Improving Technical and Logistics Information (formerly Industry and Customer Collaboration)
Abstract
The Improving Technical and Logistics Information (ITLI) SFA projects improve and facilitate the communication of technical and logistics information among industry, DLA’s military customers and DLA. This SFA includes the Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST), the Defense Logistics Information Research (DLIR), and the Emergent Manufacturing Technology (EMT) portfolios within its scope. The Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST) program addresses Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report 12-707 recommendations for DOD to establish a “knowledge-based approach” to define, communicate, and collaborate on military unique combat uniforms and individual equipment (CUIE) requirements. DLA has the responsibility to manage and maintain the technical requirements among the Services and the Defense Industrial Base. Currently there is no common environment for collaborating on new requirements among the stakeholders. The strategic objective of the DLA MUST program is to identify, develop, and adopt technologies that can significantly improve the joint process from transitioning new item development to DLA sustainment and operations. The Program focuses on technologies that will transform the military CUIE supply chain from an “electronic paper” (i.e. PDF/MS Word) based manual environment, into a knowledge-based model driven environment. This approach will result in seamlessly communicating military unique technical requirements throughout the end-to-end supply chain, leading toward a Model Based Enterprise. The Defense Logistics Information Research (DLIR) program researches core technologies to improve the quality, security, and interoperability of logistics data acquisition and management to enable and streamline DLA operations. DLA enables transformation of business practices and methodologies as the data for weapons systems evolve from traditional formats and delivery methods (such as two-dimensional images and PDF formats) to newer, more innovative methods (such as three-dimensional solid models, object-oriented databases, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web 3C standards). This transformational shift for DLA is driven by the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) approach, the way industry is delivering design and development data for weapon systems to the Military Services and the way the Military Services in turn manage and provide the data to DLA. DLA Logistics Operations, DLA Acquisition, DLA Tech/Quality, and DLA’s Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs) are key stakeholders in the DLIR initiatives to modernize the representation and delivery of weapons systems data. The EMT program addresses emerging and out of cycle requirements that always occur as DLA strives to maintain readiness of the aging weapon systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- OOO_0603680S_3_0400_PB_2023