DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY HEADQUARTERS

 8725 JOHN J. KINGMAN ROAD

 FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-6221

November 9, 2016 

MEMORANDUM FOR PIPELINE MEASUREMENT (PM) PROCESS REVIEW 

COMMITTEE (PRC) MEMBERS

SUBJECT: Approved Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) Change (ADC) 1154, 

Add Major Report Category Section “DLA” to Logistics Metrics Analysis 

Reporting System (LMARS) Reports 

The attached change to DLM 4000.25, Defense Management Standards, Volume 6, 

Chapter 4, Pipeline Measurement, Logistics Metric Analysis Reporting System (LMARS) is 

approved for implementation. 

Addresses may direct questions to Mr. Kenneth Deans, Chair, Pipeline Measurement PRC, 

703-767-2611, DSN 427-2611 or email Kenneth.Deans@dla.mil. Others may direct questions to

their Service or Agency designated Pipeline Measurement PRC representative available at

https://www.dlmso.dla.mil/CertAccess/SvcPointsPOC/PRCMembers/members_pmprc.docx

 Heidi M. Daverede

Director

Defense Logistics Management 

Standards Office

Attachment

As stated

cc:

ODASD (SCI)
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Attachment to ADC 1154

Add Major Report Category Section “DLA” to Logistics Metrics Analysis 

Reporting System (LMARS) Reports

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION:

a. Technical POC: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Headquarters J341, Stephen

Meyer, (703)767-3524, Stephen.E.Meyer@dla.mil.

b. Functional POC: Defense Logistics Management Standards Office, Kenneth Deans,

PM PRC Chair, (703) 767-2611, Kenneth.Deans@dla.mil 

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA:

a. Primary/Secondary Functional Area: Pipeline Measurement, Logistics Metrics

Analysis Reporting System (LMARS)

b. Primary/Secondary Functional Process: Order Management Metrics and Analysis

3. REFERENCES:

a. DLM 4000.25, Defense Logistics Management Standards, Volume 6, Logistics

Systems Interoperability Support Services; Chapter 4, Pipeline Measurement

b. DLM 4000.25-4, Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS)

c. DLM 4000.25-1, Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP)

4. APPROVED CHANGE(S):

a. Brief Overview of Change: This change adds Defense Logistics Agency “DLA” tab

at the top or bottom of the following LMARS end of month reports: Major Report Category 

Section of Wholesale inventory control point (ICP), Contractor Wholesale ICP, and Wholesale 

ICP Reparable national stock number (NSNs). The “DLA” tab will include DLA transactions 

with the document number SHIP TO Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC)

or Consignee beginning with Service/Agency (S/A) Codes S, SD or U. S/A codes are designed 

to accommodate the S/A identity in Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures 

(MILSTRIP) documentation. S/A codes are available at 

http://www.dlmso.dla.mil/elibrary/Manuals/DLM/MILSTRIP/0202-AP2-02.docx. 

b. Background:

(1) LMARS tracks materiel as it moves through the logistics pipeline and reports

the associated response times. LMARS contains archived data from February 1997 to the 

present. LMARS uses information from DLMS or legacy MILSTRIP and MILSTRAP 

transactions processed by the Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS), electronic data 

interchange (EDI) transaction feeds, off-line data feeds, and transportation data received from 
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the Integrated Data Environment/Global Transportation Network Convergence (IGC) to measure 

the LRT for wholesale-managed items. The data recorded in the Logistics On-Line Tracking 

System (LOTS) database is copied and integrated with the LMARS Master file. The LMARS 

Master file is used to produce transaction counts and average pipeline processing times, in days, 

for the 12 segments comprising the life cycle of a logistics transaction. LMARS provides a 

standard set of monthly reports that captures the performance metrics in the logistics pipeline. 

(2) LMARS end of month reports Major Report Category’s is composed of

sections identified by tabs at the bottom or top of each report. The titles of the tabs and section 

headings are (1) “Composite”, (2) “Army”, (3) “Air Force”, (4) “Navy”, (5) “Marine Corps”, (6) 

“Coast Guard” and (7) “Others”.

(3) Transactions that do not meet the SHIP TO DoDAAC or Consignee S/A

criteria in (1) – (6) in the previous paragraph are currently reported in the “Others” category. 

Adding the Major Report Category selection heading tab “DLA” will remove these transactions 

from the “Others” category and place the transactions in the DLA selection heading category.

