Steer is moving on to the Institute of Quality Assurance. He tells David Arminas how supply chain management in the forces can be a matter of life and death
Supply chain quality in the military can be a life or death issue, and Frank Steer’s entire career has revolved around ensuring it is only about life. In its simplest form, Steer’s job has been to ensure that a soldier stuck in a hostile environment, such as the recent Kosovo conflict, has the right equipment to do the job. The idea of failure because of poor...