Logistics Research and Development Technology (Log R&D)
Abstract
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) 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 virtually 100 percent of the consumable items the military services need to operate – including food, uniforms, fuel and energy, medical supplies, construction and barrier materials and equipment, and more than 85 percent of the military’s spare parts. DLA also provides logistics services including logistics information data, manages the reutilization of military equipment, and documents automation and production services. DLAs Logistics Research and Development (Log R&D) program helps ensure that advanced logistics concepts and business processes are used to accomplish the agency’s mission with the leanest possible infrastructure. Log R&D identifies the best commercial business practices and tailors them, as necessary, into the most effective business processes for the agency. Log R&D develops and demonstrates high risk, high payoff technology that provides a significantly higher level of support at the lowest possible costs. The DLA Log R&D program is organized into three Strategic Focus Areas (SFAs): • Enhancing Analysis, Modeling, and Decision Support (EAMD): 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. • Improving Logistics Processes (ILP): R&D efforts to develop and implement advanced technology in logistics processes over and above current baseline systems. • Emergent Logistics R&D Requirements (ELR): R&D efforts to support emergent Logistics R&D requirements that arise out of the budget cycle. These out of cycle requirements always occur. This SFA begins new projects in a timely manner without disrupting ongoing projects by funds reallocation. This SFA scope includes all DLA supply chains and logistics processes. DLA’s focus for this budget cycle highlights advanced capabilities in digital and technical data modernization, management and analytics to fulfill the DLA role in the DOD Digital Engineering Strategy and improve sharing of data with the industrial base and supported organizations. Investment explores technologies to lower the Agency’s material acquisition and operations costs and improve weapons systems support. This effort spans across both DLA R&D Program Elements and multiple Strategic Focus Areas, impacting across the DOD Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel and DLA Enterprise logistics processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 0603712S_3_0400_PB_2021
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY2020, $3.600 million reduction OSD Enacted FY2020 adjustments due to prior year carryover. FY2020, $10.000 million Congressional Addition for program increase steel performance initiative in Castings. FY2020, the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Technology Transfer Research tax amounted to $0.597 million. FY2021, internal realignment decreased program baseline by $0.186 million for critical Defense Property Accountability System redesign and upgrade requirements. The FY 2021 funding request was reduced by $0.583 million during the Defense-Wide Review to free up resources for higher priority Department needs.
- Service Agency Name
- Defense Logistics Agency
Entities
Organizations
- Defense Logistics Agency
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