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DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

AMERICA’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY

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Industrial Base 

Planning 

Dawn Leason

11/15/17
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Purpose

• Understand that the industrial base mission is 

regulatory

• Understand the functions of the industrial base 

office

• Define surge

• Understand the Warstopper Program 

• Industrial base points of contact
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Regulatory Requirements

• Defense Production Act of 1950

• Executive Order 12919, 1994 – National 

Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness

• DoDI 3110.06 – War Reserve Material

• Joint Publication 4-05, Joint Mobilization 

Planning
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Industrial Base Missions and Functions

Acquisition Policy & 

Support

Surge Policy

Fragility & 

Criticality Policy 

(Development)

Surge Challenges

NAICS - North 

American Industry 

Classification 

System

Statutory & Regulatory 

Management

DPAS – Defense 

Priorities & 

Allocation System

CFIUS – Committee 

for Foreign 

Investment in the 

United Sates

Gov. Furnished Property

(within contracts)

Title III

Administrative Program 

Support

Cong. Report(s) & 

Audits

Contract 

Management

Job Series Mgt & 

Training

OSD & Service 

Coordination

Warstopper Program 

Management

Budget

Project 

Development & 

Approval

Studies / Risk 

Analysis Reports / 

Customer 

Outreach

Funding Execution

DLAI 1214

DLAD 17.93 DLAI 1211 DLAI 1211 DLAI 1211
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IBP Methodology

Industry

Customer Acquisition 

Community

IBP
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Surge

• Surge Requirements are in excess of 

peacetime requirements and above the 

basic contract maximum quantity. This 

would typically be used during times of 

war or unforeseen surges in demand as a 

result of a contingency."
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Warstopper Program

• Congressionally appropriated funds

• Warstopper funds are used to:

– Study and Assess industrial base risks

– Make targeted industrial base investments to mitigate 

risks and/or sustain critical warfighter capabilities. 

• Warstopper roles and responsibilities are 

defined in DLA Instruction 1212 
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Warstopper Program

• Criteria for investments or studies include:

– Mission essential/critical items

• Items capable of stopping a strategic warfighter capability 

– Critical Safety Items

– Low peacetime demand but high wartime demand

– Limited shelf life or long production lead time

– An identified shortfall in industrial capability to meet the required 

delivery date for a wartime requirement.

– Cost effective alternative to War Reserve inventory

– A validated War Reserve Requirement or forecasted surge in 

demand during wartime or contingency operations. 
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Warstopper Program

• Government Investment

– Partner with manufacturers, distributors and 

Prime Vendors to gain access to commercial 

inventory

– Stage vendor managed raw material for long 

lead time components

– Provide lean six-sigma analysis to maximize 

vendor capacity

– Provide industrial equipment (not common)

– Award industrial base maintenance contract to 

vital domestic industry (not common)
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Points of Contact

• Dawn Leason, Supervisor: 215-737-3186; 

dawn.leason@dla.mil

• Bill Sismour, Team Lead and Warstopper Program 

Manager, 215-737-8541; william.Sismour@dla.mil

• Chris Young, Industrial Specialist, 215-737-2820; 

christopher.young@dla.mil

• John Spildener, Industrial Specialist, 215-737-5868; 

john.spildener@dla.mil