Factory to Foxhole

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Defense Logistics Agency
Factory to Foxhole
May 5, 2009
VADM Alan Thompson SC, USN, Director, DLA
Warfighter Support
Stewardship Improvements
Business Process Refinements
Workforce Development
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Scope of DLA Combat Support

• Provide 95 of all Services repair parts
• Support 1,603 weapon systems
• Manage 6.4M Items (8 Supply Chains)
• 42B in FY08 Sales Services
• Fuel 18.6B
• Troop Support 13.4B
• Hardware 7.3B
• Services 2.7B

• Provide 100 of
• Fuels
• Subsistence
• Medical Supplies and Equipment
• Clothing and Textiles
• Construction and Barrier Material
• Worldwide Presence
• 22,176 Civilians
• 1,093 Military (AD/USMR)
• 28 Countries
• 48 States

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DLA Factory to Foxhole Support
Theater
Inter
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-
Inter
Tactical
Stock
Theater
Theater
Movement and
Storage
Positioning
Acquisition
Movement
Movement
Distribution
Movement
RETURNS
RETURNS
Point of Effect
Port
Port
DLA
/ Services
DLA
/ Services
USTRANSCOM
DLA
/ COCOMs / Services
Vendor/PBL Distribution Activities
Theater Stock Positioning Receipt
Store Document Ship

• Acquisition
• Research
• Development
• Test
• Evaluation

Storage Receipt Store Document Ship
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MRAP Sustainment and Readiness

• 12,822 MRAPs fielded in the CENTCOM AOR
• DLA provides support for 23K different parts
  (NIINs)
• DLA sustainment initiatives
• Positioning liaisons with manufacturers
• Cataloging and developing sources of supply
• Positioning expeditors in theater
• Forward positioning parts at DDKS (5K NIINs on
  hand)
• MRAP readiness averages over 90

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Responsible Drawdown in Iraq

• Supply Support
• Adjusting sustainment flow into Iraq
• Impact of retrograded materiel on future demand
• Distribution Support
• CONUS receipt / storage of Service reset material
• Stock at DLA Depot in Kuwait (DDKS)

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Responsible Drawdown in Iraq

• Disposal Support
• DRMO mission
• Base closure scrap removal and DEMIL
• Hazardous waste recycling and disposal
• Sale of serviceable excess
• Streamlining the transfer process

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OEF Logistics Support
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DLA Force Deployment Support

• Building Operating Bases
• Prepositioning Construction Supplies
• Increasing production of re-locatable buildings
• Posturing for the duration
• Establishing DRMS Office (RC-S)

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DLA Sustainment Support

• Surging Subsistence
• Executing Repair Parts procurement for critical
  items
• Tailoring repair parts support for MARFOR unique
  assets
• Building pure pallets for customized support
• Executing Theater First supply logic for timely
  support

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OEF Contractor Fuel Support
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Leveraging Commercial Flexibility
Mitigates Risks

• Prime Vendors
• Manage suppliers vice inventories/stocks
• Reduces inventory levels and holding costs
• Improves responsiveness
• Local Procurement
• Provides flexible solutions
• Builds strategic partnerships

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Defense Logistics Agency
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• Back up

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Warfighter Support

• Responsible Drawdown in Iraq
• US Forces Increase in Afghanistan