Logistic

What is integrated logistic?

Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) is a technique introduced by the US Army to ensure that the supportability of an equipment is considered during its design and development. The technique was adopted by the UK MOD in 1993 and made compulsory for the procurement of the majority of MOD equipment. The aim of ILS is to address three aspects of supportability during the acquistion of the equipment.

• Influence on Design. This is an iterative process during the design of the main equipment to ensure that supportability aspects are considered. This is to ensure that user maintenance and routine servicing tasks can be performed easily and that existing tools and techniques can be used.
  

• Design of the Support Solution. Ensuring that the Support Solution considers and integrates the elements considered by ILS. This is discussed fully below.
  

• Determination and Procurement of the Initial Support Package. This calculates the requirement for spares, special tools and documentmentation is defined and that the quantity required for a given period is calculated, procured and delivered to support the delivery and operation of the main eaquipment.
  

The ILS management process which facilitates development and integration of the 10 individual logistic support elements to specify, design, develop, acquire, test, field, and support systems. There are 10 ILS elements:

1. Maintenance planning
2. Supply support
3. Support and Test Equipment/Equipment support
4. Manpower and personnel
5. Training and training support
6. Technical data
7. Computer Resources support
8. Facilities
9. Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation (PHS&T)
10. Design interface
    

Justisiano Nurak, ST