Key facts
The Armed Forces’ global logistics concept (GK A Log) is the Swiss Armed Forces’ strategic framework for transforming its logistics into a combat-ready, decentralised and resilient deployment logistics system. It regulates stockpiling, protection, medical services, infrastructure and collaboration civil partners, to ensure that the Armed Forces can maintain operations for a longer period in an emergency.
The SFAO’s main focus was on whether the global concept is sufficiently mature to allow concrete measures to be formulated across all logistics levels and trigger their implementation. It considers that, essentially, the developed concept is sufficiently mature to allow the measures derived from it to be integrated into the Defence Group’s ordinary process and developed further in that setting. However, key questions are still pending.
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required measures
> 2035
implementation horizon from 2027 to 2035 and beyond
> 5 mrd
current rough cost forecast
> 90 %
Armed Forces’ reliance on foreign defence equipment
Main conclusions
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Insufficient attention paid to reliance on civilian logistics and supply chains
The reliance of the Armed Forces’ basic and deployment logistics is very high. In this respect, the GK A Log is not yet sufficiently robust. Armasuisse must be involved from now on.
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Capability development and Armed Forces planning must go hand in hand
Logistics is a horizontal task for all areas of the Armed Forces. The implementation of GK A Log, and hence its military benefit, depends on the Armed Forces’ overall funding and priorities.
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Involvement of the GS-DDPS is required
The GS-DDPS must ensure that objectives, resources and priorities within the department are coherent and create transparency about the achievement of objectives and the use of resources.
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Security strategy – no coherence as yet
The security strategy takes a holistic approach. The desired coherence between the strategies has not yet been fully achieved, and greater coordination is required.
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ICT should be viewed holistically
The Armed Forces needs to manage their logistics processes even in times of crisis. Internal alternatives were examined, but their feasibility has not yet been confirmed. The originally rejected SAP solution is therefore being reviewed.