ARMY MATERIAL COMMAND (AMC)
INTEGRATED DATA ENVIRONMENT (IDE)
OVERVIEW/STATUS BRIEFING
SOLE/HCIG
17 OCTOBER 95
WHY IDE?
NEED:
- Integration, validation and demonstration in the Army environment of emerging systems.
- Digitization of wholesale and retail levels leads to improved combat support.
HOW
- Optimize integration of tools, programs and technologies being delivered.
TASKING
"To develop a strategic plan for achieving data integration across
systems."
- Lead Command (MICOM) will interface and work with responsible program managers,
developers, and providers of automation and communication infrastructure.
- Integration
- Validation
- Training
- Deployment
- Program/Managers will continue to provide the management and oversight of their systems.
- Lead Command will work with Program Managers on Integration of their systems for
training, testing, and development.
ARMY DIGITZED ACQUISITION DATA POLICY
- JCALS and JEDMICS programs were initiated to provide the mechanism for creating both an
integrated information system and a shared data environment for acquisition and logistics
- JCALS provides the open systems, distributed hardware and software core infrastructure
needed to manage, acquire, store, publish, distribute, and improve digitized data
- JEDMICS provides the data repository for technical data/engineering drawings
- New purchases must meet open systems standards and be capable of Integrating with the
JCALS/JEDMICS environment
- All Army major system acquisition support activities/PMs will plan for CALS
implementation as part of their initial program acquisition strategy
- Programs currently in development will convert data available only in paper or
proprietary formats based on economics and life cycle support needs
- Sustainment programs will convert data to digital format when:
- major modification
- Operational benefits justify conversion expense
IDE CONCEPT
- Establish validation site for:
- Early Integration
- Testing
- Training
- Deployment
- Automate logistics business processes
- Re-engineer/improve
- Implement metrics
- Deploy Products: Tools/Systems
- LSAR
- CMIS
- JEDMICS
- JCALS
- MMSS
- SDS-MRP
- EC-EDI
- Other System Initiatives
IDE BENEFITS
- General
- Reduced cycle times in all aspects of weapon system acquisition and support
- Functional
- Improved quality and consistency of support functions
- Reduced cost and increased efficiencies in cycle time
- Impproved processes by utilization of work flow management tools
- Techncial
- Faster
- Cheeper
- Better
- Hardware
- Software
- Communications
- Data integration
- Integration
- Linking current tools
- Adding additional tools
- Integrating data
- Automating/Integrating business processes
LEAD INTEGRATION/VALIDATION ACTIVITY
- Aggressive medium risk plan
- MICOM validation team mitigates risk prior to full fielding
- Traditionally the greatest uncertainty is in the integration of massive product data
bases
- We will capitalize on what is already being done and quickly incorporate lessons learned
- TEAM REDSTONE
