<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/c4_decision_architecture_for_contested_sustainment.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><title>C4 Decision Architecture for Contested Sustainment: How four supply chain ideas form one operational logic</title><description>Learn how a C4 decision architecture could revolutionize military sustainment by equipping logisticians with data-driven, resilient decision-making tools to keep forces supplied and effective in contested battlefields where traditional supply lines fail.</description><pubDate>02/26/2026</pubDate><image><img src="https://walton.uark.edu/initiatives/supply-chain-research/posts/images/matt_scmrc_6_913x485_72dpi.jpg" alt="Graphic with a camouflage background titled “C4 Decision Architecture for Contested Sustainment,” featuring four connected icons labeled Command (replenishment decision), Commit (late/postponement), Coordinate (flow/cross-docking), and Compress (time at the node/autonomous forklifts), illustrated with a shield, clock, warehouse, and forklift with satellite signal."/></image><author>Matt Waller</author><tags><tag>clc</tag><tag>scmrpost</tag></tags></item>