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DEFINITION
Facilities consists of all the management actions, procedures, and techniques used to determine requirements for and to acquire the permanent and semi-permanent real property assets needed to support operation, maintenance and storage of a system and its support equipment.
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Facilities is one of the ILS elements. According to AR 700-127, the objective of facilities is to identify, plan, resource, and acquire facilities that will allow storage, maintenance, and training to maximize the effectiveness of a systems operation and logistic support system at the lowest life cycle cost, and enable responsive support to the warfighter by identifying and preparing plans for the acquisition of facilities.
Facilities consist of both semi-permanent and permanent real property assets for the support of a system. Studies that define location, types of facilities, facility improvements, space needs, security requirements, environmental requirements, and equipment are also considered in facilities. This element includes new and modified facilities for supply storage, equipment storage, ammunition storage, maintenance, etc.
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Army Regulation 700-127, Integrated Logistics Support
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PowerLOG is a logistics data management system developed to support the development, integration, and review of logistic product information throughout the acquisition life cycle. PowerLOG implements the Logistics Support Analysis Record (LSAR) requirements defined in MIL-STD-1388-2B as well as Logistics Product Data (LPD) standards defined by GEIA-STD-0007. PowerLOG also supports legacy data standards such as MIL-STD-1552 (PMR). PowerLOG is available free to all Government agencies and their contractors and can be obtained by visiting: https://www.logsa.army.mil/lec/powerlog/.
The Computerized Optimization Model for Predicting and Analyzing Support Structures (COMPASS) is a system Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) modeling tool. LORA is the analytical methodology used to determine the maintenance repair levels where items should be removed and replaced; and ultimately repaired or discarded. COMPASS estimates the cost to repair or discard items at various maintenance levels, with contractor facilities included as a separate level. COMPASS optimizes both the maintenance and support to achieve your target operational availability (Ao). COMPASS can consider up to four levels of organic maintenance (supports Two-Level Maintenance studies), supply support, and contractor support. You can also use COMPASS output data as a source for developing the MAC and SMR codes. COMPASS is a free tool available to both DoD and contractors at: https://www.logsa.army.mil/lec/compass/.
The Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment (CASA) Life-Cycle Cost Estimating Software uses an engineering cost model to estimate total cost of ownership based on RDT&E, Acquisition/Procurement, O&S, and Disposal activities. In addition to life-cycle cost estimation, CASA can perform trade-offs, production rate, warranty effectiveness, and other economic analyses. CASA is distributed freely to all US personnel. Request from foreign nations for CASA and associated training and technical support are handled through a Foreign Military Sales Case (FMS). CASA can be obtained here: https://www.logsa.army.mil/lec/casa/.
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