Introduction to Planning Data Branch

1. Introduction to Planning Data Branch Home of the Army’s Sustainment Think Tank! Combined Arms Support Command and the Sustainment Center of Excellence Fort Lee, Virginia and Fort Jackson, South Carolina

2. Purpose To provide an orientation of the Planning Data Branch (PDB): Who we are What we do Who we support

3. Mission & Authority Army Regulation 700-8 (Mar 2011) “Logistics Planning Factors and Data Management” 1- 1. Purpose This regulation provides policy and assigns responsibilities for managing, collecting, developing, maintaining, validating, and disseminating Army logistics data and planning factors for use in Total Army Analysis (TAA); Operations Logistics Planner (OPLOG Planner); Logistics Factors File (LFF); and other Army, Joint, and Department of Defense (DOD) logistical processes. 2-2. Policy Central management of the collection and dissemination of logistics planning data is performed under the auspices of the DCS, G–4 (DALO–SIF). The Commander, CASCOM (ATCL–CDF–MP) is responsible for collecting, developing, maintaining, validating, storing, and disseminating logistics planning factors. The Commander, CASCOM (ATCL–CDF–MP) will provide this information to authorized users.

4. PDB Organization & Staffing CASCOM, Capabilities Development and Integration Force Development Directorate Multifunctional Division Planning Data Branch Supervisory MgtAnalyst 2 Logistics Management Specialist 5 Operations Research Analyst

5. Data Development Factors Approval Process JCCOE, AAFES Class VI QMS, JCCOE: Class I, Water & Ice MSCOE: Class IV AMEDDC&S Class VIII Army Logistics Planning CAA: Class V, VII Studies &Analysis AMC: Class II, III(B), III(P), IX Data Submissions Assumptions HRC: Mail OPLOG Planner Tools Army Programming & Budgeting Data Methodologies FactorTables ALU Classes Additional Data TAA Disseminate Approved Factors Execute G4 Data Call Approved Data Supports Models &Simulation Force Structure (G3) Logistics Factors File Collect & Validate Fully Mission Capable Rates (G4) Equipment Usage Profiles (TRADOC) Joint Logistics Planning DA G4 Approval Coordination Centrally Managed Data Collect & Validate Continuous CALL Report Reviews (TRADOC) Characteristic Data (DLA) Approving Authority AR 700-8 Surveys (CASCOM) Populations (J1,J4) DFM DA G3 Issues from approval process reconciled with proponents Equipment Qty (ARCENT) ARs, ADP, TIMs, Other Pubs CASCOM Analyzes Input Ration composition, weights, cubes (DLA Troop Support) TRADOC ARCIC For TAA Use • Identify obvious disconnects • Apply Operational knowledge Legend AMEDDC&S – Army Medical Department Center and School CAA – Center of Army Analysis JCCOE – Joint Culinary Center of Excellence MPSA - Military Postal Service Agency MSCOE – Maneuver Support Center of Excellence OPLOG Planner - Operational Logistics Planner QMS – Quartermaster School Develop Draft Factors & Impacts Factor Development CG CASCOM Proponent & Peer Review GO Review

6. HowPDBSupportstheWarfighter CAA: Class V, VII JCCOE, AAFES Class VI QMS, JCCOE: Class I, Water & Ice MSCOE: Class IV AMEDDC&S Class VIII AMC: Class II, III(B), III(P), IX HRC: Mail Data Submissions Assumptions Data Methodologies Collect & Validate Assistance: (Answer Questions, Provide Classes, etc.) Studies & Analysis Planning Data Branch OEF PDB Tools Models & Simulation Logistics Factors File TAA OPLOG Planner Quick Logistics Estimation Tool ARNG 82d SC TRAC LIA NORTHCOM School House Courses Future Warfighter** Current Warfighter

