Role and Plan - Demand

1
Role and Plan - Demand

• Demand Team assesses the scope of this capability
  and the levels of usefulness.
• Step 1 Read relevant articles and After-Action
  Reviews detailing performance of logistics
  agencies during Operation Iraqi Freedom for the
  3rd Infantry Division
• Step 2 Conduct online survey to determine
  actual demand from units executing logistics and
  scope of this capability

2
Current State - Demand

• Relevant Articles
• Army Logistics Our Reality, Our Future
• Logistics White Paper
• Moving Those Beans and Bullets
• Sustainment of the Army Depends on Continuing
  Logistics Transformation
• DLA Logistics Backbone of Iraqi Freedom
• Delivering Logistics Readiness to the Warfighter
• After-Action Reviews Utilized
• 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)
• HHC, Task Force 2-69 Armor
• C/1-3 ADA
• HHC/1-24 Infantry
• Survey
• 12 responses, varying experiences, rank and
  organizations
• Coverage from Iraq, Kosovo, Germany, and
  numerous training events
• Execution experience from platoon level through
  Corps (multi-Division) logistics

3
Results (AARs and Articles)

• Macro-level Issues and Recommendations

• 1. Connect Logisticians at all levels
• e.g. logistics internet at every echelon
• Correlates with demand survey result one

• 2. Modernize Distribution
• use automated inventory and shipment tracking to
  deliver what
• is needed to who needs it and to provide
  feedback on availability
• - optimization capability is not necessary if the
  real-time information
• sharing capability and asset visibility of
  requirement 1 exists

4
Results (Survey)

• Want 2 Key Capabilities

1. Information flow with feedback mechanism -
prefer existing technology (ie FBCB2) - want
requirements sent higher with digital record and
projected fill time (or availability) feedback
along with of requirement to be delivered -
must interface with all level of logistics
support

• 2. Inventory/Shipment Resource
• i.e. UPS Package Tracking
• must be linked to logistics network
• tells the system what is where and tracks the
  progress
• of the resource towards the unit needing it

5
Desired Process - Demand
Information Network
Next Higher Logistics Node
Automated Inventory and Shipment
Tracking (Interfaces w/ Network)
Resource Required
No
Brigade Logistics Node
Yes
Resource
No
Resource Not Available!
Resource Required
Resource Delivered
No
Battalion Logistics Node
Resource
Yes
No
Resource Required
Status Info
Resource Not Available!
Resource Delivered
Request
Company Command Post And Logistics Node
Resupply
Resource Expended
Resource Expended