ACDS (Log Ops)

RUSI Conference - Defence Information 2013

Logistics Information

Air Vice Marshal Graham HowardAssistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistic Operations)

27 September 2013

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Defence Logistics

Defence Logistics, whilst less visible than ships, tanks and aircraft, makes a critical contribution to Defence outputs and success on operations

Annual spend on Equipment Support, Infrastructure, Inventory Consumption & other costs (15.3bn in FY 11/12)

Drive to reduce the MoD’s Inventory (£39.4bn in FY 11/12)

The proportion of Contractor Logistic Support contracts will grow from 20% in 2007 to around 65% by 2017

Source: Finance data was from UKDS 2012

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Information is Everyone's Business

Maritime Component

Land Component

Air Component

Industry

Defence SupportNetwork

NAVY Cmd

ARMY Cmd

AIR Cmd

DSCOM

Coupling Bridge

PJHQPJHQDE&S

JFC Cmd

Joint Theatre of Operations

JointForce

LogisticsComponent

Base Inventory Deployed Inventory

Logistic Information Systems

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Due to a lack of reliable information about stocks, in order to ensure sufficient deliveries are made, the supply chain has to prioritise effectiveness over efficiency.

The Department is exposed to considerable risks in the supply chain if information systems fail. Legacy systems, especially those for base inventory and warehousing systems, represent a critical risk to the Department’s ability to supply its personnel.

The Department should improve and upgrade all facets of its supply chain information data systems, especially considering the significant operational risks of continuing to use decades-old IT systems.

The MoD has acknowledged information gaps and committed significant funds to an improvement programme

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• Complex web of Legacy Systems • Obsolete technologies• 997 unique software solutions (109 different suppliers)• 1112 unique hardware types (134 suppliers)• 70% of software products fell out of support in 2009• Overlap in capabilities

Defence Logistics Information

Its not all about the Information Technology!• Systems• Processes• Data

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The Systems Future Logistic Information Services (FLIS): An 11-year (2010-2021) Fixed Price Service with Boeing Defence UK to:

Sustain, Develop & Integrate Log IS. Rationalise complex, cumbersome and inefficient legacy IS. Migration of legacy IS into purpose built, modern data centres. Support Transformation. Deliver Base Inventory Warehouse Management System (BIWMS) R1 & R2. Consolidate supplier base (previously 120 contracts & 50 suppliers)

Other Projects Management Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI) Joint Asset Management & Engineering Solution (JAMES) Transformational projects (BIWMS R3+ not included) Air Movements IS NATO Logistic Functional Applications Suite (LogFAS)

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Afghanistan - Redeployment

Bar Coding

MJDI

Proof ofGood Order

JAMES

eCompendium

LogFAS

AMIS ReplacementProject

Afghanistan

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Processes

WATERGUARD (tax liability)

MOSAIC (transform the physical supply chain)

Inventory Management and Materiel Holdings

Corporate processes - Align Log IS with Financial systems

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Information should be: captured once-only; of suitable quality; easily transferrable from one data provider to another

Make individuals responsible and accountable for data in job specifications

Use the Data Quality Assessment Toolset to determine a baseline and improvement plans

Data Quality

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This is everyone’s business in Defence

The MoD has committed significant funds to modernise Log IS capabilities, deliver business capability improvements and improve its data quality

Collaboration between MOD and Industry by means of a common standardised approach to sharing Information is vital

Summary