SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (USTCNS) - U.S. Transportation Command, Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. General Services Administration have established a formal partnership designed to improve supply chain management for U.S. armed forces.
Leaders from the three agencies recently signed an agreement establishing a customer support partnership among the three organizations that will result in improved support to the warfighter.
As global supply chain integration evolves, USTRANSCOM, DLA and GSA commit to provide best value supplies and services, in a timely manner.
The agreement establishes an Executive Steering Committee to oversee initiatives that assure each organization's performance aligns with mutually shared expectations. The ESC will be made up of executives from all three organizations that will establish and direct Joint Working Groups, to ensure the goals and objectives for the overall initiatives are followed.
"This agreement provides us with an excellent opportunity to better align supply chain management," said Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, USTRANSCOM commander, "and solidify interagency partnerships in support of the warfighter."
The partnership establishes methods for each agency to combine performance measurements, collaborate across organizational boundaries and, most importantly, achieve the operational effect of adopting shared efficiencies in delivering goods and services to the warfighter.
"The cooperative agreement extends our commitment to achieve supply chain excellence with our national partners," said Army Lt. Gen. Robert T. Dail, director, DLA. "This guides us - as partners - to further improve operations, information sharing and integrated supply chain planning."
The agreement, which outlines specific responsibilities for each agency, identifies the partnership's goals as:
* improve operations, information sharing and integrated supply chain operations planning;
* adopt shared processes to gain efficiencies in the delivery of goods and services to the warfighter;
* determine information technology requirements to enhance warfighter support capabilities and implement solutions approved by the ESC;
* develop shared customer relationship activities and initiatives;
* share supply chain and distribution business intelligence and current events information regarding ongoing or potential initiatives and innovations;
* collaborate across boundaries of the organizations;
* and seek partnering opportunities whenever the opportunity arises.
"This arrangement demonstrates how DOD's strong partnership with GSA is ensuring taxpayer savings through best value strategies," said Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Jim Williams. "It is another great example of how the FAS is partnering with DOD to optimize supply solutions for the warfighter."
USTRANSCOM, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., is responsible for creating and implementing world-class global deployment and distribution solutions in support of president, secretary of defense, and combatant commander-assigned missions. The command provides air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in time of peace and time of war.
The Defense Logistics Agency is DOD's largest logistics combat support agency. DLA provides supply support and technical and logistics services to the U.S. military services and several federal civilian agencies. Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., the agency is the one source for nearly every consumable item, whether for combat readiness, emergency preparedness or day-to-day operations, inside the Department of Defense.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA, headquartered in Washington, D.C., manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles.
GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
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