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Primary Functional Area : Life Cycle Logistics
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is the Department of Defense's largest logistics combat support agency, providing worldwide logistics support in both peacetime and wartime to the military services as well as several civilian agencies and foreign countries.
According to their “DLA at a Glance” website, “As America’s combat logistics support agency, the Defense Logistics Agency provides the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, other federal agencies and partner nation armed forces with a full spectrum of logistics, acquisition and technical services. DLA sources and provides nearly all of the consumable items America’s military forces need to operate – from food, fuel and energy to uniforms, medical supplies and construction material.
DLA also supplies nearly 90 percent of the military’s spare parts, manages the reutilization of military equipment, provides catalogs and other logistics information products, and offers document automation and production services to a host of military and federal agencies. Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, DLA is a global enterprise – wherever the United States has a significant military presence, DLA is there to support.
DLA Quick Facts
- DLA provides more than $42 billion in goods and services annually.
- Employs more than 25,000 civilians and military.
- Supports more than 2,300 weapon systems.
- Manages nine supply chains and nearly 5.1 million items.
- Administers the storage and disposal of strategic and critical materials to support national defense.
- Operates in 48 states and 28 countries.
- Processes 100,000 orders and performs more than 9,000 procurement actions each day.
- Manages 24 distribution centers worldwide. DLA’s warehousing strategy is driven by the commitment to better serve warfighters, co-locating with the armed forces while placing supplies where they are most needed. By positioning material closer to its customers, DLA is able to decrease wait time, reduce cost and improve military readiness.
- Leads DoD’s efforts to supply the military services with alternative fuel and renewable energy solutions.
- Supports humanitarian relief efforts at home and abroad.
- Supports 112 nations with $2.1 billion of support items annually through the Foreign Military Sales program.
- Supports other federal agencies, state and local governments with items such as uniforms, food and fuel. Customers include the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of the Interior, Health and Human Services, U.S. Coast Guard, Forestry Service, and the Department of Agriculture School Lunch Program.
DLA Primary Level Field Activities:
- DLA Land and Maritime, Columbus, Ohio
Maritime and land weapons system supply chains.
- DLA Aviation, Richmond, Virginia
Aviation supply chain.
- DLA Troop Support, Philadelphia
Subsistence, clothing, and textiles, medical, and construction and equipment supply chains.
- DLA Energy, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Fuel, energy support and services, and bulk petroleum.
- DLA Distribution, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Worldwide network of 25 distribution depots and nine map support offices.
- DLA Disposition Services, Battle Creek, Michigan
Reutilization, transfer, demilitarization, and environmental disposal and reuse.
DLA Strategic Materials
Defense Business Services
DLA Regional Commands
DLAStrategic Plan
The Director's Intent, as outlined in the DLA Strategic Plan, focuses on the following:
Our nation has a powerful military force, capable of swiftly responding to today’s and tomorrow’s challenges at a moment’s notice across the globe. To be ready, our Soldiers, Marines, Sailors and Airmen rely on the men and women of the Defense Logistics Agency to accomplish their mission. We have a proud history of getting the right support to the right place at the right time for more than five decades. Through continued collaboration, innovation and smart investments, we’ll continue to be the standard-bearer for joint logistics and acquisition – delivering world-class support to the Warfighter. Through this strategic plan, DLA builds upon these strengths, honors its commitments, and sets a course for future success.
DLA Mission: Provide effective and efficient global solutions to Warfighters and our other valued customers
DLA Vision: Delivering the right solution on time, every time
DLA Goals:
- Warfighter First – Make promises and keep them
- People and Culture – Valued team members; resilient and ready for the challenge
- Strategic Engagement – Better outcomes through teamwork
- Financial Stewardship – Affordable solutions and continued accountability
- Process Excellence – Always improving; finding smarter ways to do things
DLA Values: Integrity, Resiliency, Diversity, Innovation, Accountability, Excellence
Execution of this strategic plan is supported by my annual director’s guidance – helping leaders translate words into action and measure our progress. With this solid foundation, an agile, professional workforce, and a constant desire to improve our support to the Warfighter around the world, we will continue to be the best – America’s Combat Logistics Support Agency.
DLA Warfighter Support:
The DLA Warfighter Support Initiative provides warfighters training and information to help them procure vital assets they need to support and sustain their missions. The initiative aims to foster a better understanding of the agency and increase customer satisfaction. Point of Contact information for each of the Services Teams and Combatant Commander Teams is also available on the DLA Warfighter Support Initiative page.
Defense Acquisition Guidebook, Policies, Directives, Regulations,
Laws
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Best Practices, Lessons Learned, Stories, Guides,
Handbooks, Templates, Examples, Tools
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- DLA Self Help Tools Flipbook - DLA’s network of customer support personnel stands ready to assist customers place orders or track items. DLA also offers self-help tools accessible 24 hours a day. This booklet is divided into tabs answering frequently asked questions about DLA’s ordering programs and instructions on how to access on-line tools to track orders, find status of current or backordered items and how to turn in excess material.
- WICAP (World Wide Web Industrial Capabilities Assessment Program) - Internet based tool used to collect and assess information from DLA’s suppliers. WICAP provides DLA improved visibility of industrial capabilities for items that are important to DLA’s customers. DLA can leverage the WICAP data to better identify readiness risks and assess gaps between wartime requirements and industrial capabilities. The tool also provides DLA information on alternative sources of supply, lead-time assessments by industry classification, and item supportability issues. WICAP consists of a comprehensive survey tool called the Electronic Capability Assessment Plan.
- DLA Retail Supply Chain Materiel Management Policy - Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and implements high-level procedures for executing the retail mission in support of Military Services' depot maintenance Supply, Storage, and Distribution (SS&D) functions by extending DLA’s existing order fulfillment, planning, procurement, technical/quality, and distribution processes, and tools.
- Packaging of Hazardous Materials – Contains files and links for Military and Commercial packaging specifications, standards, manuals, regulations, and other resourceful information.
- Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Enterprise Process Management (EPM) - Utilize the Supply Chain Integration (SCI) council to formulate process change strategy to include evaluation, synchronization and integration of process change activities in support of DLA Strategic Goal plans as described in References (c) and (d). The SCI will function as DLA’s EPM governance structure enabling and encouraging process innovation.
- DLA 50 Years of Logistics Excellence - Video - DLA opened its doors in 1961 and has been going strong since in its support of the warfighter and the Department of Defense mission. This short historical documentary takes the viewer on a trip through time to experience DLA's logistics journey through the stories of past and present employees.
- DoD Superior Supplier Incentive Program (SSIP)
TRAINING COURSES
- LOG 101 Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals (Includes Introduction to Parts Management, IUID/RFID/SIM, Supply Support, Packaging Handling Storage & Transportation)
- LOG 102 Fundamentals of Systems Sustainment Management (Includes Supply Chain Management, Demand Planning, Spares Forecasting, Enterprise Integration, DLA, TRANSCOM, ICP, Materiel Management)
- LOG 206 Intermediate Systems Sustainment Management (Includes Supply Chain Management, Material Management)
- LOG 235 Performance Based Logistics (Includes Supply Chain Management, SCM Models, Integrating & Optimizing Supply Chains, Measuring and Improving Supply Chains)
- LOG 340 Life Cycle Product Support (Includes Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operational Reference © Model)
CONTINUOUS LEARNING MODULES
- CLL 002 DLA Support To the Program Manager
- CLL 007 Lead-Free Electronics
- CLL 013 DoD Packaging
- CLL 017 Introduction to Defense Distribution
- CLL 018 Joint Deployment Distribution Ops Center
- CLL 032 Preventing Counterfeit Parts from Entering the DoD Supply System
- CLL 037 DoD Supply Chain Mgmt. Fundamentals
- CLL 038 Provisioning & Cataloging
- CLL 043 Green Logistics Planning for Sustainability
- CLL 045 Designing for Transportability
- CLL 051 System Retirement, Demilitarization & Materiel Disposition
- CLL 062 Counterfeit Prevention Awareness
- CLL 120 The DoD Shelf-Life Program
- CLL 200 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS) What Program Management Needs To Do and Why
- CLL 201 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS) Fundamentals
- CLL 202 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS) Executive Overview
- CLL 203 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS) Essentials
- CLL 205 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources & Material Shortages (DMSMS)
- CLL206 Introduction to Parts Management
- CLM 200 Item Unique Identification (IUID)
ADDITIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES
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