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APPENDIX E
OPERATIONS AND EXISTING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
The DLA's mission consists of four major business areas: materiel
management, contract administration, logistics data management, and
reutilization and marketing. For materiel management, the DLA operates
six supply centers and six warehouses or storage depots. The six supply
centers are responsible for managing related items and controlling
inventory. There is a supply center for electronics (Dayton, OH),
industrial supplies (Philadelphia, PA), construction materiel (Columbus,
OH), general supplies (Richmond, VA), personnel (Philadelphia, PA), and
fuel (Alexandria, VA). The six depots are geographically dispersed and
are used to receive, store, and ship material that is needed in their
region. Depots are located at Mechanicsburg, PA, Memphis, TN, Columbus,
OH, Richmond, VA, Ogden, UT, and Tracy, CA. The DLA administers its own
contracts and a large portion of contracts for the services. Less than 30
percent of the contracts it administers are its own. The contract
administration activities are carried out through nine regional
operations. The logistics data management functions include maintaining
the federal catalog of over 4 million items, maintaining records on
DOD-owned industrial plant equipment, and maintaining a central repository
of R&D reports. Defense reutilization and marketing handles property
reutilization and disposal including hazardous materiels.
Each of these business areas employ and depend on automated information
systems for the fulfillment of their mission. The following identifies
the major systems that are presently used for each of the four business
areas. These systems were developed and implemented during the 1960s and
1970s with no overall functional framework or architecture. They are
predominately batch systems built on the technology available at that
time. They are mainly stand-alone systems.
MATERIEL MANAGEMENT
Standard Automated Material Management System (SAMMS)
Supports the inventory management functions at a supply center. SAMMS
provides on-line inquiry and update, including some real-time interface
with other on-line systems, but primarily uses batch processing modes.
SAMMS functions include distribution, requirements, supply control,
financial management, accounting and billing, procurement and
production, and technical cataloging.
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Defense Integrated Subsistence Management System (DISMS)
Supports worldwide perishable/semiperishable subsistence items for
troop issue and stocked nonperishable commissary resale. The system
includes distribution, requirements, procurement subsystems, financial
inventory, funds control, and billing functions.
~ Defense Fuel Automated Management System (DFAMS)
Supports the worldwide purchase, sales, distribution, and
management of bulk petroleum for the federal government.
Mechanization of Warehousing and Shipping Processing (MOWASP)
Supports the storage depot functions. It automates receipts, storage
and issue, physical inventory, and transportation.
DLA Standard Warehousing and Shipping Automated System (DWASP)
Supports depot~operations using newer technologies such as barcoding.
This includes receipts, storage, issues, physical inventory, shipment,
and transportation.
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Automated Warehousing System (AWAKES)
Supports the warehousing operations at the defense depot in Richmond,
Virginia.
Integrated Materiel Complex (IMC)
Supports the warehousing operations of the defense depot in
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, that uses computer-controlled materiel
handling equipment.
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
Mechanization of Contract Administration Services (MOCAS)
Supports the regional contract administration operations. It is used
to administer supply contracts for the services and other government
organizations. The system provides and maintains contractual data and
assists various buying, funding and receiving activities.
DLA Standard Automated Transportation System (DSATS)
Automates the preparation, maintenance, and dissemination of government
shipping documentation.
Representative terms from entire chapter:
materiel management
