PANDEMIC RESPONSE
The public health emergency suddenly placed the ability to secure medical supplies at the fore of a different type of battle and prompted an entirely new way of thinking.
and creative individuals in government, industry and academia to put together all of the puzzle pieces in helping to combat COVID- 19—from the ground up.
Manufacturers in the DOD organic industrial base have been able to use their existing equipment and turn over their machines to make these critical items. Tey had the equipment and our team had the medical product development and regulatory expertise. By combining our forces, DOD was able to organically manu- facture and supply a medical product—for the first time ever.
In the course of only a few months, the working group has learned much about what can be accomplished by working together in the face of adversity. Our unique team of military, civilian and contract support personnel is living proof that anything is possi- ble with the right plan in place. We continue to work around the clock to ensure medical products are moving toward distribu- tion, when and where they are needed, to battle this worldwide pandemic.
THE FUTURE FIGHT Te lessons we are learning in responding to COVID-19 directly translate to the Army’s multidomain operations concept, where logistical supply chains will be degraded during large-scale combat operations. Te success of the working group thus far has provided an opportunity to assess which equipment and capabili- ties can be force multipliers in our future operating environment. In our response to this crisis, we have been able to break down boundaries, bring together diverse resources and competencies from different organizations, and apply them in a manner to drive innovation and collaborative teaming for a DOD enterprise solu- tion. We have come to learn that to control the supply chain, you must become the supply chain.
Ultimately, the COVID pandemic has highlighted the vulnerabil- ity of DOD’s operational readiness because of the globalization of the medical supply chain. Future conflicts with near-peer adver- saries will present even greater challenges to continuity of global supply chains. As we manage supply chains for our critical weapon
systems, the Army must control the supply chain that ensures the health and readiness of our operational forces. Building an endur- ing and sustainable capability for production of critical medical supplies within the Army and with its domestic suppliers, is key to the DOD organic industrial base readiness mission.
For more information on the Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management Office and other projects being developed by the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activ- ity, go to
https://www.usammda.army.mil/.
LEIGH ANNE ALEXANDER is deputy project manager for the Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management Office at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, responsible for nine U.S. Army and Defense Health Agency medical acquisition programs that aim to develop safe, effective and suitable medical solutions aligned to the national defense strategy and multidomain operation tenets. In July 2016, she became an Army civilian with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency as a product manager, and joined USAMMDA in October 2018. She holds a B.A. in both chemistry and American studies from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, and an M.B.A. and an M.S. in biotechnology from University of Maryland, University College. She is a certified Project Management Professional, Defense Acquisition Level III-certified in program management, and is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps.
KENNETH L. WOOD is the acquisition and industrial base direc- tor for the Materiel Systems Organization at TACOM at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan. He is responsible for oversight of the TACOM industrial base supply chain health and served as the Additive Manu- facturing COVID-Response program manager for TACOM. He holds an aerospace engineering B.S.E. from the University of Michigan, and an electronic mechanical computer controls M.S.E. from Wayne State University. He is Level III certified in program management and systems engineering, and a member of the Army Acquisition Corps. He has received commercial certifications in Program Manage- ment, Design for Six Sigma, and Shainin Quality methodology.
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