Procurement Solution Tools for Castings NonFerrous Founders Society Ryan J. Moore

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Procurement Solution Tools for CastingsNon-Ferrou
s Founders SocietyRyan J. Moore

• Castings for Improved Readiness
• Interim Project Review
• May 7, 2007

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Objective

• Problem
• Backorders Associated Costs
• Uncertain Supply Chain
• Difficultly for foundries in identifying casting
  opportunities
• Opportunity
• Leverage and expand the
• tooling database program
• Facilitate direct from the foundry procurement
• Objective
• Develop proactive tools to assist DLA in timely
  and cost effective part acquisition
• Promote business opportunities to the cast metals
  industry

Procurement Solutions Network
Casting Supplier Database
Tooling Database
Bid Review for Castings
DLA Procurement
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Cast Tooling Database

• Activity Oct. 06 Apr. 07
• 486 solicitations sent to 46 companies
• (42 foundries, 4 machine shops)
• Estimated dollar value 3,817,000
• Historical monthly average 60 solicitations,
  477K
• 121 contractor tooling inquiries
• 35 matched to existing tooling/supplier
• Average website traffic 76 unique visitors / 140
  searches
• DSCR/DSCC database integration and updates
• Success Story demonstrated DLA cost savings

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Casting Suppliers Database

• www.defensecastingsuppliers.com
• Activity Oct. 06 Apr. 07
• 190 metalcasters registered to serve the defense
  industry
• Integrate ForCasD with tooling database to
  establish target list for bid solicitation
  matching
• Accessible to government and defense contractors
• Average monthly traffic 76 unique visitors / 116
  searches
• Promotion article in two industry publications

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Project Plans

• Roll-out bid solicitation notifications to
  industry for NSNs without known source of
  tooling
• Use award data to track number of foundry orders
• Measure cost savings
• Utilize data for process improvements
• Bi-annual update for tooling database records
• Presentations/Outreach at supply center
  conferences
• Expand information in supplier database

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Implementation Plan

• Established DLA access to tooling database and
  defense casting suppliers census
• Integrating and sharing data with supply centers
• Outreach to metalcasters and primes
• Additional tooling
• Expanded and updated supplier information
• Automated system to review and direct bid
  solicitations to capable casting suppliers
• Supplier conferences, Industry venues
  publications

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Risks

• Policies of best value practices and global
  outsourcing that create difficult barriers to
  entry
• Economic order quantities / industry business
  climate
• Alternative materials and manufacturing processes

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Project Metrics
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Acknowledgements

• The Castings for Improved Readiness Program
• is sponsored by the Defense Supply Center
• Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA and the Defense
• Logistics Agency, Ft. Belvoir, VA.