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 completed 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, Maintenance Directorate, Maintenance Transformation
Office (OC-ALC/MA-T)
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 MA-T 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 MA-T spends valuable funds on the
transformation effort vice inefficient program
office support. ICF International also passes along
cost-savings to its MA-T customers whenever feasible
by avoiding inflated labor rates when filling
staffing needs.
Program Management and Technical Support
Civil
Engineering and Environmental Management Office
Missile
Defense Agency (MDA)
ICF International
provides program management and technical support
to MDA’s environmental
stewardship and Ballistic Missile Defense System
(BMDS) test and deployment activities. ICF International
develops and reviews National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) documents related to the acquisition,
testing, and deployment of proposed BMDS technologies.
The work involves coordinating several branches
of the military and numerous other federal and
state government agencies, as well as the use
of cleared staff and facilities. ICF International
is preparing a programmatic environmental impact
statement (EIS) for BMDS that involves technologies
and systems ranging in maturity from PATRIOT
missiles to directed energy weapons (lasers)
and kinetic energy intercept concepts from space-based
satellites. ICF International also developed and
is maintaining MDA’s environmental knowledge
management system known as the Library of Environmental
Analysis Documents or LEAD system. The LEAD system
has allowed MDA to streamline its environmental
compliance activities.
Support to the Chemical Demilitarization
Program
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Army for the Elimination of Chemical
Weapons (DASA(ECW))
Since January 1998,
ICF International has provided on-site support
to DASA(ECW). ICF International’s
main focus has been to organize, coordinate,
and facilitate technical support for the Chemical
Demilitarization Program (CDP), which consists
of the Chemical Stockpile Disposal Project,
Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Product, Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, and
the Alternative Technologies and Approaches Project.
ICF International provides legislative analytical
support for congressional visits and hearings,
including preparation of study books and coordination
of official responses and questions for the record
submissions; assists in the development and drafting
of legislative strategy necessary during the
Congressional Budget cycle; and prepares briefings
and speeches on subjects pertaining to the CDP
for audiences of various backgrounds and interests
both nationally and internationally. ICF International
has provided a mix of dedicated on-site personnel
and strategically used subject matter experts
to provide DASA(ECW) with timely and cost-effective
analyses of NEPA and other health and safety
issues and recommendations.
Acquisition Management Support
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. DOD
ICF International
provides expert advice in acquisition management
to improve the overall effectiveness
of Joint Staff management processes
and procedures. ICF International analyzed the Joint
Staff acquisition/procurement processes, developed
a flow chart depicting an effective acquisition
business process, and supported the development
of requirements for the Joint Staff Automated
Contract Management System. We also review all
requests for proposals (RFP) developed for major
procurements and provide advisory support to
those persons responsible for drafting RFPs.
Assessment of Technology Investments
U.S.
DOD
ICF International is using its Third
Generation R&D Management methodology to
select investments for project portfolios.
A "first generation" organization
treats R&D as a cost center with little linkage
to strategy; talented people are hired and put
in a creative setting; and results are hoped
for, but not counted on. “Second generation” management
analyzes each project for its contribution to
mission, risk, costs, and other relevant criteria,
but makes independent investment decisions for
each project. “Third generation” management
also analyzes each project in context to investment
decisions, addressing the whole portfolio, not
projects in isolation. The result is a portfolio
that strategically balances purposes, timeframes,
risks and rewards. The process also provides
a common language for evaluating investments
across the organization.
Portfolio Management
Research and Development
Agency
U.S. DOD
ICF International is helping a
defense research and development organization
view its R&D
projects as a portfolio designed to best meet
future military performance goals, rather than
a series of individual projects. The team developed
a framework with multiple criteria for assessing
each project's contribution to meeting military
requirements, technology risks, and life cycle
costs. The portfolio can then be evaluated
for balance across potential payoffs, risks,
timing of benefits, first costs, operating
costs, and many other considerations. The framework
is used to allocate resources, accelerate certain
projects, and de-emphasize others. It also
serves as a communication tool to best explain
to stakeholders how and why R&D resources
are being allocated.
Implementation Support
Program
Executive Office
National Security Personnel System (PEO-NSPS)
ICF International is assisting the PEO-NSPS with the
collection, analysis, and documentation of
formal public comments on the proposed enabling
regulations for NSPS. Based on this work, the
PEO will develop a final rule and defensible
supporting administrative record that makes maximum use of public input and
feedback. Using the CommentWorksSM software
application to review, analyze, and document public comments during a six-month
period throughout the implementation of the rules, ICF International will help
to generate briefings and reports to ensure that NSPS-PEO staff and managers
are quickly and thoroughly informed of the nature and content of public comments
received on the proposed rules.
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