HIGH-VOLUME OPERATIONS
PM SPIE’s Logistics Management Directorate is responsible for fielding OCIE and PPE to Soldiers in theater; in FY11, it fielded almost 7 million items of equipment. Here, a Soldier with the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade (1st ACB), 1st Cavalry Division stands amid a sea of duffel bags and rucksacks at Camp Marmal, Balkh province, Afghanistan, May 14, 2012. The 1st ACB was redeploying to Fort Hood, TX, after a year in theater. (Photo by SGT Richard Wrigley, 1st ACB Public Affairs)
to maximize available funding. “I learned long ago in the Army to keep an eye out for problems on the path forward,” said Turner, a retired Army staff sergeant. Turner focused on achieving both life- cycle cost savings and real reductions in business costs.
Reducing the delivery costs required a new approach, which was developed and validated between October 2011 and May 2012. During this
Army Forces Command, HQDA G-4, U.S. Army Material Command and U.S. Army Sustainment Command.
time, Turner
and the deputy PM SPIE co-chaired an integrated project team (IPT) with repre- sentatives from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command, U.S.
Since 2004, the directorate has used contractor support teams consisting of 21 people to conduct the fielding and NET. Te PM had six of these 21-person teams fielding equipment to deploy- ing units. Most of the contractors were retired NCOs, each very experienced in the uniforms and equipment that PM SPIE was issuing to Soldiers. As a result, the PM consistently received high marks from units and Soldiers for the way in which the equipment was issued and how
the training was conducted. Each team conducted a mission within two weeks, during which
they issued
800,000 separate items to 3,000-5,000 Soldiers. OCO funds currently pay for these activities.
Turner sought methods for reducing RFI delivery costs while maintaining the high quality and efficiency of
the
existing process. After considering mul- tiple alternatives, the IPT recommended implementing a new process that would make maximum use of existing govern- ment assets. Te IPT recommended using a team of five TACOM civilian
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