Mr' Jay Lasher

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UNCLASSIFIED

Mr. Jay Lasher PowerLOG Team Lead
Logistics Engineering Center PowerLOG-J, What a
Year 16 May 2007
U.S. Army Materiel Command
NEED TO BE FASTER, MORE AGILE, LESS BUREAUCRATIC
- NEED TO FIGHT THIS EVERYDAY
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3rd Annual PowerLOG Users GroupWELCOME BACK !!!

• 16 May 2007
• 0800-0815 Welcome Administrative Remarks
• 0815-0845 Lou Sciaroni, LEC Overview
• 0845-0945 Jay Lasher, PowerLOG Project
  Overview
• 0945-1000 Break
• 1000-1045 Jim Colson, LOGSA GEIA-STD-0007
• 1045-1120 Ken Reeves, AM General (PowerLOG and
  SAP)
• 1120-1150 Bill Fuller, TACOM (TLM and
  PowerLOG)
• 1150-1300 Lunch
• 1300-1330 Larry Wallace, FCS (PowerLOG and
  LDMS)
• 1330-1400 Corey Steen, 2361 Exports and the
  Legend of the ez-MAC!
• 1400-1430 Ryan Brown, Demo (We want your
  opinion)
• 1430-1445 Break
• 1445-1515 Jay Lasher and Dave Kopp PowerLOG
  Future
• 1515-1600 Ask the PowerLOG Team (AKA Stump the
  Chumps)
• Wrap-up

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User Group Value

• What you should take home
• Applications of PowerLOG
• Success stories
• (ex. 9 out of 10 Loggies prefer PowerLOG over
  Ambien CR)
• New Capabilities
• Ideas for your company or organization
• Direction and priorities of the powerLOG
  development team
• What we hope to get out of it
• Users thoughts and ideas about powerLOG
• Direction and Guidance (ask Lou Sciaroni, we need
  it)
• Applications of powerLOG by our users

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Participate

• Be open, no idea is a bad idea.
• Exchange of information (Priceless)
• Feel free to ask questions at any time. (just no
  fighting in the aisles please)
• PowerLOG Users Group Goal, 100 participation
• Time is allotted at the end of the day to give
  everyone a chance to ask questions.
• I like to call it Stump the Chumps
• Most Important, Have a Good Time and Learn.

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Surveys are important
Fill out our Surveys
PLEASE
PLEASE

• Show improvements in government processes
• Show cost savings to government
• Show Improvements in contractor processes
• Helps justify/defend funding request spending
• Suggested Areas of Improvement

Pretty Please
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Registration Page

• Please have all users of the software to register
• Client Server and embedded
• Identifies real users, not just a DBA
• Periodic E-mail listing updates/changes to
  PowerLOG
• Gives us the phone number of our users
• Allows us to contact correct person when a
  problem occurs
• New Combined Registration Page
• Get desired LEC software with only one
  registration page

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What is PowerLOG-J?

• Client/Server and embedded (stand alone)
  Application for Managing Logistics Product Data
• Provides (ILS) information (provisioning,
  packaging, task analysis, FMECA, RAM, support
  equipment, skills, facilities, and
  transportation)
• Provides Data Exchange
• Import 1388-2B, PMR (1552), 2A and 2B 036
  Format, CSV and XML
• Export 1388-2B Full and Change, XML, LSA-036,
  2361 Work Packages
• Reports 43 in XML, HTML and PDF format
• PowerLOG Software developed in Java
• All Operating Systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux,
  HP, AIX, Solaris, etc.)
• JDBC compliant RDBMS (Oracle, DB2, ProstgreSQL,
  Firebird, Derby)
• Free Open Source RDBMS (ProstgreSQL, Firebird,
  Derby)
• Uses Web Browser and Adobe Reader to display
  reports
• PowerLOG-J is Free to all US Government and US
  Industries
• Designed and built as a no cost solution for an
  integrated environment

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Who is using powerLOG and why?

