CTMA Connector October 2012: DoD Maintenance Update

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We welcome the following organizations into NCMS:

One Network Enterprises, Inc. (www.onenetwork.com)

One Network provides planning, execution and business intelligence applications build on a federated cloud computing platform.

Anglicotech, LLC. (www.anglicotech.com)

Anglicotech is a veteran-owned small business, specializing in Organizational Change Management and Enterprise Information Technology Implementation and Services. With a dedicated team of subject matter experts and experienced consultants, Anglicotech is committed to providing innovative solutions to the most complex problems by devising all-encompassing plans that address the tactical, operational and strategic levels.

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) (www.michigan.gov/deq)

MDEQ provides compliance assistance, pollution prevention and sustainability resources as well as partnership building.

SAVE THE DATE: 2013 CTMA Symposium– Fast Track Collaboration

8-10 April, 2013 at the MWR Conference Center, US Navy Yard, Washington, DC.

Agenda and registration available early 2013.

Visit NCMS/CTMA at Booth #707 at the 2012 Defense Maintenance Symposium, 13-16 November in beautiful Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Vote us best booth again where we will be showcasing five of our member companies and their capabilities including:

• Eclypse International
• Spectro, Inc
• Imaginestics, LLC
• PerfectPoint
• Curtiss Wright Corporation

Register for the Symposium at http://www.sae.org/events/dod/registration.htm.

SAVE ANOTHER DATE: NCMS/CTMA Technology Showcase

30 January 2013 – Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Alabama

Stay tuned for details.

New CTMA Projects:

Contractor Property Management for Maintenance

As DoD Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) continues to evolve, more of the maintenance activities traditionally performed by operating forces are being transferred to in-theater contractors. To successfully perform these missions, Government Furnished Property (GFP) is frequently provided to contractors in order to perform OCO tasks; however, the US Government currently has no visibility of the items in theater that are brought in by contractors and has limited visibility of GFP provided in-theater in support of maintenance operations.

Interim Policy Directive #12-07 issued by CENTCOM requires contractors to provide visibility of large items moving into and out of Afghanistan whether contractor owned or government owned under the control of the contractor. Additionally, to improve OCO visibility, DoD has recently published regulations within the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to govern these processes. Regulations require that the Services utilize the Synchronized Pre-deployment and Operational Tracker, (SPOT) to track GFP to Contractors. Regulation compliance is crucial to maintaining effective property management, enhance fiscal accountability and ensure adherence to contractual obligations by both the Government and the Contractor/Entity.

This CTMA project will develop or enhance those processes necessary to help ensure the Marine Corps commitment to policy compliance. Project objectives will enhance visibility of relevant Government and contractor property to Government stakeholders and provide the oversight required for equipment under contractor control subject to in-theater/out of theater transfers.

For additional project information, contact Jeff Walker at jeffw@ncms.org, 360-782-1370

Coalition Logistics Interoperability (CLI) Joint Logistics Integration

Traditional execution of logistical support is focused on supportability at the individual service component level. Typical of this strategy is a significant redundancy of parts stocks, consumable inventory, and maintenance capability, commonly referred to as the “Iron Mountain”. The DoD has received the mandate to leverage existing and new capabilities in a joint environment, in order to pool and share sustainment resources between services. To this end, the CTMA program has supported the DoD in a series of Sense and Respond Logistics (S&RL) demonstrations, technical development initiatives and spiraling technology efforts focused on the investigation and development of the necessary tools required to successfully realize this mandate. To date, several key technologies have been developed by Government agencies and various commercial enterprises which enable more efficient and effective sustainability efforts. A basic proof of concept was achieved at the ExLog War Game in Quantico, Virginia in June 2012.

The objective of this CTMA project is to build from the success of previous project work and identify means by which the joint services may comply with DoD/Service policy, leverage IUID data, reduce maintenance costs, reduce supply costs, improve total life cycle system management, and gain joint service maintenance interoperability without sacrificing weapon system reliability or readiness.

For additional project information, contact Jeff Walker at jeffw@ncms.org, 360-782-1370

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