PNNL performance analysis tool helps Army keep on track
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Transforming the logistics supply pipeline is an important part of U.S. Army modernization plans.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a capability for analyzing the performance of logistics supply--quickly, using already available data and the Internet.
Advanced Logistics Evaluation and Reporting (ALERT-EM) tracks the progress of supplies in three functional areas--readiness, power projection and sustainment, using metrics such as requisition wait time, acquisition lead-time and daily dollar value. Using ALERT-EM, senior decision makers at the Pentagon can see current and historical performance of the Army's logistics system-- how well it is supplying troops with everything from paper clips to ammunition.
The software has three interfaces, executive, staff and scorecard. The Metrics Scorecard compares the metrics and goals and rates the metrics as red, amber and green to show whether a metric is meeting its goal or not. Users subscribe to Scorecard and are notified by e-mail when their Scorecard metric ratings change.
Although ALERT-EM was developed for the Army, it can be adapted to other domains.