7. Logistics Planning Factors What are they? Consumption estimates developed for classes of supply I-IX, water, ice, and mail. • Two basic categories of factors: • Population based (variable single point estimate by time/phase): • Class I, II, IV, VI, VIII, Water, Mail and Ice • Factors expressed as lbs/person/day (PPD), lbs/admission or gals/person/day • Class I (lbs) = Number of Days * Class I Factor (PPD)* Population Qty • Equipment based (variable set of factors based on operation/phase): • Class III, V, VII and IX • Factors expressed as lbs/LIN/day or gals/LIN/(Hr or KM) • Class III (gals) = Number of Days * Fuel Burn rate (gal/LIN/hr) x Equipment Usage Profile (hrs/day) x FMC x Equipment Qty • Class IX (lbs) = Number of Days * Class IX Factor (lbs/LIN/day) x FMC x Equipment Qty 3

8. Class of Supply CLASS I Subsistence (Food - Rations), plus health and comfort items

9. Class of Supply CLASS II General Supplies: Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, organizational tool sets and kits, hand tools, unclassified maps, administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment

10. Class of Supply CLASS III(B) Bulk: Fuel

11. Class of Supply CLASS III(P) Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) (package): Petroleum, lubricants, hydraulic and insulating oils, preservatives, liquids and gases, bulk chemical products, coolants, deicer and antifreeze compounds, components, and additives of petroleum and chemical products, and coal.

12. Class of Supply CLASS IV Construction materials, including installed equipment and all fortification and barrier materials.

13. Class of Supply CLASS V Ammunition of all types, bombs, explosives, mines, fuses, detonators, pyrotechnics, missiles, rockets, propellants, and associated items.

14. Class of Supply CLASS VI Personal demand items (such as health and hygiene products, soaps and toothpaste, writing material, snack food, beverages, cigarettes, batteries, alcohol, and cameras—nonmilitary sales items)

15. Class of Supply CLASS VII Major end items such as launchers, tanks, mobile machine shops, and vehicles

16. Class of Supply CLASS VIII Medical material (equipment and consumables) including repair parts peculiar to medical equipment. Class VIIIa – Medical consumable supplies not including blood & blood products; Class VIIIb – Blood & blood components (whole blood, platelets, plasma, packed red cells, etc.)

17. Class of Supply CLASS IX Repair parts and components to include kits, assemblies, and subassemblies) (repairable or non-repairable required for maintenance support of all equipment

18. Class of Supply MAIL

19. PDB Developed Tools

20. OPLOGPlanner: BackgroundandOverview • Developed around 1994 to replace FM 101-10-1/2 manuals; redesigned in 2010 • OPLOG is a simple to use tool used for calculating estimations of supply requirements for a given unit or force for a specified operation. • Taught in ALU – T_LOG, Liquid Log NCOs. • All Data is HQ DA G4 Approved Planning Data. • Contains All Approved TOE Force Structures for the year prior to publication date, updated annually. • Scenario parameters include Joint Phases, Military Operations, climate, includes EUP. • Stand alone Unclassified (NOFORN) tool with no active connections to other Programs • Contains User Friendly Interfaces • Addresses each class of supply. • Reports can be printed in MS Word or exported to MS Excel. https://www.us.army.mil/suite/files/38799138 Usarmy.lee.tradoc.mbx.oplog@mail.mil

21. Other Estimation Tools Planning Data Branch has several additional MS Excel based estimation tools to assist logistics planners throughout the Army posted to AKO at: https://www.us.army.mil/suite/files/39242771 • Platform Calculator: Provides an estimate of how many pallets and specific vehicles are needed to carry a given quantity of supplies. Results shown by COS and total. • Quick Logistics Estimation Tool: Provides estimated requirements for one or multiple SRCs for each COS, using min-avg-max. • Food and Water Tool: Very specific tool that focuses on developing different meal plans for specific populations. • Class III Bulk Estimation Tool: Newly developed tool that allows the user to develop Class III(B) estimates, at the LIN level, by varying the usage profile. • Convoy Planning Tool: Newly developed tool that estimates the time a convoy will take based on factors such as distance, speed, and number of vehicles in the convoy.

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