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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      USTRANSCOM completes transportation management system proof of principlePublished Dec. 13, 2017
                    
                    By Michael P. Kleiman
                    
                    
                    U.S. Transportation Command
            **SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) --**U.S. Transportation Command completed a successful proof of principle effort fusing a leading-edge, commercial off-the-shelf, Transportation Management System capability with government-integrated platforms.
A TMS allows users to plan and execute the shipment of cargo, of any kind, more efficiently, reliably and cost effectively. It has the potential to substantially increase USTRANSCOM’s ability to manage its logistics enterprise by delivering enhanced air, sea and land movement solutions, as well as real-time visibility of cargo from point-of-origin to destination.

The PoP began Aug. 7, 2017, and during the four-month process, the TMS team, along with the command’scomponents, worked with industry and subject experts from across the joint deployment and distribution enterprise. Together, they identified capabilities within numerous scenarios to “stress” a TMS and also validated that the system would support the command’s transportation requirements.

Ultimately, the command’s employment of TMS smartly leverages enterprise technologies to maintain America’s competitive advantage in logistics operations. USTRANSCOM’s TMS journey demonstrated the system:
-brings people, processes, technology and data together across the organizational enterprise-provides management and visibility of all transportation requirements and shipments in one system for optimized planning, including real-timedeviation alerts and the ability to re-plan-delivers the capacity for cost-informed options and end-to-end shipment financial visibility for fiscal improvement and audit-readiness 
  compliance in a single system
“The world we live in today demands we do things differently than what was done yesterday. The pace of technology and information, as well as the changing character of war will not wait for us to catch up,” said Air Force Gen. Darren W. McDew, USTRANSCOM commander. “TMS supports the command’s effort to evolve for tomorrow by enhancing our operational processes and supporting information technology to conduct efficient and effective multi-modal operations, while providing proven, end-to-end, best-practice transportation solutions.”

After the 2016 alternatives decision to the Joint Staff-approved program, Integrated Multi-Modal Operations, which evaluated readiness, life-cycle costs and risks, the command subsequently identified TMS as the preferred solution from five options.

Six months later,McDew directed the formation of a TMS Joint Planning Team to rapidly conduct a 120-day PoP of TMS and government off-the-shelf systems, assessing its ability to perform global transportation-management functions. He charged the team to strain the system, stating, “If it’s going to break, let’s break it fast.”

Following a successful system demonstration Dec. 1, 2017, USTRANSCOM Deputy Commander, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Broadmeadow, subsequently directed the command to move forward in establishing a Joint Integrated Product Team to develop a TMS prototype.

“The TMS is not just an internal solution for the command, but it will redefine how we do business on a global scale,” said Air Force Brig. Gen. John C. Millard, the command’s TMS Joint Planning Team lead. “In implementing the TMS prototype, USTRANSCOM capabilities and information resident in today’s existing systems will be leveraged to ensure success.”

During the upcoming months, the integrated product team will partner with key strategic stakeholders, customers and transportation partners to create and execute a detailed implementation plan.

Since its establishment three decades ago, USTRANSCOM continues to answer the nation’s call, whether delivering an immediate and decisive force when and where needed, assuring unrivaled global expeditionary capability, and now with the TMS, optimizing warfighter support through immediate tracking and efficient and effective end-to-end movement of their equipment.Scott AFB 



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