PROVISIONING/SUPPLY SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS UNDER COMPUTER AIDED LOGISTICS SUPPORT

THE APPLICATION OF EMERGING COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES FORMULATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP COMPUTER-AIDED LOGISTICS SUPPORT SYSTEMS. PROVISIONING/SUPPLY SUPPORT, A MAJOR ELEMENT OF INTEGRATED LOGISTICS, IS AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER-AIDED LOGISTICS SUPPORT TOOLS. THIS PROPOSAL WILL (1) DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSITIONING CURRENT PROVISIONING/SUPPLY SUPPORT PRACTICES AND POLICIES OVER TO A COMPUTER-AIDED ENVIRONMENT, (2) DOCUMENT BOTH THE METHODS AND APPROACH TAKEN TO BUILD A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE REQUIREMENTS DEFINED IN STEP (1). THE PROTOTYPE, ONCE FUNCTIONAL, WILL BE TESTED AND EVALUATED TO DETERMINE THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM. THE PROTOTYPE WILL FOLLOW ARCHITECTURAL GUIDELINES AND VALIDATED STANDARDS SUCH AS; INFORMATION EXCHANGERS, INFORMATION SERVICES, APPLICATION SYSTEMS, AND PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS.