Within The game allowed participants from government the wargame, this resulted in the C&T IB and industry to engage with and understand the being unable to meet new DLA demand challenges that the C&T IB faces during a full-scale for multiple turns during contingency mobilization of the US military. [...] The C&T IB is • DLA and the services should create currently built to provide “just-in-time” mechanisms to communicate known logistics and therefore is unable to respond and emergent priorities to the supply to shocks to the system. [...] Name Description 1 Open a new production line Identify the new production line and startup time Identify the equipment you will purchase, the effect of the new 2 Purchase capital equipment equipment on the production, and the time it will take for the new equipment to come on line 3 Conduct R&D Describe the R&D you will conduct, the time you expect it to take, and the effect you expect it to have. [...] Describe the effect of the swap 8 Protest a government Identify the decision you are protesting and the outcome you are decision seeking 9 Decline to bid on a contract Identify the products the contract covers that you are declining to bid on and the reasons you are declining 10 Stockpile components Identify the components you are stockpiling and the purpose of the stockpile 11 Wild card option Al. [...] In the face of the LSCO scenario in the the services authorizing the use of other fasteners game, participants noted that there is no way for the would relieve some of the pressure on these single current IB to meet (let alone get ahead of) the demand suppliers.
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Table of Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
- Key insights 3
- Recommendations 4
- Analyze the CT supply chain and reduce known bottlenecks 4
- Create excess capacity in the CT IB 5
- INTRODUCTION 9
- Wargame scope 9
- Timescale 9
- Wargame scenario 9
- Uniform items included in the wargame 10
- The Berry Amendment 10
- Outline of this report 10
- Scoping and assumptions 11
- WARGAME DESIGN 12
- Tailored scenarios 14
- Action cards 17
- Supply chain engine 20
- RECONSTRUCTION 27
- Action cards per turn 27
- Government-industry breakout sessions 32
- For-profit uniform manufacturers 33
- Nonprofit uniform manufacturers 34
- Boot manufacturers 34
- CW manufacturers 35
- Component manufacturers 35
- ANALYSIS 37
- Pregame analysis 37
- Supply chain truths 37
- IB surge capacity 38
- Post-game analysis 39
- Supply chain model 39
- SCENARIO DEMAND 40
- ACE MODEL RESULTS 42
- DELINQUENCIES AND DLA STOCK ON HAND 43
- COMPARING THE SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL TO WARGAME RESULTS 44
- COMPARING PRIORITIES WITHIN THE WARGAME AGAINST THE MODEL 47
- The cost of Berry compliance 47
- INSIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 49
- Insights 49
- Supply chain delays 49
- Manufacturers prioritize labor 49
- Additional supply chain challenges 49
- IB observations 50
- Recommendations 51
- Analysis of the CT supply chain 51
- Reduce known bottlenecks in supply chains 51
- Create excess capacity in the CT IB 52
- APPENDIX A SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINE ASSUMPTIONS 54
- Demand and timescale 54
- Process simplifications 54
- Total IB capacity 55
- Staff equipment and facilities 55
- Storage and transport 56
- APPENDIX B PSEUDO-CODE FOR DLA SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL 57
- APPENDIX C RESERVE AND DRAFT CALL-UP 59
- ABBREVIATIONS 62
- REFERENCES 63
- ABOUT CNA 64
