Role and Plan - Demand
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Demand Team assesses the scope of
this capability and the levels of
usefulness.
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Step 1 – Read relevant articles and AfterAction 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
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
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
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
Desired Process - Demand
Information Network
Process Repeats Until
Resource Is Delivered
Automated Inventory and
Shipment Tracking
(Interfaces w/ Network)
Next Higher
Logistics
Node
Resource
Required
No
Yes
Resource
Resource
Available?
Resource
Delivered
X
No
No
Yes
Brigade
Logistics
Node
Resource
Not
Available!
Resource
Required
Resource
X
Battalion
Logistics
Node
Resource
Available?
No
Status Info
Request
Resource
Delivered
Resource
Required
Resource
Not
Available!
Resupply
Resource Expended
Resource
Expended
Company
Command Post
And
Logistics Node