IMPROVING EQUIPMENT TRACKING
The LIW’s central database increases the visibility and tracking of equipment throughout the Army. Here, Mike Murphey moves supplies from the warehouse to the maintenance building at the Army Sustainment Command Logistic Support Team Complex on Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, IN, Nov. 7, 2011. The new complex replaces the tents and trailers that were previously used to issue and maintain equipment and vehicles for Soldiers undergoing predeployment training at Camp Atterbury. (Photo by SSG David Bruce.)
new contracts, to maximize awareness and management across the spectrum of equipment.
“You have disparate data sources all over the place right now. Right now, the LIW does not capture new-production equipment and does not capture new production on contract. If I had visibility of that, it would allow me to make bet- ter decisions about forecasted deliveries. I could be more proactive versus reac- tive and set the conditions for success,” Agee explained. “Everything is coalescing around LIW. At our desired end state, all Army materiel will be visible in the LIW.”
Reset, repair, and logistics modernization programs will also be entered into the LIW. The idea is to accurately track and account for all equipment in the inven- tory, regardless of location, whether it is
with the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Army prepositioned stocks, or theater provided equipment, Agee said.
“You’ve got to know what you’ve got in your inventory before you can distribute it and move things around. We will be able to inform what we procure, what we modernize, what we divest, and what we extend the life cycle on by way of recapi- talization,” Agee said.
CONCLUSION
The LMI and LIW efforts are helping to institutionalize new policies and new business rules across the Army, initiatives that will help the service become more efficient in today’s more constrained fiscal environment, in which overseas contin- gency operations funding is expected to decrease and the Army will have to rely more on the base budget, Agee said.
“The LMI will synchronize the distribu- tion and redistribution of equipment in accordance with Army priorities and directives. Through coordination and collaboration, we will do a better job at optimizing our supply against demand.
The LMI approach represents huge culture change Armywide. The LMI approach is a journey and will serve as the Army’s transformational foundation for evolutionary change in the Materiel Enterprise over time,” Agee said.
KRIS OSBORN is a Highly Qualified Expert for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Office of Strategic Communications. He holds a B.A. in English and political science from Kenyon College and an M.A. in comparative literature from Columbia University.
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