REDUCING OVERHEAD


PM SPIE first used this Haymarket, VA, warehouse for consolidating shipments and logistics. The high cost of facilities in the Washington, DC, area led to relocation of shipping facilities from this location. (Photo courtesy of PM SPIE)


PM SPIE vacated one facility six months earlier than originally planned. Includ- ing all costs involved in the early closeout, this action saved the Army $5.7 million in lease payments and labor charges.


SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Turner also made more intensive use of two Web-based software applications the PM had in place. Tese applications sig- nificantly reduced cost and enabled more effective management of OCIE.


E-Order, the first application, is an online ordering system that enables fielding of RFI uniforms and equipment to Soldiers unable to participate in a regular RFI fielding event. Soldiers go to their CIF on post, verify their deployment status and provide their unit name and sizing information through E-Order.


Te order goes from the CIF to PM SPIE staging facility. PM SPIE personnel receive, validate and ship the order back to the CIF within 10 days of receipt. Tis saves the time


and money associated


with the previous process, in which PEO Soldier personnel traveled back to the


unit or to theater to supply Soldiers who had missed the fielding event. E-Order is now at CIFs at every large Army post that deploys Soldiers.


Te is


second Web-based the application Standard Management Asset


Readiness Tool (SMART), which tracks all equipment from contract award, to receipt of equipment from the vendor, to fielding to Soldiers. It improves the PM’s ability to synchronize supply with demand in order to ensure that sufficient equipment is available for fielding events. Te SMART system is Army-accredited and includes a module to score and save the results of First Article and Lot Acceptance Tests for all PPE, including helmets,


soft body armor and hard body armor.


CONCLUSION Trough these process changes, PM SPIE is successfully fielding vital lifesaving gear and preserving millions of tax dollars. Tese efforts also gained recognition from the Army: Turner was named 2012 Army Logistician of the Year.


“Te big lesson we learned in this process is that it pays to be proactive when you see changes are coming,” said Mortlock.


“We knew changes were coming, so we studied our options, made our decisions and pressed ahead. As a result, the Army is already benefiting from lower costs, and Soldiers are benefiting from the improved fielding processes.”


For more efforts,


contact


information on PM SPIE’s Doug


Graham


douglas.f.graham.ctr@mail.mil. MR. DAVID SUPER is


he served as the product manager for mortar at


PM SPIE at PEO Soldier. Before assignment,


the deputy this


deputy systems at


PEO Ammunition. Super holds a B.A. in sociology/criminal justice from East Stroudsburg University, an M.B.A. from the Florida Institute of Technology and an M.S. from the


in national Armed Forces. He resource Industrial College


strategy of


the is Level III certified


in program management and contracting and is a member of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps.


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