Materiel

Not to be confused with material.

Further information: Equipment (disambiguation)

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Materiel (from the French "matériel" for equipment or hardware, related to the word material) is a term used in English to refer to the equipment and supplies in military and commercial supply chain management.

In a military context, materiel relates to the specific needs of a force to complete a specific mission. The term is also often used in a general sense ("men and materiel") to describe the needs of a functioning army. Materiel management consists of continuing actions relating to planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling, and evaluating the application of resources to ensure the effective and economical support of military forces. It includes provisioning, cataloging, requirements determination, acquisition, distribution, maintenance, and disposal. The terms “materiel management”, “materiel control”, “inventory control”, “inventory management”, and “supply management” are synonymous.

Materiel in the commercial distribution context comprises the items being moved by the services of or as the products of the business, as distinct from those involved in operating the business itself.

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  A tanker trailer being moved as part of exercise Cobra Gold '98

See also

• Organizations
  • Air Force Materiel Command
  • United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
  • Defence Materiel Organisation
• Anti-materiel rifle
• Attrition warfare
• Inventory
• Logistics
• Loss of Strength Gradient
• Military technology and equipment
• Military Supply Chain Management
• Pre-paid supplies
• Supply chain
• War effort

External links

• The Wiktionary entry for materiel