Middle East

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Middle East Europe Region Update
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Agenda

• OCONUS future customer challenges
• European Union (EU) port strikes delays
• AFRICOM
• Other topics

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OCONUS Future Customer Challenges

• Planning infrastructure requirements for possible
  future surge or troop reductions
• Road closures
• Modeled various scenarios to determine
  capabilities
• Landing rights
• Short and medium term infrastructure solutions
• Drawdown in conjunction with maintaining current
  level of support
• A drop in head count may not have direct
  correlation in terms of infrastructure
  requirements

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EU Port Strikes Delays

• Rotterdam NL
• Dutch vets never embraced prime vendor program
• Maersk decision to discontinue service
• Removed port of Antwerp as alternate
• Shift to Genoa IT
• Container movement going well

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Port Strikes Delays

• Greece (Port of Thessaloniki)
• Major problems Spring 2008
• Labor strikes
• Work stoppages
• Move to privatize port
• Lasted for over 60 days
• Taken over by a private company
• Bremerhaven DE
• Generally runs very smoothly

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Port IssuesPossible Improvements Coming

• SDDC to host conference
• Attendance from EU, SDDC, DLA, FSIS shippers
• Consistent shipping receiving procedures
• Seamless at each port in the EU
• Rotterdam
• Test of electronic certification into the EU

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AFRICOM

• Command currently located in Stuttgart DE
• Northern Africa
• Supported by Southern Europe prime vendor
• West, South East Africa
• Covered under the Middle East mega-buy
• Consideration for SPV with full Navy Standard
  Core Menu (NSCM)
• Point-2-point surface shipments with DTS
• Missed deliveries?
• Need expanded rates and coverage
• DLA/SDDC/HA involvement
• Orders needed 75 days in advance
• Future support
• Awards to prime vendors with platforms in Africa?

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AFRICOM Challenges

• Very erratic port hits
• Stock may sit in warehouse
• Last minute port changes
• Constant ship schedule changes
• Ships not allowed in port
• Fresh fruits vegetables

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Other Topics

• Public Key Infrastructure STORES
• Certificates will be required for
• STORES Web
• Recon Tool
• Market Ready Invoice Tool
• Requires CAC or External Certificate Authority
  (ECA)
• Affects
• Subsistence personnel, customers and vendors
• Do all you can to comply
• You will have access while you obtain ECA

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Other Topics

• Locking fields in STORES
• STORES 3.8 field locking logic for
• Vendor item description
• Package size
• Package unit of measure
• Packaging code
• In preparation for CFMS
• Requires new 832 transaction set
• There is time to comply

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Questions?