Briefing to the US Army Quartermaster WO Conference 2002

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Briefing to the US Army Quartermaster WO
Conference 2002
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MWO Mark Gibson1 ASG HQ G3 Supply

• Who we are
• What we are doing
• How we are doing it
• How are we going to do it better
• The Challenge to get there.

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LAND COMPONENT

• HQ, 4 GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, DOCTRINE AND TRAINING
  SYSTEM HQ (CBT TRAINING CENTRE)
• 20,000 ACTIVE FORCE, 15,000 RESERVES
• 3 BRIGADE GROUPS (WEST, CENTRAL, QUEBEC) -
  ESTABLISHMENT 3967 ACTIVE FORCE (Cbt A, Sp Arms,
  CSS)
• 11 RESERVE BRIGADE GROUPS - 900-1300 RES plus
  ACTIVE FORCE CADRE ALL ARMS AND SVCS TRAINING
  FORMATIONS.

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Field Forces
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CMBG
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LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION
ARMOUR REGIMENT
ARTILLERY REGIMENT
COMBAT ENGINEER REGIMENT
MECHANIZED INFANTRY BATTALIONS
AIR DEFENCE
MP
MILITARY POLICE
SERVICE BATTALION
SIGNAL SQUADRON
FIELD AMBULANCE
AVIATION
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Field Forces
3 REGULAR BRIGADE GROUPS
1 Canadian
Mechanized
Brigade Group
(1 CMBG)
Edmonton
5ième Groupe Brigade Mechanisé du Canada (5
GBMC) Valcartier
2 RCR 4 ESR
2 Canadian
Mechanized
Brigade Group
(2 CMBG)
Petawawa
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Recent CF Operations
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ARMY PROJECTSLAV III ACV
Conceptual ACV - wheeled - 105 mm gun - crew - 3
Inf Sect Carrier - 313 CP - 181 FOO - 47 TUA -
71 PIONEER - 39 turretless
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ARMY PROJECTS CLOTHE THE SOLDIER
C180M PROGRAM 24 INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF
EQUIPMENT
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MATERIEL SUPPORT

• Materiel Support Strategies
• Materiel Acquisition Support Program
• Getting It Right
• Strategic Alliances
• Supply Chain Project
• Integration of Information Mgmt Systems
• Asset Visibility
• Performance Measurement

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Getting It Right
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Supply Chain Project
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• Why ASD the DND Supply Chain?
• Identified in Defence White Paper as area where
  significant savings and increased performance
  could be achieved through Alternative Service
  Delivery
• Third party logistics industry has the proven
  capabilities to to take on DND Supply Chain
• Due to supply and distribution functions being
  distributed everywhere across Canada, an in-house
  bid and the Most Efficient Organization (MEO)
  process not considered

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Tibbett Britten Group North America

• Revenues of 2.1 billion (USD), 33,000 employees
  and 320 operations.
• Operate almost 14 million square feet of
  warehousing and 3400 vehicles and trailers in 35
  countries.
• Clients include Gap, Shoppers Drug Mart,
  Wal-Mart, Sears, Marks Spencer, Alberta Licquor
  and Gaming,,Ford, Nike
• Use the latest in global best practice,
  technology, and plain old common sense to deliver
  the best logistics and supply chain operation
  possible

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EMBEDDING

• Senior Embedding Working Group held in June
• Army volunteered to take the lead in developing
  concerns/issues
• Army and Air Force draft Embedding Concerns
  Document
• Submitted to all Areas for comment,
• ECS Embedding Working Group held in August
• Sr Techs from all environments
• Reviewed Embedding Concerns document, made
  recommendations
• Army and Air Force submit identical packages to
  PMO SCP with Navy to follow suit

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Integration of Information Management Systems

• Essential to ensure effective support
• Four cornerstones of DND/CF IM strategy
• Finance (SAP)
• HR (People Soft)
• Supply (Mincom)
• Engineering and Maintenance (SAP)
• IM / IT has the potential to be a magnificent
  enabler, but if done badly to be a monumental
  burden.

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Asset Visibility

• Defence Total Asset Visibility (DTAV)
• Real time visibility of assets for Commanders
  at all levels
• Leveraging off work done in the US with the
  Joint Total Asset Visibility (JTAV) project
• In-Transit Visibility
• National Movement Distribution System
• Joint Establishment Movement Management System
  (JEMMS)
• Alliance Deployment Movement System

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ARMY CHALLENGES / DÉFIS DE LARMÉE
UNITY / UNITÉ
CAPABILITY CAPACITÉ
SUSTAINABILITY SOUTENABILITÉ
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Conclusions

• We must change the way we do business (Getting it
  Right)
• New skill sets will be required
• Increased reliance on strategic alliances and
  partnerships (both military and industrial)
• Raison dêtre remains to provide effective
  operational support

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Organisations created to fight the last war
better are not going to win the next one.(LTG
James M. Gavin, USA)
The inability to recognise and adapt to change
will result in failureMissions will fail and
lives will be lost
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QUESTIONS?