CONSTANT READINESS
Taking its cues from the AMC strategy, JMC has developed a three-level transfor- mation framework.
• Level 1—Codify core competencies (production, distribution, storage and demilitarization) by site.
• Level 2—Develop the transformation strategy, conduct workshops, develop projects and determine costs.
• Level 3—Establish time-phased project requirements, aligning ongoing projects with the transformation strategy on a site-by-site basis.
JMC’s improvements must align with the essential characteristics of a safe and modernized ammunition organic indus- trial base:
• A transformed workforce. • A single point of failure mitigation. • Robotics. • Remote-operating capabilities. • Prognostic and predictive maintenance.
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Multi-use production lines. • Energy independence.
• Engaging with experts (industry, private sector, industrial engineers, etc.).
Modernization efforts could include:
• Automation. • Maintenance analytics through equip- ment sensors.
• Upgraded plant layouts and design. • Revalidating master plans.
• Updating area development plans with a focus on modernization.
ON TOUR
Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) Deputy Director Laurence G. Gottschalk briefs the author about the explosive destruction system during a tour of CMA in March. (Photo by Sarah Lobos, Army Chemical Materials Activity)
Tese efforts require us to look far into the future for what is needed to support JMC and the ammunition mission. Te key is to target to specific requirements within the organic industrial base, and budget what is needed at our installations to create agile lines capable of adapting to meet the nation’s changing ammunition needs.
As Jette explained, “Funding for new facilities that are designed to embrace today's technology will improve work- force safety. New infrastructure will enable environmental compliance, water-energy efficiency, conservation and resiliency and establish a more efficient and effec- tive production capacity—resulting in a greater return on investment."
TRANSFORMING THE BASE To transform the ammunition organic industrial base in these areas, JMC used a pilot approach at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma, with the objective of developing specific and
measurable elements to create a framework sites can use to modernize. Te McAlester pilot took place between November 2020 and January 2021 and laid the ground- work for an evolving strategy that now includes the entire organic industrial base. JMC is in the process of making adjust- ments based on that data and rolling out the plan to the other installations. Future data will no doubt lead to further adjust- ments, allowing us to finalize and deliver a comprehensive, 15-year strategy by 2022.
Over the last several years, we have been developing a total requirement for the program objective memorandum laid out by fiscal years 2023-2027. It is driven by readiness and priorities, within the context of maintaining a safe work environment. Early efforts generally focused on current readiness and repairing or replacing needed infrastructure, while establish- ing some known required capabilities for the future (e.g. missile maintenance, demilitarization facilities and insertion of
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