Agile Transportation for the 21st Century (AT21)
Abstract
The DAE Pilot Program in FY 2010 will support AT21 development, testing and accreditation activities. AT21 will implement standardized, repeatable business processes for transportation planning and transportation management with supporting information technology solutions at U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) that have been identified for sustainment and transition to a new joint Program of Record (POR) via the DAE Pilot. The Commander, USTRANSCOM, as Distribution Process Owner, is responsible for the Defense Transportation System (DTS), which executes via a myriad of stove piped processes for managing movement requirements, lift asset availability, and execution planning. The DTS lacks an automated capability to match global movement requirements against available lift assets to produce an optimized transportation schedule that meets warfighter delivery requirements. There has been no DOD tool suite implemented that works across the Joint Planning and Execution Community to help produce enterprise executable distribution plans. The AT21 ACTD, conducted in 2003 – 2005, successfully demonstrated the use of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies that automate and streamline business processes and demonstrate commercial best practices for transportation management. AT21 will provide continuous visibility, collaboration, automated processes, and alerts supporting transportation planning. When fully transitioned, it will provide opportunities to streamline cargo movement by optimizing capacity throughout the distribution network. To date, its Turbo Planner tool, developed in the ACTD, reduces administrative time in developing, reviewing, and adjudicating adaptive plans and crisis orders for the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System. USTRANSCOM transitioned the ACTD collaborative TPFDD planning tool, TransViz, in FY05 and initiated AT21 as a new program acquisition in FY06. TransViz subsequently transitioned to Global Command and Control System - Joint (GCCS-J) in 2007. The TransViz collaboration functionality is already in use in the USTRANSCOM Deployment and Distribution Operations Center, at U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), USCENTCOM Forward, USEUCOM and USSOUTHCOM in support of real-world deployment planning. TransViz is now a mature operational capability used by the U.S. Transportation Command and will be included in the Adaptive Planning and Execution environment. USTRANSCOM is currently conducting an acquisition for business process improvement and COTS configuration to provide transportation business process management using supporting COTS in FY10 – FY12 and anticipates contract award in 2nd QTR FY10. Program planning is underway to begin strategic transportation scheduling/optimization and theater capability development efforts in FY11.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 3e82e6f5f758b74a388390cd50468dac