Customer Driven Uniform Manufacturing (CDUM) (Previously called Apparel Reseach Network)
Abstract
The Department of Defense, through the Defense Logistics Agency, purchased $2.34 billion of clothing and textile items in FY 2008. The lead-time is up to 15 months and the current inventory acquisition value is over $1.4 billion. The current focus of DLA military clothing research is Customer Driven Uniform Manufacturing (CDUM). CDUM explores the application of advanced manufacturing and information technologies and process reengineering to the end-to-end management of clothing and individual equipment (CIE). CDUM is focusing on item level radio frequency identification device (RFID) tagging to provide rapid response, asset visibility and improved agility tailored to the supply and sustainment of forces directly at the strategic and tactical levels of operations. This technology solution has been demonstrated to transform inventory control, materiel management, distribution, and warehousing so that critical Clothing and Textiles (C&T) items can be automatically tracked and item information available throughout the supply chain to include not only the manufacturers, but the upstream fabric and materials suppliers. Additional CDUM initiatives will include Army/DSCP shared asset visibility, Central Issue Facility (CIF) process reengineering and improved product performance and quality improvement.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 2_0708011S_7_0400_PB_2011
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