End-to-end Review (Hansard, 20 July 2004)

§ Mr. Ingram

The original End to End Study reported its findings on 1 July 2003, leading to a six-month Demonstration Phase which has been a notable success. Many of the principles and recommendations put forward by the End to End Final Report have been proven through the pilot activities conducted thus far. It is the intention; therefore, to focus future activity on implementation and the early realisation of benefit.

As an example, the cost of delivering the first wave of End to End was far outweighed by the year-on-year savings. The MOD has invested £18 million in this programme over the last 15 months. End to End Demonstration has identified efficiency benefit of between £16 million to £19 million per annum and identification of realisable benefit of around £330 million. Potential exists for additional benefit, whilst at the same time preserving and in many cases improving, operational effectiveness.

The quick wins achieved by the End to End Programme and the ongoing and extremely successful DLO Change Programme, have been the catalysts for the launch of a defence-wide programme of logistics transformation.