Logistics Information Technology (LOGIT)

Abstract

The Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) program was canceled 11 December 2012. The cancellation of ECSS has driven the Air Force to re-evaluate its strategy to enable logistics Information Technology (IT) capabilities. The Air Force still requires an integrated logistics capability that provides timely, accurate and reliable information to decision makers at all levels of command and across the full range of military operations. The Air Force is transitioning from ECSS to a hybrid approach of core legacy system remediation / modification and transformation, to include transitioning to a common IT hosting environment. This approach moves away from a large scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) capability and uses firm requirements, smaller scale development efforts and shorter delivery schedules to achieve FY 2017 statutory Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) and operational requirements. Logistics Transformation: Logistics transformation will be accomplished through capability initiatives to include Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) and Field Maintenance. -- MRO will create an integrated capability that plans, schedules, and executes organic depot maintenance support functions critical to agile planning, optimized workload assignment, resource allocation and throughput, thereby increasing depot maintenance support to the warfighter. -- SCM includes Air Force Wholesale Supply, Item Master, Retail Supply, and related initiatives. Wholesale Supply encompasses centralized planning and management of items and equipment such as: repairables, consumables, Nuclear Weapons-Related Materiel (NWRM) and cryptographic items. Item Master provides the capability to manage comprehensive, accurate, and reliable item data. Retail Supply comprises business operations and inventory for the Air Force Base Supply community. -- The PLM capability will enable Air Force engineering/logistics communities to define, track, protect and manage product data for Air Force weapon systems and equipment. -- APS will provide an integrated, accurate and timely supply chain planning capability to project inventory allocations that facilitate improved decision-making throughout the Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Supply Planning, Exception Management, and Analytics processes. -- Field Maintenance will improve Air Force base-level maintainers' ability to plan, schedule, execute and maintain oversight capabilities that support timely and accurate asset/resource management related to weapons systems inventory, status and usage reporting. Remediation/Modification Efforts: The remediation and modification of core logistics systems is necessary for the Air Force to meet statutory Financial Improvement Audit Readiness (FIAR) by 2017 and align with the Joint Chiefs of Staff J-4 Concept for Logistics and the Air Force Logistics Board's approved Enterprise Logistics Strategy (ELS). Systems contained in these business areas include, but are not limited to, the Air Force Equipment Management System (AFEMS), Integrated Maintenance Data System (IMDS), Reliability and Maintainability Information System (REMIS), Combat Ammunitions System (CAS), Enhanced Maintenance Operations Center (EMOC), Aircraft Structural Integrity Management Information System (ASIMIS), Integrated Logistics System-Supply (ILS-S), Cargo Movement Operations System (CMOS), Stock Control System (SCS), Purchase Request Process System (PRPS), Automated Logistics Management Support System (ALMSS), Depot Maintenance Accounting and Production System (DMAPS), Cryptologic Depot Accountability System (CDAS), Commercial Asset Visibility-Air Force (CAV-AF), Enhanced Technical Information System (ETIMS), and Weapon System Management Information System (WSMIS). Activities for legacy system remediation/modification and transformation will apply Business Process Re-Engineering (BPRE) and the Air Force Service Development and Delivery Process (SDDP).

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2015
• Source ID: 0708610F_7_3600_PB_2015
• Change Summary Explanation: Decrease in FY15 is due to higher Air Force priorities. FY13: PE is reduced by $4.697M due to sequestration. PE is reduced by $43.23M for above threshold reprogramming for higher Air Force priorities.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Counter WMD
• Human Systems
• Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Air Force
• Air Force Facilities
• Commerce
• Computer Programs
• Control Systems
• Engineering
• Environment
• Information Systems
• Logistics
• Logistics Management
• Maintenance
• Management Information Systems
• Network Protocols
• Office Personnel
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

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