Logistics Research and Development Technology (Log R&D)

Abstract

The Defense Logistics Agency is responsible for providing to the Military Services, and other Federal Agencies, as well as combined and allied forces the full spectrum of logistics, acquisition and technical services. DLA sources and provides nearly 100 percent of the consumable items the military forces need to operate – including food, fuel and energy, uniforms, medical supplies as well as construction and barrier equipment. DLA supplies more than 85 percent of the military’s spare parts, provides logistics information data and products, manages the reutilization of military equipment, and offers document automation and production services. DLAs Research and Development (R&D) program helps ensure that advanced logistics concepts and business processes are available in order to accomplish the agency’s mission with the leanest possible infrastructure, using the best commercial and government sources and applying most effective business processes. The Logistics R&D program develops and demonstrates high risk, high payoff technology that provides a significantly higher level of support at lower costs than would be otherwise attainable. The program has a proven track record of implementation and benefits. In December 2013, the DLA Director called for greater flexibility within the R&D program in support of the agency’s efforts to achieve its mission. As a result, the R&D program is evolving from single supply chain efforts to Strategic Focus Areas (SFAs). The SFAs will support DLA’s efforts to make the improvements needed to maintain mission readiness rates in a constrained budget environment. The three Strategic Focus Areas were renamed in FY 17-FY 21 to more clearly capture their focus and scope: 1. Enhancing Analysis, Modeling, and Decision Support (formerly Analytic and Decision Support): R&D efforts to develop decision support tools, such as modeling, simulation, and other analytics to improve operational strategy decision-making, forecasting, and procurement, which support more effective and efficient responses to emerging market and customer requirements. 2. Improving Logistics Processes (formerly Logistics Processes): R&D efforts to develop and implement advanced technology in logistics processes over and above current baseline systems. 3. Emergent Logistics R&D Requirements (formerly Innovative Products and Services for Customers): R&D Efforts to support emergent Logistics R&D requirements that arise out of the budget cycle. These out of cycle requirements always occur. The SFA begins new projects in a timely manner without disrupting ongoing projects by funds reallocation. This SFA includes all DLA supply chains and logistics processes.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2017
• Source ID: 0603712S_3_0400_PB_2017
• Change Summary Explanation: During FY 2017 – FY 2021 funds were realigned from PE LOG R&D (0603712S) to the Industrial Preparedness – Manufacturing Technology Program (PE 0708011S). This realignment was needed to accommodate high priority requirements within DLA to improve the industrial base that supports critical weapon systems. In FY17, $4.646M was realigned from LOG R&D to MANTECH for these high priority requirements. The consequences to the realignment include: The Medical On-Demand Business Analytics (ODBA) capability will be delayed depriving DLA end-users the ability to easily access and navigate the data from a single interface without requiring the knowledge of database access language (SQL). The Supply Chain management project reductions means additional anti-counterfeiting technology will not be fully developed and implemented, increasing the risk that counterfeit parts will enter the DOD supply system. Reductions to the Energy readiness program mean cost increases to the Services for fuel because fewer alternative fuel additives will be available. Modeling and Simulation tools will not be available for DLA to optimize operations and logistics processes.
• Service Agency Name: Defense Logistics Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Biomedical
• Cyber
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Additive Manufacturing
• Business Administration
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Command And Control
• Logistics
• Management Personnel
• Manufacturing
• Materials
• Military Equipment
• Procurement
• Renewable Energy
• Robotics
• Standards
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management
• Test Methods
• Three Dimensional

Readers

• Defense Acquisition Program Management
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.