Active projects.

LR200725700--Consulting

Readiness-Based Leveling (RBL) Version Testing and Validation

1. Review and update RBL code twice a year.

2. Ensure that the RBL code changes meet the intended changes to RBL functionality and are correctly coded so that no unintended changes occur in program products.

3. Independently review, test, and validate RBL code twice per year.

LR200801600--Consulting

Air Force Spares Budget Analysis Quarterly Data Feed (2008)

1. Document actions taken by AFLMA, in concert with 754th Electronic Systems Group (ELSG) and the Logistics Management Institute, to collect and stratify aircraft spares failure data by major command and weapon system.

2. Provide stopgap support until the 754th ELSG reprograms the SBSS to collect failure data by major command and weapon system.

LR200801701--Consulting

Air Force Total Ownership Cost (AFTOC) Data Feed (2008)

1. Send Standard Base Supply System transaction history records to the AFTOC Management Information System on a monthly basis in order to assist in providing monetary information to the Air Force stock fund's Material Support Division and General Support Division.

2. Better quantify statistics for consumable and reparable items.

LR200801703--Consulting

Information Requests 2008

Support customers with one-time, unique data requests. The only known system that contains 7 years of standard base supply system historical data is the AFLMA logistics studies workshop database.

LR200700703--Consulting

Alternative Demand Data Sources for Readiness-Spares Packages (RSP) (2007)

Develop and test a near-term solution to implement the use of transactional data in RSP computations.

LR200700706--Consulting

Customer Oriented Leveling Technique (COLT) Metrics: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Demand Data, Monthly Data Feed (2007)

1. Retrieve demand data and calculate the number of line items back ordered, number of back ordered units and total customer wait time for DLA items.

2. Support and augment an ongoing Air Force Materiel Command study of COLT metrics in order to better determine and calculate Air Force base stock levels for DLA.

LR200700707--Consulting

Global Logistics Support Center (GLSC) Support (2007).

Provide recommendations to assist the GLSC provisional team in developing a concept of operations, program action directives, and program plans.

LR200725703--Consulting

Contingency High Priority Mission Support (CHPMSK) Kit Review 2007

Analyze, annually, requests to include Air Force-managed items in CHPMSK to determine the expected impact (in terms of expected back orders).

LR200725706--Consulting

Normalization of Contingency Supply Support 2007

1. Review, annually, locations using contingency high priority mission support kits (CHPMSK) to determine when the location can transition to normal supply support.

2. Analyze existing CHPMSKs to determine if demandbased levels can be used to replace the CHPMSK levels.

LR200801700--Consulting

Air Force Customer Wait Time Metrics (CWT) Monthly Data Feed (2008)

Provide CWT transactions on a monthly basis to Air Force Materiel Command and the Logistics Management Institute (LMI) to ensure the Air Force meets the requirement to feed the Department of Defense CWT system until 754th Electronic Systems Group can field the necessary program changes.

LR200801702--Consulting

National Stock Number Level Issue Effectiveness and Stockage Effectiveness (IE/SE) Data Feed (2008)

1. Provide IE/SE data feed. IE/SE are two key indicators used by Air Force Materiel Command to measure support provided to retail supply accounts.

2. Support the initiative to create a system providing IE/SE at the national stock number level.

LR200733407--Consulting

Logistics Support Center (LSC) Workload Statistics

1. Determine an equitable way to allocate existing LSC manpower levels between the two LSCs.

2. Identify and collect workload statistics to determine how many manpower positions are needed to accomplish the assigned tasks.

3. Develop, using the workload measures, an allocation of the existing manpower positions to each of the two LSCs.

LR200733401--Consulting

Adjusting Supply Chain Data to Support Repair Enterprise for the 21 st Century (RE21)--Part 2 Consumable Items for F100 Consolidated Intermediate Repair Facilities (CIRFs)

1. Determine CIRF stockage levels based on jet engine intermediate maintenance demand and storage limitations.

2. Generate phased transactions to transfer demand data.

LR200729600--Consulting

Review of F-22 Spares Forecasting Techniques--Part 1 Peacetime Spares Cost

1. The F-22 program is currently in a performance based

logistics arrangement with Lockheed Martin for sustainment support. The largest logistics cost driver is spare parts procurement and repair, and the F-22 program has struggled in recent years with the credibility of spares forecasts.

