Provided is an agile, adaptive, globally deployable online network-centric
autonomic supply chain management system that when triggered by a
predictive/diagnostic condition management system, without
user-maintainer intervention, autonomously authorizes a complete
requisitioning cycle of supply chain assets to warfighters with
unprecedented criticality of speed. A requisitioning cycle is comprised
of: (1) asset issue authorization to a vehicle/requester (2) retrograde
[return] of repairable to depot and (3) replenishment [resupply] of drawn
inventory. It also autonomically provides global total asset visibility
of the asset(s) of interest and a tempo surge-priority ranking with a
calm-down functions. The system operates in either default autonomic mode
or a user activated semi-autonomic mode. In either mode of operation a
requisition cycle is accomplished autonomically by selection of the most
affordable transportation that ensures delivery of an asset to a user in
accordance with contractually specified time-definite delivery standards.
The system's material delivery performance effectiveness percentage rate
is archived for billing purposes and monitoring system performance
metrics. The system almost eliminates SCM administration personpower
requirements. It accelerates the entire logistics supply pipeline,
resulting in:--higher annual inventory turn-rates thus permitting
inventory levels to be reduced and smaller wartime pack up kits thereby
lowering lifetime total operating costs. Smaller pack up kits reduces the
logistics footprint and thus the number of cargo aircraft required to
deploy a unit.