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Weapons Systems Sustainment and Supportability
Analysis
U.S. Air Force
ICF International provides logistics sustainability
and supportability analysis to the B-1, F-15,
C-130, and C-130J System Program Offices (SPO).
ICF International analysts employ LASAR
(Logistics Analysis Supportability Assessment
Resource), an ICF International-developed,
Microsoft® Access-driven supply chain analysis
tool to collect, sort, analyze, and evaluate
data to give instant, clear visibility of where
problems are developing, allowing supply chain
managers to develop solutions in advance of train
wrecks. Instead of stumbling over problems, managers
can see and fix today's problems and, by studying
trends, preclude tomorrow's.
ICF International supply chain experts analyze
the impact on fleet readiness of reparable and
consumable spare parts managed at all AF Air
Logistics Centers (ALCs), Defense Logistics Agency
(DLA) Supply Centers, and other Service Inventory
Control Points. Our analyses provide information
relative to Overage Backorders, Foreign Military
Sales support, Critical Item identification,
Supply Sustainment Drivers, Issue and Stockage
Effectiveness trends, Root Cause Analysis, MICAP
Reporting, Sales Tracking Analysis, and Business
Plan Analysis to help System Support Managers
(SSM) meet the ultimate goal of putting more
combat-ready aircraft on the line.
Weapons System Operational and Cost Benefit
Analysis
U.S. Air Force
ICF International analysts provide the Systems
Program Offices (SPO) for the B-1, F-15, C-130,
and E-3 airframes with complete Total Cost of
Ownership (TOC) charts to identify various costs
by year with cost per flying hour for each area.
We identify changes in cost and the factors that
drive any cost increase/decrease. We also identify
the high cost drivers for these airframes down
to the National Stock Number (NSN) level.
ICF International provides the SPOs with comparative
analyses that represent the evaluation of the
results of the baseline and modified case results
in costs, spares requirements, pipeline times,
reliability and maintainability (R&M), and
in operational performance. These analyses use
actual supply chain pipeline performance data,
operational performance data, and R&M to
determine life cycle costs for both the baseline
and the modified case. Our analysts' assessments
offer guidance on increasing reliability and/or
life cycle costs to show how to optimally spend
monies to increase overall weapon system performance.
We also provide information on diminishing manufacturing
sources impacting spares and trends/major drivers
to help select improvement candidates that provide
the greatest return on investment in terms of
readiness or sustainability.
Advisory and Assistance Services for Depot
Maintenance Transformation
Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC)
ICF International is helping OC-ALC transform its
depot maintenance process to make it leaner and
more responsive using commercial best practices,
including facility redesign, cellular manufacturing,
and lean acquisition tenets to provide strategic
planning, life cycle acquisition support, and
program management support. We developed a multi-year
plan for the complete transformation of the OC-ALC
aircraft maintenance facility to a lean, cellular
organization. This plan is now directing the
future course of the ALC and is being used as
a transformation guide by other facilities within
the command. ICF International's strategic plan
has become the foundation of the MA Integrated
Master Plan.
By supplying the Maintenance Transformation
Office with flexible, on-demand program office,
acquisition, and Lean expertise instead of the
typical highly-structured, full-time PMO support
staff, ICF International has been able to deliver
the right support in the right amounts at the
right time. This strategy ensures that OC-ALC
spends valuable funds on the transformation effort
vice inefficient program office support.
eTools Development
Defense Contract Management
Agency (DCMA)
As the lead application development contractor
at the Defense Contract Management Agency's
(DCMA) Skunkworks, ICF International designed
and developed many of the more complex eTools
applications currently in production, including
the:
- Contract Administration Services Component
Directory (CASD)
- Risk Assessment and
Management Program (RAMP)
- Program Integration
(PI)
- Procurement ID (PI)
- Program
Operating Memorandum (POM)
- Customer
Satisfaction Survey
In addition, ICF International has re-engineered the Performance
Labor Accounting System (PLAS) and the Electronic
Contract Administration Request System (ECARS).
Development is accomplished using a
wide range of tools and methodologies
including Coldfusion MX, Java, HTMP/XML,
the Struts Java Framework, Web Services
using current W3C standards (SOAP,
WSDL, and UDDI), Jacada Fusion Suite,
Oracle9iAS, jDeveloper (multiple versions),
PL*SQL, and SQL. We use JAWS
and InFocus to assure user interfaces
conform with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act.
