text: Army Sustainment Information Systems
  • Sustainment Running Estimate – Automates predictive sustainment readiness using the
  sustainment running estimate application (for estimating combat power) to provide the command
  staff and commanders the information required to quickly determine current/future LOGSTAT and
  any required resource leveling to support ongoing operations. The more accurate and timelier the
  data used to formulate the running estimate, the more vital the information is to maneuver
  commander decision-making.
  • Asset Visibility –This capability is intended to track classes of supply I (including bulk water), II,
  III, IV, V, VIII, IX, X. The asset visibility capability will not preform updates on the
  unit/organization property book items. In organizations/units that provide distribution functions.
  The software database segregates the supplies between those need to support the unit/organization
  and those that are available for distribution to another unit/organization.
  • In-transit Visibility – Captures what inventory/stocks/supplies are in motion. In-transit visibility is
  the ability to track the identity, status, and location of Department of Defense units, and non-unit
  cargo (excluding bulk petroleum, oils, and lubricants), and passengers, patients, and personal
  property from origin to consignee or destination (JP 3-36). Units provide in-transit visibility by
  continuously updating the location of units, equipment, personnel, and supplies as they travel
  throughout the transportation and distribution system. This provides commanders with critical
  information and allows for shipment diversion based on changing battlefield priorities.
  STRATEGIC SUPPORT AREA BUSINESS REPORTING ENVIRONMENT
  D-33. The Strategic Support Area Business Reporting Environment provides a tool that allows Army leaders
  to see exactly where supplies are worldwide, what parts are needed, projections and demands, all in one
  system in almost real time. Information within the Strategic Support Area Business Reporting Environment
  is verified by the Logistics Data Analysis Center. The platform also supports modeling and simulation that
  enhances decision support using common tools in a common language.
  COMMANDER’S ACTIONABLE READINESS DASHBOARD
  D-34. The Commander’s Actionable Readiness Dashboard is a suite of data analytic tools that facilitates
  rapid understanding of tactical logistics information derived from GCSS-Army data in near-real time. Army
  logistics data exists in one of two modes: historical and live. Historical data allows commanders and other
  leaders, for example, to determine operational readiness rates for monthly reporting periods. Live data allows
  leaders to understand how many tanks, howitzers, and other vehicles can cross the line of departure right
  now. The Commander’s Actionable Readiness Dashboard contains a dashboard that displays live logistics
  data that enhances decision support.
  ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS IN SUSTAINMENT ESTIMATES AND THE
  MILITARY DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
  D-35. Accurate sustainment estimates are critical in assessing the supportability of courses of action for the
  concept of operations and OPORDs. These estimates are the analytical result of how sustainment factors
  affect mission accomplishment by detailing the requirements and capabilities, conclusions, and
  recommendations on the feasibility of specified courses of action. These estimates are also used to continue
  to sustain current operations as they progress.
  D-36. Historically, sustainment planners have used some combination of historical data and planning tools
  to determine requirements and capabilities, along with data from stove-piped sustainment automated systems
  to compute what resources were on hand. The movement to enterprise resource planning systems is greatly
  enhancing the ability to see availability of resources across the force. Without them, sustainment planning is
  based on pulling historical information from multiple, often conflicting data sets to project support
  requirements for future courses of action. The lack of clarity and associated mistrust have led to
  overestimating logistics requirements to make sure operational forces do not run out of key supplies and
  services. As a result, the logistics footprint grows along with a negative impact on survivability and mobility.
  With shared databases and near-real time data, planners have a far better picture of capabilities.