End-State 2: The Coast Guard is rightly sized and shaped for dollars allocated

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♦ Proper financial management requires "living within your means."

♦ The quality of goods or service is usually related to its price "you get what

you pay for."

End-State 3: The Coast Guard has produced the right mix of capabilities

(people, infrastructure and information).

On a macro scale, Coast Guard logistics produces the right types and

quantities of workforce, infrastructure, and information needed to satisfy Coast

Guard requirements. This end-state is based on the following concepts:

♦ Active partnering across support programs produces the optimal mix of

workforce, infrastructure, and information.

♦ Organizational mission parameters and economic analysis determine the

best way to produce capabilities.

End-State 4: The Coast Guard is rightly modernized and positioned for

the future.

The Coast Guard is investing sufficiently in its future, ensuring it will have the

workforce, infrastructure, and information to operate efficiently and effectively.

Modernization is more than re-capitalizing infrastructure and replacing people

who leave.

The purpose of modernization is "increased productivity."

Increased productivity is achieved by applying the following concepts: