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The SIPT is a multi-functional team composed of functional and management personnel from the MATDEV, supporting LCMC, CBTDEV, trainer, and other select activities. The SIPT adds experts as needed to cover all supportability concerns. Industry partners may be included. Participation of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Army staff agencies can also help ensure a successful ILS program.
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Establish Supportability Integrated Product Team (SIPT):
At Program initiation, the PM establishes a Supportability Integrated Product Team (SIPT). The SIPT is a multi-functional team composed of functional and management personnel from the MATDEV, supporting LCMC, CBTDEV, trainer, and other select activities. The SIPT adds experts as needed to cover all supportability concerns. Industry partners may be included. Participation of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Army staff agencies can also help ensure a successful ILS program. The ILS Manager chairs the SIPT. When a Performance Based Logistics Product Support Strategy is being implemented, the Product Support Integrator (PSI) will co-chair the SIPT. The CBTDEVs appointed ILS POC participates in the SIPT as the “users” representative. The SIPT picks up where the ICT left off to advise and assist the PM in implementing the ILS program. The SIPT assists in monitoring schedules and contractor performance. The SIPT also ensures the adequacy and timeliness of government input and monitors government and contractor compliance with requisite laws, regulations, and
logistic policies and procedures. The SIPT members work together to generate cost-saving and logistics footprint-reducing improvements in readiness, support and supportability-related system design by —
- Developing the ILS program and schedule to support the acquisition strategy and program schedules of the system.
- Using supportability analysis (SA) and human systems integration analytical techniques to identify goals and constraints. This includes use of manpower, personnel, and training (MPT); environmental and supportability impacts from the studies and analyses of the requirements determination process; and other scenario-based analyses
Required For: All acquisition programs.
When Required: At Materiel Development Decision.
Responsibility: PM/ MATDEV. Reference: AR 700-127, DA Pam 700-56, DA Pam 70-3.
The ILS Manager chairs the SIPT. When a Performance Based Logistics Product Support Strategy is being implemented, the Product Support Integrator (PSI) will co-chair the SIPT. The CBTDEVs appointed ILS POC participates in the SIPT as the “users” representative.
The SIPT picks up where the ICT left off to advise and assist the PM in implementing the ILS program. The SIPT assists in monitoring schedules and contractor performance. The SIPT also ensures the adequacy and timeliness of government input and monitors government and contractor compliance with requisite laws, regulations, and logistic policies and procedures.
Typical or Suggested Responsibilities of a MATDEV ILS Office The typical or suggested responsibilities of a MATDEV ILS Office include the following:- Establish internal procedures and controls to implement AR 700-127 policy.- Ensure that passage of a system from one life-cycle phase to the next occurs only when all supportability requirements have been satisfactorily accomplished or fully defined in the SS. This includes a detailed plan to achieve full materiel release prior to FRP decision.- Designate an ILS manager (ILSM) to participate in pre-milestone B activities with the CBTDEV.- Lead the development of the initial SS, and update the SS throughout the life-cycle.- Conduct appropriate supportability analyses with the CBTDEV- Participate in the development of the capabilities documents, and prepare or review all other acquisition program documentation to ensure that all logistics support considerations are adequately defined.- Serve on SIPTs chaired by the CBTDEV.- Prepare, submit and obtain approval of a type I BCA that outlines the requirements and functions of the system and determine whether the system should be developed using PBL criteria.- Designate an ILSM to lead the SIPT (at milestone B or when the PM is appointed, if earlier, in accordance with (AR 70–1) in the continued refinement and implementation of the SS. The ILSM will establish or assume the chair of the SIPT at that time. The ILSM will also serve as the MANPRINT manager.- Ensure that supply chain management principles are considered in the ILS process and supportability analyses.- Ensure that PBL is considered as a support alternative and used if it is determined to be economically and operationally feasible.- Ensure that supportability issues and concerns are identified and corrected during testing prior to initial system fielding; and ensure that deficiencies discovered during and after initial fielding are corrected.- Coordinate materiel fielding requirements with the supporting Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC)/Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) to ensure that items required to support system fielding will be available at the time and place agreed upon with the gaining ACOM/ASCC/DRUs (see AR 700–142).- Ensure the key logistics design criteria, such as system reliability, maintainability, and supportability meet the system thresholds and are focused on minimizing the logistics footprint of the system. This is critical during the initial system architecture trade off analysis.- Ensure tradeoffs are evaluated, supportability is co-equal to cost, performance, and schedule during the development and execution of the system acquisition process. Ensure tradeoffs are documented throughout the acquisition process.- Ensure that ILS support planning, design influence to include supportability, environmental engineering, and MANPRINT engineering performance and attributes are critical criteria within the system engineering tradeoff analysis and incorporated during the system engineering and addressed during materiel system design reviews.- Coordinate supportability, sustainment and environmental planning, requirements, studies, analyses, and implementation with the ASA (I&E), US Army Environmental Command, CBTDEV, COE, Army logistician, trainer, testers, independent evaluators, and those in supporting commands and other applicable military services and agencies, to include the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).- Coordinate the development and update of the support facilities annex to the SS with the COE.- Use standard Army systems to collect and maintain logistics data regarding similar systems for use by SIPT participants in performing supportability analyses. The Logistics Integrated Warehouse (LIW) is the authoritative source for all logistics data and is available at https://www.logsa.army.mil. Ensure SIPT members have access to contractor data to perform these analyses.- Ensure the System Training Plan (STRAP) is initiated in accordance with AR 350–38.- Prepare and coordinate interservice support agreements, initiate depot program initiation requirements, and determine whether the materiel system has a mobilization or surge requirement and document in the SS, Performance Based Agreements (PBAs), and other program management documentation. - Obtain funds necessary to identify, acquire, and implement the SS. If necessary, determine the effects of reduced funds on achieving projected system readiness levels, Life-Cycle Costs (LCC) goals, and overall supportability program execution.- Ensure supportability is evaluated and that the acquisition program provides sufficient materiel system prototypes or commercial/NDIs and production items for the logistics demonstration (LD) and supportability T&E to enable a statistically valid sample and basis for estimating sustainment requirements.- Ensure that supportability is evaluated during the LD and user testing and validation, and ensure that deficiencies are identified and corrected prior to initial system fielding. - Ensure that the core logistics analysis, core depot assessment (CDA)/Source of Repair (SOR) analyses, and the inter-Service (Joint Depot Maintenance Activity Group (JDMAG)) study are initiated as early as possible to ensure statutory compliance at appropriate milestone reviews.- Include MANPRINT requirements in logistics support strategies, concepts, and plans, and document in the SS.- Designate a post-production software support (PPSS) activity to ensure ILS principles are also applied to software development; monitor software development to ensure supportability; and plan for software support after fielding.- Support HQDA ILS/Supportability Reviews.- Centralize management of LCCS for TDAs training devices when the devices will be authorized at more than one location. Centralized management includes- Planning, programming, and budgeting for resources to support LCCS and to upgrade training devices as tactics and associated weapon systems change.- Negotiating, awarding, and administering contracts for LCCS.- Employ a Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA) methodology using approved modeling tools (Computer-Adaptive Placement Assessment and Support System (COMPASS), COMPASS Lite, and so forth) to develop the initial maintenance concept. This concept shall be based on economic and noneconomic constraints and readiness requirements; emphasize repair strategy throughout the lifecycle using engineering estimates that will be refined over time with field experience.- Coordinate all maintenance allocation charts with the proponent schools.- Apply historical lessons learned from accident experience to minimize total ownership costs.
POLICIES, DIRECTIVES, REGULATIONS, LAWS
AR 700-127, DA Pam 700-56, DA Pam 70-3.
BEST PRACTICES, LESSONS LEARNED, STORIES, GUIDES, HANDBOOKS, TEMPLATES, EXAMPLES, TOOLS
Required For: All acquisition programs.
When Required: At Materiel Development Decision.
Responsibility: PM/ MATDEV.
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