AAC is a key decision-support tool that helps you to manage stocks in a military formation.
The report does not just provide you with net gaps or excess information, it also details how the inventory is distributed across the formation, how it could be better balanced, and so on.
End users can have pre-defined variants of the reports, with pre-selected parameters, to ensure consistent behavior across organization.
The Evaluation area and Force Element Status are two of the most fundamental criteria for AAC selection. In complex structures, the result of the AAC will differ significantly when you alter these parameter values.
An unassigned ("floating") SLOC (that is, an SLOC that is in the MRP-AREA but not linked to any FE) is considered by the AAC report only when selecting 'MRP-AREA' for the Evaluation Area.
In all other cases, the SLOCs that are being considered for actual material are derived from the navigation across the structure.
This has to be considered when you design the logistic structure and assignment of SLOCs to FE.
Unlike in DFPS, Defense and Security decouples the Structure Navigation (evaluation path) from the Usage Types of the FMPO assignments:
- There is no need to duplicate the authorizations for every structure type.
- Multiple selections in certain filters (for example: Active + Approved): i. For the FE selection ii. For the FMPO assignments
- Authorizations could augment each other (for example, peacetime: 5 trucks, wartime: + 2).
Hint
Exercise caution when you use these options. In most cases, selecting active authorizations will be sufficient.
This agility allows the user to define one set of equipment authorizations and use it in multiple Command and Control structures.
The AAC report in Defense and Security allows you to answer questions like what is the wartime material readiness of my peacetime subordinates or can my organic substructure support the upcoming exercise.
A unit can have temporary excess, but within a few months the authorization for that item will increase. The planner may return the excess and ask for it again in a few months, but he may also decide to keep the excess to avoid unnecessary logistic and transportation efforts.
Likewise, that unit may have a gap, but if the planner knows that within a short time the authorizations will be decreased, the planner may decide not to initiate replenishment, since until the item will be delivered it will become excess.
The first page provides an overall picture of the authorizations and actuals, based on the selection parameters.
- The Adjusted Authorized field is the result of all the relevant authorizations (that is, in the right FEs, Usage Types, and so on), considering the Adjustment Values.
- In case there is material that is a model of an FMPO in the Stock SLOC, but no relevant authorizations were selected for this FMPO, the 'Adjusted Authorized' is shown as zero, and the actual reflect what's in stock => excess.
- The report also shows expected receipts (or returns, in case of a negative value): i. Sum of all open PREQs ii. Sum of all open Purchase Orders
- It could be that not all the inventory is actually in the SLOC, for that the system presents: i. Sum of all installed equipment ii. Sum of all issues to personnel
When an FMPO-Variant mimics the DFPS Material Container, (that is, no models, just FMPO ACPs), the FMPO ACPs will show in the report, but the lead FMPO Variant will not be displayed, since it has no real 'models.'
This virtual assignment is designed to assist the logistic planner define priorities in evaluating equipment match to authorized.
If the unit has both high and low priority authorizations for the same item, the report will fulfill first the high-priority authorizations. Therefore, a gap, if it exists, will be shown on the lowest priority line(s), and the PREQ that will be generated later will get the correct priority.
When you zoom into an FMPO line, use the systems to show you the source of the authorization per variant and FE.
In the HMMWV example, there are two authorizations lines:
- FMPO-Variant 30, with adjusted authorization of 7 and virtual actuals assignment of 7.
- FMPO-Variant 20 with adjusted authorization of 15 and virtual actuals assignment of 3.
Basically, the gap is on the 2nd line, which is in lower priority.
In the machine gun example, there are two authorizations lines:
- FMPO-Variant 10 with Material Indicator "Doctrinal" -> adjusted authorization of 7 and virtual assignment of 7.
- FMPO-Variant 10 with Material Indicator "Local Augmentation" -> adjusted authorization of 30, and virtual assignment of 38.
Basically, there is an excess of 8.
The detailed page includes 4 sections:
- Header: An overview of the assignment line, with the virtual allocation of actuals, and WIP orders and requisitions.
- Accompanying Parts FMPOs: If there are FMPO ACPs for that FMPO, they will show in this section, allowing the planner to get a sense what is the situation of the related ACPs.
- Models: A list of all the FMPO models, and their data: actual inventory, Incoming Stock (STOs, POs) and Incoming PREQs.
In addition, the report shows installed and issued equipment quantities. They are regarded as "Actuals", even though they cannot be seen on the shelf.
From this section, the user can create a Purchase Requisition:
Serial Number / Equipment Details: (for serialized materials only): A list of all the SN in the SLOC, with an option to see the Equipment Master Record in the Status Board.
If the product is managed on Serial Number level, the system lists the SN (as equipments) in the AAC report.
The user can see if a SN is installed or not, and navigate directly to the Status Board app, and from there onwards to Equipment data.