DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCYTHE NATION’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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How DLA Works to Integrate Digital Manufacturing into Defense Acquisition

Defense Acquisition University (DAU)

Kelly MorrisChief, Logistics R&D

April 3, 2018

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DLA Strategic Plan 2018 - 2026

MISSION: Sustain Warfighter readiness and

lethality by delivering proactive global logistics in peace and war.

VISION: The Nation’s Combat Logistics Support Agency... global, agile, and innovative;

focused on the Warfighter First.

WHY: To serve the Warfighter and our Nation!

PEOPLE AND CULTURE ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING WE DO

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End-to-End Global Supply Chain Management

• $35.3B in Revenue

• Over $10B in Small Business

• $4.2B in support to over 40 Federal Agencies

• $1.4B in Foreign Military Sales

• ~100% Military Services’ Consumables

• Over 12K Suppliers

• 9K Awards per day

• Manage 5.2M line items

• $272B Active Contracts Managed

• 27K Workforce, 2K Forward Positioned

• Located in 46 States and 28 Countries

• 766 Locations co-located with customer

SIX MAJOR BUSINESS UNITS/MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMANDS

AVIATIONTROOP SUPPORT LAND ANDMARITIME ENERGY DISTRIBUTION DISPOSITION

SERVICES

Repair parts for aviation systems, nuclear systems, maps and Industrial Plant Equipment

• $4.6B Revenue

• 13K+ Customers

• 2K weapon systems

• 19 Locations

Global Supply Chains:Subsistence, Clothing & Textiles, Construction & Equipment, Medical, and Industrial Hardware

• $15.6B Revenue

• 51K+ Customers

• 3 Locations

Repair parts for ground-based and maritime systems

• $3.5B Revenue

• 13K+ Customers

• 2K weapon systems

• 8 Locations

Global fuel and comprehensive energy solutions

• $9.8B Revenue

• 4K+ Customers

• 602 Fuel Locations

Global solutions for disposal of excess property

• $323M Revenue

• 31K+ Customers

• Reutilization: $2.5B

• 89 Locations

PHILADELPHIA, PA COLUMBUS, OH RICHMOND, VA NEW CUMBERLAND, PAFORT BELVOIR, VA BATTLE CREEK, MI

DLA BY THE NUMBERS

BUY DISTRIBUTE DISPOSE

Global storage and distribution solutions

• $745M in Revenue

• 243K+ Customers

• $105B in Inventory

• 43 Locations

*Year End FY 17

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DLA’s Strategic Alignment for Additive Manufacturing

DoD AM Roadmap identified DLA’s

role for AM in the ‘Value Chain’

• Build Cost Models• Develop Qualification and

Certification Methods• Establish Secure

Infrastructure• Integrate enterprise-wide

Business Practices

DOD Joint AM Roadmap

DLA R&D’s Four Focus Areas to execute

DLA R&D executes AM via Four Focus Areas to

integrate 3D Printed parts in the DoD Supply Chain• Identify• Store• Build• Integrate

DLA’s Value Chain role

Possible next steps on DLA roles:

• Provider of materials for AM• Store the data, not the part• Run the enterprise data

exchange server for “approved” data packages

• Protecting against counterfeit and non-conforming parts

• Organization through which DoD purchases AM machines

DLA’s Implementation PlanProcurement Strategy for Parts & Knowledge Delivery System

to be the DOD Data Broker

Hard to source Parts

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DLA AM Collaborative Efforts DLA partnerships with the Services & Industry keep Legacy Systems Operational and Viable

Integrate Procurement ProcessStore 3D TDP Data

Engineer SupportActivities approvequalified TDP data

AM CandidateParts

Build AM Models

Military, OEMs, DLA, & Industry develop

3D Model/SAR/TDPs

Need an Automated Capability to sort through Inventory, Business, Readiness and Technical Attributes

AV-8B Harrier

Identify Problematic Parts for AM

CH-53ETomahawk Sand Casting

UH-60

R&D’s coordinates with DLA’s Major Subordinate Commands (MSCs) and Acquisition for Integration of AM Parts into the Supply Chains

DLA purchases have ESA approval, meet acquisition policies, legal, and

quality assurance requirements

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Integrating AM into the DoD Supply Chain

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AM Business Paradigm Shift

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Policy Enablers• NAVFAC AM Knowledge Delivery System

(OPNAV) • Navy AM Contracting Guide (NAVSUP)• DoD IP Business Processes (AMMO)

Developing Vendor Base• Market Research (RFI) (Jun 2017)Baseline cost of AM Candidate Parts • RFP (Projected: Jun 2018)Test procurement & supply process

Develop Repeatable Data Exchange Processes to avoid disparate exchange of Engineering

Requirements to the vendors

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AM Collaboration . . . . means

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Academia

Industry

Industry

Academia

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Questions