U.S. Army Selects Telesto to Implement Supply Chain Systems For Munitions

Continually seeking innovative ways to modernize and streamline its supply chain systems, the U.S. Army approved a revolutionary new initiative that will address one of its biggest supply chain needs. The Enterprise Ammunition (AMMO) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) effort will work to remedy the Army’s lack of an integrated and automated End-to-End (E2E) supply chain system for Class V materials (munitions) through a comprehensive commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software solution. When completed, this system will not only plan, track, account, audit, and manage the supply and distribution of Class V munitions worldwide, but also integrate with enduring logistics, finance, transportation, and quality management systems to provide a more cohesive and efficient process for ammunition management and delivery.

Currently, the management and distribution of Class V munitions is being executed across several systems. Strategic acquisition, industrial production, and distribution occurs in the LMP. Operational missions are currently executed in Global Combat Support System – Army (GCSS- Army), the Standard Army Ammunition System-Modernization (SAAS-MOD), and the Total Ammunition Management Information System (TAMIS). Using these separate systems causes gaps in visibility, accountability, and auditability.

The AMMO OTA approach is to rectify these gaps by procuring one or more prototypes of commercially available software solution(s) that, with minimal customization, could fully track, account for, audit, and manage the supply and distribution of Class V munitions worldwide in order to meet U.S. war reserve, training, defense, and offensive munitions needs. Seeking

to implement this plan quickly, the Army has already awarded the prototype contract to two vendors who are set to deliver Phase 1 designs in August 2020.