Logistics
Modernization Project
U.S. Air Force and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
ICF International developed three decision support
and management information systems in support
of AFMC's Reengineering, Lean Logistics, and
Depot Repair Enhancement Program (DREP) initiatives
for the USAF and AFMC Logistics Modernization
project. We analyzed current AFMC and ALC processes
and strategic planning and developed four information
systems:
- Stock Control and Distribution Visibility
Tool (ScadViz)
- Consolidated Serviceable Inventory Visibility
tool (CSIViz)
- Parts Pro
- Pipeline Tracking Analysis and Metrics System
(PTAMS)
ICF International also provided support to the
Air Force Installations and Logistcs (AF/IL)
Information Systems Integration office in the
development of the Air Force Portal. We assisted
in the program management, requirements management,
and business analysis process by providing expertise
in existing and developing data systems and applications.
We supported functional system System Program
Offices (SPOs) in Gadget development and in reporting
to the AF/IL functional CIO on accomplishments,
problem areas, problem resolution, and schedules.
Cost Reporting,
Analysis, and Forecasting
Tool (CRAFT)
Navy Regional Contracting Center (NRCC), Naples,
Italy
ICF International
developed the
Cost Reporting,
Analysis, and Forecasting Tool (CRAFT) client
application and database and its companion WebCRAFT
Web-server application for the Navy Regional
Contracting Center (NRCC) in Naples, Italy. These
are unclassified computer programs designed to
streamline the port visit logistics support process
while collecting near real-time estimates and
final cost data and facilitating the communication
of cost-saving opportunities. The port visit
cost data reports are uploaded from the client
CRAFT applications to the central WebCRAFT database
where the data are reviewed and accepted via
Internet connection. The NRCC
Naples Web site describes CRAFT as "an
innovative program which streamlines the port
visit cost reporting process; takes full advantage
of current computer technologies: and provides
virtually real-time cost data and forecasting
which can be used to identify potential cost
savings." CRAFT
has a wide range of Navy users involved in fleet
support.
Automated Best Value System (ABVS)
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
ICF International has been the prime development
and maintenance contractor for the Defense Logistics
Agency's (DLA) Automated Best Value
System (ABVS) since June 1995. ABVS is the key
component of the DLA's past performance
system and is the data source for DLA's
inputs to the DOD past performance information
reporting system. The DLA program has withstood
Government Accounting Office (GAO) and legal
protests and continues to be enhanced and upgraded.
ABVS has become a valuable source of past performance
information about DLA contractors and complies
with the federal acquisition requirements (FAR)
to collect and use past performance information
in making best value award decisions.
ABVS provides DLA with single
face to industry—vendors have Web-based
access to the data being used by DLA to calculate
their scores, giving them the opportunity to
challenge any incorrect data (vendors can only
see their own data). The government has never
lost a legal protest of a best value award supported
by ABVS data.
Sustainment Planning Tool (SPT)
U.S. Air Force
ICF International
designed the Web-based Sustainment Planning Tool
(SPT) to accurately estimate
operating location sustainment requirements by
supply class. SPT creates a baseline for determining
whether the supported Combatant Commanders' airlift
capability needs to be augmented by additional
commercial, strategic, and/or theater airlift
forces.
ICF International personnel deployed on
short notice to install and operate the SPT in
support of war planning staffs during Operation
Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
We identified major deficiencies in the reception
plans for sustainment cargo and demonstrated
the capability to use SPT outputs to estimate
workloads for Centralized Intermediate Repair
Facilities (CIRFs).
ICF International developers
planned and managed the migration of SPT to a
fully accredited, classified SIPRNet server in
the Pentagon, where it is currently available
to A4 staffs worldwide. We devised and documented
a model migration strategy for incorporation
into the Logistician's Contingency
Assessment Tools (LOGCAT) that identified users
and functional sponsors for the SPT and included
a transition plan that addressed estimated budget/program
requirements for full implementation and documentation.
EMALL Collaborative Commerce
Defense Logistics Agency
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
The Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office
needed to develop a single, defense-wide electronic
mall system to allow users to view, access, and
order from DOD catalogs. ICF International developed
a customized
portal for collaborative commerce using a
combination of off-the-shelf and open source
software. The portal allowed for communication
between stakeholders during a transaction, configurable
access control, and delivery of awards to EMALL’s
order management system. DOD EMALL processes
more than $188 million in transactions annually.
Secure Collaboration for the Atlantic
Fleet
U.S. Navy
ICF International assisted the U.S. Navy’s
Atlantic Fleet in developing and deploying Collaboration
at Sea (CAS), a secure, centralized, content-driven,
integrated Web-based system serving all Battle
Groups and Amphibious Readiness Groups. The system
keeps data current and easy to maintain, moving
information-sharing operations to a new Web-centric
method of battle group operations and expanded
to assist the U.S. Navy in its role as conduit
between U.S. and Allied Forces in theaters of
operation in the global war against terrorism.
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