# Presentation: 686629

## Johnson Space CenterPilot Review of theGlobal Freight Management(GFM) Program

## GFM Mission

- Global Freight Management is designed to provide DoD Transportation Officers with the ability to automatically and electronically procure commercial freight transportation services and provide the real-time data feeds that are essential to support our nation’s war fighting efforts.

## GFM User Base

- Shipping Sites
- 	Army Sites (186)
- 	Navy Sites (86)
- 	Air Force Sites (200)
- 	National Guard Sites (46)
- 	DCMA Sites (427)
- 	DLA Depots (18)
- 	Service Headquarters
- 	USTRANSCOM
- 	HQSDDC
- 	USACE, USCG, FEMA (66+)

## GFM User Base

- DoD Approved Carriers
- 	Motor Freight (588+)
- 	Rail (26)
- 	Air Freight (86+)
- 	Barge (36)
- 	Pipeline (23)
- 	Ocean (23)
- Total User Base (Shipper, Carrier, HQ Command, etc.) >5000 Users

## RATE

** ****QUOTATION**

**SPOT BID**

**SPE**

**FAST**

**GFM**

## A

- Q

|  | FAST | SPE | Spot Bid |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1998 |  |  | 122 |
| 1999 | 13,575 |  | 879 |
| 2000 | 104,396 | 834 | 3,264 |
| 2001 | 203,127 | 41,774 | 9,722 |
| 2002 | 251,604 | 169,048 | 9,097 |
| 2003 | 299,916 | 220,345 | 12,682 |
|  | 872,618 | 432,001 | 35,644 |

## Advantages of using GFM

- Approximate savings of 20 - 25% over GSA freight rates.
- FY03 estimate for JSC cost savings is approximately $150K
- “One stop shopping”
- Rate comparison
- Ensures fair competition between carriers
- Automatic interface with PowerTrack
- System provides mechanism with which to communicate special provisions/specific information
- 2000 character placeholder for remarks
- Ensures carriers are registered and drivers are bonded and background checks are completed per federal regulations
- Over 600 carriers available for service
- Web-based system can be accessed anywhere that internet is available

## Disadvantages of using GFM

**A **_**lot**_** of information that the military requires, civilian agencies don’t**
**  ****	****Causes a lot more information and research to be performed ****	****just ****	****to initiate a shipment**
**Personnel constraints are causing centers to “do more with less”**
**	****More work inputting data will put us at a significant ****	****disadvantage**
**    ****Savings realized through better rates would be nullified by **
**necessary personnel increases**
**Any cost associated with modifications to the GFM database, such as shortening the TCN field, etc., would have to be borne by NASA**
**All spot bids require a minimum of 4 hours “bidding time” before a carrier can be chosen**
**   ****A majority of the time, we don’t have that luxury**
**Our current “flight hardware” carriers are familiar with our special equipment and are especially careful to prevent damage and loss**
**  ****Not sure just any low bid carrier would be so accommodating**
**  ****While prudent use of funds is important, preventing and/or ****	****minimizing damage and loss is more important**

## Slide 9

## Conclusion

- If NASA decides that the various centers WILL use GFM, then HQs must make the decision as to whether or not we must use the GFM system exclusively.  Another option would be to perform a 60-day hands-on pilot in order to determine the feasibility of using GFM on a permanent basis.  For JSC, this decision is also deeply contingent on rectifying our personnel issues