(4) This change adds a “DLA” tab at the bottom or top of the LMARS Major

Report Category Section and will provide DLA Logistics Response Time (LRT) for Wholesale 

ICP and Wholesale ICP Reparable NSNs reports with document number SHIP TO DoDAAC or 

Consignee beginning with S/A Code S and Contractor ICP reports with SHIP TO DoDAAC or 

Consignee beginning with S/A Codes SD or U. 

(5) Transactions for National Guard Units, Reserve Units, Contractors and

foreign military sales (FMS), Initial Outfitting, with required delivery dates (RDDs) beginning 

with S or X are excluded from the Major Report Category Wholesale ICP, Contract Wholesale 

ICP and Wholesale ICP Reparable NSN Reports.

c. Approved Change in Detail: This change:

(1) enables LMARS users to view a report for DLA LRT from the main LMARS

Web Page (see enclosure) in the desired Major Report Category Wholesale ICP, Contractor 

Wholesale ICP, and Wholesale ICP Reparable NSNs LMARS end of month reports. 

(2) adds a “DLA” tab to the LMARS Major Report Category sections and to the

workbook when the reports are exported to Excel (*.xlsx file). The DLA tab will appear as a

separate tab on LMARS reports for Wholesale ICP, Contractor Wholesale ICP, and Wholesale 

ICP Reparable NSN reports. 

(3) provides DLA LRT for Wholesale ICP and Wholesale ICP Reparable NSNs

reports with category section tab “DLA” for DLA requisitions with document number’s SHIP 

TO DoDAAC or Consignee beginning with S/A Code S and for Contractor ICP reports with 

SHIP TO DoDAAC or Consignee beginning with S/A Codes SD or U. 
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d. Revisions to DLM 4000.25 Manuals: This ADC updates DLM 4000.25, Volume 6, 

Chapter 4 as follows: 

“C4.6.5.2. Major Report Category Sections. Each Major Report Category is 

composed of sections and each section has a total line totaling all the data for that section prior 

to beginning a new section. The sections are identified by tabs at the top and bottom of the 

report. The titles of the tabs and section headings are (1) “Composite”, (2) “Army”, (3) “Air 

Force”, (4) “Navy”, (5) “Marine Corps”, (6) “Coast Guard”, (7) “DLA” and (8) “Others”.”

e. Proposed Transaction Flow: No changes to transaction flows are required. 

f. Alternatives: None identified at this time. 

5. REASON FOR CHANGE: LMARS is a tool/database for the collection of logistics 

business event information that allows actual logistics pipeline performance to be measured and 

reported uniformly. Breaking out DLA as a separate section of the Major Report Category 

Section in the LMARS monthly output reports will provide LMARS users with LRT for DLA

customer shipments. This capability will enable DLA to better track DLA LRT performance 

and trends for materiel issued to DLA customers with SHIP TO DoDAAC or Consignee 

beginning with S/A Codes S, SD or U and compare actual performance against pre-established 

goals. This information allows policy, procedures, and/or technology to be assessed for their 

effects on DLA pipeline performance. 

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES:

a. Advantages: Pipeline data will more accurately reflect today's business practices,

creating a responsive logistics pipeline measurement that rapidly delivers current monthly 

reports to LMARS users. 

b. Disadvantages: None identified. 

7. ESTIMATED TIME LINE/IMPLEMENTATION TARGET: DAAS will provide an

implementation date for this ADC when it becomes available. 

8. ESTIMATED SAVINGS/COST AVOIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE: None Identified.

9. IMPACT:

a. New DLMS Data Elements: No new DLMS data elements or changes to existing 

elements are required. 

b. Automated Information Systems (AIS): There is no impact to Component systems.

c. DAAS: This change will need to be developed and maintained by DAAS. 

d. Non-DLM 4000.25 Series Publications: None identified.
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10. PDC COMMENTS DISPOSITION

Organization Response/Comment Disposition

Defense Logistics Agency Concurs without comment Noted

DAAS Concurs without comment Noted

United States Special Operations Command Concurs without comment Noted

United States Air Force Concurs without comment Noted

United States Army Concurs without comment Noted

United States Marine Corps Concurs without comment Noted

Unite States Navy Concurs without comment Noted

United States Coast Guard Concurs without comment Noted

General Services Administration Concurs without comment Noted

United States Transportation Command Concurs without comment Noted
Enclosure, DAAS (formerly Transaction Services) Web Portal: LMARS Reports Menu 

(https://www2.transactionservices.dla.mil/lmars/main.asp)

Enclosure, ADC 1154

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DAAS Web Portal

LMARS Reports