RETROGRADE THROUGH AUTOMATION
For IMI, the LCMCs facilitate turn-in from theater to the logistics readiness centers or contractor facilities for reset by providing the SOR and special instruc- tions for each of these items within the LCMC Disposition Provider in LIW.
ADVANTAGES OF AUTOMATION Based on lessons learned from the retrograde out of
then to the correct locations for reset. A recent TPE Planner improvement allows notification of turn-in dates and shipment location at least 30 days in advance of the actual turn-in to the RPAT. Tis provides transportation personnel with the time they need to schedule the actual shipment and movement from the RPAT to the shipment location.
Iraq, LOGSA had
three main areas of focus. Te first was to improve velocity, especially as it related to non-standard equipment (NS-E) and standard items not managed by LCMC. NS-E items represent a large percentage of the overall TPE in theater, yet there was no stable support base in theater to provide the required SOR DOD activity address code in a timely manner.
SERVICE CHECK
LIW has a record of requirements against which Army logisticians and others can deter- mine who needs a particular item, including items returned from Afghanistan that are still serviceable, and who should get it first. Here, Calvin Blackshire, a stock clerk for the Material Redistribution Team, analyzes the servicability of a part received earlier that day, April 11, at Fort Bragg, NC. (Photo by SGT Christopher Freeman, 50th Public Affairs Detachment)
To remedy that, AMC first provided clear business rules to automate the process, which significantly improved the velo- city of the items being processed. Second, AMC improved the ease of making changes to the original equipment con- dition-code classification, based on the true condition of the equipment, improv- ing efficiency in the TPE Planner process. Automating business rules for NS-E and non-LCMC-managed
standard items
such as a generator, and where to send the items for reset. ARMT triggers the LCMC Disposition Provider, which facilitates the electronic transmission of instructions back to the unit for turn- ing in the ARI items in theater. Te generator then would come off the unit’s property book at the redistribution prop- erty assistance team (RPAT) yard where the item is picked up on AMC’s prop- erty book, sent to an Army depot for reset and then to another unit based on known requirements.
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also improved efficiency. Finally, LOGSA made it possible to save on transportation by creating and maintaining automated tools such as TPE Planner, ARMT and DST, thus allowing the LCMCs to provide accurate and timely SOR and shipping instructions, and ensure that units would know where to ship their equipment for reset.
Having this information before the
unit redeploys avoids unnecessary second-destination transportation costs by shipping items directly to where they need to be reset, rather than shipping first to the unit’s home station and
CONCLUSION LIW and its associated tools and appli- cations such as TPE Planner and LMI DST incorporated systems effectively, eliminated spreadsheets and automated decision capabilities. Now the Army can track movement of equipment through the entire R4D process, and all stakeholders in the materiel community benefit from unprecedented visibility of equipment.
For more information, go to https://www.
logsa.army.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction =
home.main or
www.amc.army.mil.
MS. MARCIA BYRNES is a supervisory logistics management specialist at LOGSA, Redstone Arsenal, AL, where she has worked for the past 20 of her 35 years of logistics experience supporting the warfighter. Byrnes has a B.S. in education and mathemat- ics from Western Michigan University and has completed numerous graduate classes in leadership and career management.
MS. KIM HANSON is a public affairs spe- cialist within the Public and Congressional Affairs Office of AMC. She has more than 10 years of Army public affairs experience. Hanson holds a B.A. in journalism (public relations) and political science (interna- tional affairs) from Georgia State University, and an M.A. in communications from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is a graduate of the U.S. Defense Information School’s Public Affairs Officer Course.
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