This is a presentation delivered by Air Vice-Marshal Graham Howard, delivered at the RUSI Defence Information Superiority Conference 2013.

1. ACDS (Log Ops)
RUSI Conference - Defence Information 2013
Logistics Information
Air Vice Marshal Graham Howard
Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Logistic Operations)
27 September 2013

2. ACDS (Log Ops)
Defence Logistics
 Defence Logistics, whilst less visible than ships, tanks and aircraft,
makes a critical contribution to Defence outputs and success on
operations
 Annual spend on Equipment Support, Infrastructure, Inventory
Consumption & other costs (15.3bn in FY 11/12)
 Drive to reduce the MoD’s Inventory (£39.4bn in FY 11/12)
 The proportion of Contractor Logistic Support contracts will grow from
20% in 2007 to around 65% by 2017
Source: Finance data was from UKDS 2012

3. ACDS (Log Ops)
Information is Everyone's Business
Maritime
Component
Land
Component
Air
Component
Industry
Defence Support
Network
NAVY Cmd
ARMY Cmd
AIR Cmd
DSCOM
Coupling Bridge
PJHQPJHQDE&S
JFC Cmd
Joint Theatre of
Operations
Joint
Force
Logistics
Component
Base Inventory Deployed Inventory
Logistic Information Systems

4. ACDS (Log Ops)
 Due to a lack of reliable information about
stocks, in order to ensure sufficient
deliveries are made, the supply chain has to
prioritise effectiveness over efficiency.
 The Department is exposed to
considerable risks in the supply chain if
information systems fail. Legacy systems,
especially those for base inventory and
warehousing systems, represent a critical
risk to the Department’s ability to supply its
personnel.
 The Department should improve and
upgrade all facets of its supply chain
information data systems, especially
considering the significant operational risks
of continuing to use decades-old IT
systems.
 The MoD has acknowledged information
gaps and committed significant funds to an
improvement programme

5. ACDS (Log Ops)
• Complex web of Legacy Systems
• Obsolete technologies
• 997 unique software solutions
(109 different suppliers)
• 1112 unique hardware types (134
suppliers)
• 70% of software products fell out
of support in 2009
• Overlap in capabilities
Defence Logistics Information
Its not all about the Information Technology!
• Systems
• Processes
• Data

6. ACDS (Log Ops)
The Systems
Future Logistic Information Services (FLIS): An 11-year (2010-2021) Fixed
Price Service with Boeing Defence UK to:
 Sustain, Develop & Integrate Log IS.
 Rationalise complex, cumbersome and inefficient legacy IS.
 Migration of legacy IS into purpose built, modern data centres.
 Support Transformation.
 Deliver Base Inventory Warehouse Management System (BIWMS) R1 & R2.
 Consolidate supplier base (previously 120 contracts & 50 suppliers)
Other Projects
 Management Joint Deployed Inventory (MJDI)
 Joint Asset Management & Engineering Solution (JAMES)
 Transformational projects (BIWMS R3+ not included)
 Air Movements IS
 NATO Logistic Functional Applications Suite (LogFAS)

7. ACDS (Log Ops)
Afghanistan - Redeployment
Bar Coding
MJDI
Proof of
Good Order
JAMES
eCompendium
LogFAS
AMIS Replacement
Project
Afghanistan

8. ACDS (Log Ops)
Processes
 WATERGUARD (tax liability)
 MOSAIC (transform the physical supply chain)
 Inventory Management and Materiel Holdings
 Corporate processes - Align Log IS with Financial systems

9. ACDS (Log Ops)
 Information should be: captured once-only; of suitable quality; easily
transferrable from one data provider to another
 Make individuals responsible and accountable for data in job
specifications
 Use the Data Quality Assessment Toolset to determine a baseline
and improvement plans
Data Quality

10. ACDS (Log Ops)
 This is everyone’s business in
Defence
 The MoD has committed
significant funds to modernise
Log IS capabilities, deliver
business capability
improvements and improve its
data quality
 Collaboration between MOD
and Industry by means of a
common standardised
approach to sharing
Information is vital
Summary