U.S. Awards Afghan Contract to Dubai Firm This article writes about the U.S. military spend a lot of money in food supplies for troops in Afghanistan. A billing is disputed with its longstanding supplier Supreme Foodservice GmbH. They deliver food, water and other supplies to about 250 delivery locations around Afghanistan. The Pentagon’s logistic arm, the Defense Logistics Agency think the supply deal mainly to a Dubai-based company, and only use a no-bid award to Supreme, the supplier do not need to compete with other suppliers. There is only a single supplier supply food to troop in Afghanistan. The disadvantage of supreme’s contract is a very high cost to taxpayers. The stress goes to people’s shoulders. It has spent about $6.8 billion since 2005 on its current food-supply contract with Supreme, the Defense Logistics Agency began reducing payments to Supreme by $21.7 million a month in order to start recouping what the agency says were $750 million in overpayments at the earlier this year. The Defense Logistics Agency already awarded an estimated $8.1 billion to a new vendor for avoid the single supplier’s disadvantages. They also said the new supply arrangement will ensure there is no interruption in supplies. Because of most U.S. forces are expected to withdraw in 2014, the Defense Logistics Agency shorter contract. This article also relates the supply chain management such as deliver food to locations around Afghanistan, and how to reduce the cost for food supplies such as not only use one supplier. And they also sign a shorter the contract with suppliers because they expected to withdraw in 2014. These are all about operation management. However, the main objective is lower the cost, and reduce the stress for taxpayers in this