2. Provide a third-party perspective on current forecast techniques, and investigate alternative techniques.

LR200733403--Consulting

Review of F-22 Spares Forecasting Techniques Part 2-Consumable Cost per Flying Hour

1. Determine why the consumable items cost per flying hour is increasing for the F-22.

2. Identify, at the national stock number level, items that are causing an increase in the cost per flying hour.

LR200733413--Consulting

Review of F-22 Spares Forecasting Techniques--Part 3 Readiness Spares Package (RSP) Usage Comparison to Levels

Compare the Lockheed Martin RSP to actual demands at the deployment location to determine if the RSP forecasted demands match expectations.

LR200733412--Consulting

Review of F-22 Spares Forecasting Techniques--Part 4 Repair Requirements Models

1. Compare the various requirement models available today and indicate if and how they can be used to forecast, budget, and execute F-22 spares repair requirements.

2. Existing equipment models include the aircraft availability model, aircraft sustainability model, and the Execution and Prioritization of Repair Support System.

LR200810200--Consulting

Item Accountability--Part 1

1. The Department of Defense mistakenly shipped four nonnuclear nose cones from a ballistic missile to Taiwan in the fall of 2006.

2. Support research into accounting policies and procedures of the Air Force and sister Services to ensure complete accountability of all assets.

LR200725701--Consulting

Readiness-Based Leveling (RBL) Quarterly Computation Support 2007

1. Ensures the validity of data used in quarterly RBL computations and confirm resulting computed RBL levels.

2. Work with wholesale and retail supply chain managers to identify and resolve RBL related problems.

LR200727802--Consulting

Measuring the Effectiveness of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) 5/6 Consumable Readiness-Spares Packages (CRSP)

1. Collect performance statistics on the CRSPs fielded as part the AEF 5/6 rotation that used the new Air Force CRSP policy.

2. Determine if the CRSP met expectations, and if any improvements can or should be made to the new Air Force-approved CRSP policy.

LR200727803--Consulting

Measuring the Effectiveness of the Contingency High-Priority Mission Support Kit Plus (CHPMSK +)

1. Collect performance statistics for the two currently fielded CHPMSK plus for the F-15 and HH-60.

2. Measure the impact at the contingency base, the home base that left its RSP spares in the area of responsibility, and the rest of the Air Force.

LR200804300--Consulting

Review of Defense Automated Addressing System (DAAS) Edits for Suspected Force Activity Designator (FAD) 1 Priority Abuse

Examine suspected FAD 1 priority abuse and determine whether to establish DAAS edits to downgrade FAD 1 requisitions.

LR200808700--Consulting

Transportation Requirements for the Area of Responsibility (AOR) for Support Equipment

1. Support US Army request to determine what kind of transportation would be needed at selected AOR sites if Army forces had to evacuate quickly.

2. Query SBSS and develop an equipment list for those items that could be left behind, items that must be taken, and number of pallets required. Use weight and cube tables to determine items that could be combined on pallets. Determine the number of pallet positions required.

LR200809400--Consulting

Review of the Criteria for Using the Heuristic in RBL

1. RBL uses a special algorithm, a heuristic, to allocate levels in certain cases when the need exceeds the number of available resources. The heuristic allocates to both demandbased need and special levels on an equal footing, rather than allocating to special levels first. The heuristic is not used when worldwide resources exceed the total need by a small amount.

2. Evaluate whether or not there is a better approach for determining when to use the heuristic approach.

LM200803100--Consulting

Maintenance Metric Handbook

Update the 2001 version of the maintenance metrics handbook. The update will include the addition of an aircraft availability metric.