• Government Users
• Program Management offices and other government
  agencies
• Review contractor submittals (edits, reports,
  GUI, ad hoc queries)
• Send data to downstream systems (wholesale, tech
  manual, etc.)
• Army Major Subordinate Commands
• Data cleansing on the legacy data.
• Maintenance Engineering Analysis
• Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS)
• Review Provisioning Files/Convert data to Excel
  format
• Reference Data Environment, Automated Screening
• Contractor/Original Equip. Manufacturer (OEM)
  Users
• Develop an integrated logistics database
• Provide Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) /LSA
  /LMI contract deliverables (BOMs, RPSTLs,
  Provisioning Data, TM data, etc).
• Integration into Companys ERP

3002 Users
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Acquisition Projects of Other Services

• NAVY
• EA-6B Prowler, NVD, ICAPIII, F-18 Hornet, 52Mod,K
  Band, CH/MH-53E
• INGATS, NSIPS, DIMHRS, NOW, NRAMS
• Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), Guided Parafoil
  Aerial Delivery Sys (GPADS)
• Broad Area, Unmanned, Responsive Re-supply
  Operation (BURRO)
• Ground Log C2 (GLC2), Dust Abatement
  Technologies,
• Waterborne Craft - LSV LCU 2000, LSV 7
• AIR FORCE
• Joint Strike Fighter, C- 5 Modernization, C-17,
  C-131 Gunship, Global Hawk
• MARINE CORPS
• USMC C4I, V-22
• National Missile Defense
• Ground Missile Defense
• NASA
• Space Station, Project Constellation
• Other Government Agencies
• FAA and Coast Guard (Fast Response Cutter)

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Busy, Busy, Busy

• Army programs
• FCS
• Stryker Log Demo
• Mine/Counter-Mine
• Pathfinder Proof of Concept
• CECOM LMP Re-deployment Data Cleansing
• CECOM Two Levels of Maintenance
• TACOM ILSC, TLM
• DLA
• Reference Data Environment
• NASA
• Marshall and Johnson adopt for Project
  Constellation
• NAVAIR
• Working to get NMCI certified
• NAVSEA
• Providing man-power to facilitate Navy changes
• Air Force
• Global Hawk, will use PowerLOG in Logistics Tools
  POC

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PowerLOG Training

• Training Classes are now help in conjunction with
  CASA and COMPASS
• AMCOM Training Facilities
• June 5-8
• July 10-13
• August 7-10
• September 11-14
• October 16-19
• As needed
• CECOM
• ACALA
• TACOM
• NASA
• NAVAIR
• FCS OTP

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1.5.0 Release, 16 May 2007

• New Reports
• LSA-074, Support Equipment Tool List
• PLISN Tree Error Report
• New Capabilities
• S1000D
• CL, CM, CN, and CO
• S1000D Help
• 2361C/40051 Work Packages
• COEI/BII/AAL/EXP
• MAC
• PMCS
• RPSTL
• ez-MAC
• Importing Mac Charts
• Combined Task Tables
• Task, Deep Copy
• Drawings Mapped to Multiple Functional Areas
• Database Management, PTD, Active Database and
  PowerLOG BL

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Power Point Software

• PowerLOG-J Screen Shots

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Colors Symbols
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PLISN Tree Error Report (YAFYGI)
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Multiple Drawing Importer (YAFYGI)

• Records Can be Synced
• For Configuration Management

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CSV Templates and Improvements
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Removal of all NHA Relationships
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Export/Restore PTD Baseline Per PCCN
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TM WP Exports and Database Backup

• Backup Database
• Exports Active Database
• Exports PowerLOG Baseline
• Exports PTD Baseline
• Exporting 2361 WP format

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Task Code, Deep Copy (YAFYGI)

• Why Deep Copy?
• It will copy, task, sub task, all the way down
  through C table.

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Combined C Tables (YAFYGI)
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Data View Clip Board
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LSA-080 Report
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S1000D Additions
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Task/Subtask Association, Cautions Warning,
Notes, and special requirements
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S1000D Definitions are in Help
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S1000D, Electronic Documentation
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Maintenance Procedure Inventory
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Maintenance Procedure Task Sequence
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ez-MAC
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MAC Import Step 1, TM FGC
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Mac Import Step 2 LCN
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MAC Import error Report
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Summary/Conclusion

• Lots of open discussion
• Learn from other organizations implementations
• Ultimate goal is improving PowerLOG
• PowerLOG-J is playing a role in the DOD Logistics
  community
• Supporting IETM community by provided tagged LMI
  outputs
• Supporting modernization efforts by providing a
  tool that can produce formatted outputs/inputs
• Supporting DOD integration
• Supporting Total Life Cycle Support Management

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Contact and Download Info

• LOGSA Logistics Engineering Acquisition Tools
• https//www.logsa.army.mil/alc/
• PowerLOG-J downloads are free and available at
• https//www.logsa.army.mil/alc/powerLOG-J
• Project Lead, Jay Lasher
• [phone], DSN 645-9925
• george.lasher_at_us.army.mil
• PowerLOG Help Desk
• [phone], DSN 645-9847
• powerlog.help_at_logsa.army.mil

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