LM200731001--Consulting

RAND Air Force Smart Operations for the 21 st Century (AFSO21) Consulting Partnership

1. Partner with RAND to define the impact of lower-level AFSO21 events compared to adopting an enterprise view.

2. Evaluate current AFSO training policies and recommend improvements.

LR200725300--Improvement Study

Using COLT for General Support Division (GSD) Management

1. Currently the Air Force budgets for GSD using past expenditure data. There is no way to link the funds needed to some measure of supply support.

2. Work with the GLSC to identify and develop ways for COLT to assist with the management of GSD, including optimal consumables purchases.

LR200618801--Improvement Study

Mission Capable (MICAP) Cause Code Analysis

1. Identify factors that result in cause code A or B MICAP conditions (mean time between demands, aging aircraft, weapon system density, and increase in flying hours).

2. Recommend actions to decrease the number of cause code A and B MICAP conditions, and identify a relationship between MICAP and total not mission capable supply rates.

LR200729000--Improvement Study

Supply Data Integrity--Reportable Asset Management Process (RAMP) versus Standard Base Supply System (SBSS)

1. Air logistics center item managers identified data disparities between RAMP (formerly DO35C) and SBSS. Item managers also consistently reported differences between reported asset availability in supply management analysis reporting tool (SMART) and actual quantities on hand in SBSS.

2. Analyze and compare SMART, SBSS, and RAMP data to identify data disparities, measure the degree of disparity, assess risks and implications, determine possible causes, and propose solutions.

LL200727800--Improvement Study

Bill of Material (BOM) Initiative for Incorporation into the Expeditionary Combat Support System

1. Evaluate aspects of Air Force BOMs to include building the BOM standard to be entered into ECSS and listing the minimum requirements for BOMs (such as what the requirements must be for migration into ECSS).

2. Expected benefit is to have BOMs loaded into ECSS that will be accurate and accessible in support of Global Logistics Support Center and Logistics Enterprise Architecture.

LM200712100--Improvement Study

Maintenance Data Integrity Study

1. Initiate and coordinate data quality efforts for legacy systems data that will be included in the Expeditionary Combat Support System.

2. Evaluate the quality of prospective data, correct quality issues, and ensure there is a process to minimize future data quality issues.

LM200724906--Improvement Study

Aircrew/Aircraft Tasking System (AATS) Maintenance Capability Study

Suggest a modification to the current AATS process to include a unit's maintenance capability in order to account for maintenance personnel availability, experience, and skill level.

LR200723400--Improvement Study

Developing a Standard Methodology to Forecast Second Destination Transportation (SDT) Requirements for Equipment

1. Develop a standard methodology to forecast equipment SDT budgets.

2. Develop a way to track and manage how much SDT funding is actually spent for equipment.

LR200725301--Improvement Study

Enterprise Assessments for Spares

1. The Air Force needs to assess its overall readiness and have a tool to reallocate spares to optimally meet its wartime and peacetime requirement.

2. Develop a working process for the Air Force to assess its ability to meet contingency taskings based on Air Force-wide availability of Air Force-managed reparable spares.

LR200725304--Improvement Study

Enterprise Assessments for Equipment

1. The Air Force needs a capability to assess readiness using all available resources, and a tool to optimally allocate available resources to meet contingency needs.

2. Develop a working process to assess the Air Force's capability to determine its readiness to meet contingency taskings based on Air Force-wide equipment, rather than just equipment possessed by the squadron being assessed.

LY200719000--Improvement Study

Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) War Reserve Material (WRM) Fuel Tanks, Racks, and Pylons (TRAP)

Investigate alternative ways to manage WRM TRAP maintenance.

The Agency conducts two kinds of major study and analysis efforts:

1. Improvement Studies. Target specific problems, issues, or questions; improve existing processes; develop new processes or programs; develop prototype software; and develop and create training and job aids (handbooks, users' manuals, or guides).

2. Consulting Studies. Focus on monitoring an activity or acting in an advisory capacity to another organization.