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 Provisions Packages (Logistical Requirements)

Definition

The planning of material equipment and the supply of individual and bulk consumable goods that a force element requires in order to perform its tasks/missions.

Use

In order to perform their tasks, the organizational elements of armed forces, police, and aid organizations require material in the form of individual and bulk consumable goods . These are materials that are needed once as initial supplies for an operation , and whose stocks should not fall below a defined reorder point once subsequent supplies are being provided.

In order to use materials management processes to equip the organizational elements with the material resources they require, you map the required consumable goods as logistical requirements for the force element by means of provisions packages (PPAs). See also Assigning Material Objects .

The actual material is managed as provisions in the provisions storage locations assigned to the force element (see also Provision Element ).

Various materials management processes , in particular the initial and subsequent supply of consumable goods, can be controlled on the basis of defined logistical requirements.

Structure

The following fields and pushbuttons are available in the Structures Workbench on the Provisions Packages tab page:

  • Provisions Package/Description

    The object ID and description of the assigned PPA.

  • Start Date / End Date

    The validity period of the assignment of the PPA to the force element.

  • Own Provisions

    Specifies whether the PPA is held in stock by the supplier or by the force element to which it is assigned. This property is evaluated when reorder points are adjusted, supply relationships changed, logistical follow-on documents created for a relocation, and when logistical requirements are initially supplied.

  • Trigger Initial Supply

    You can trigger the initial supply run for the materials planned here by choosing this pushbutton.

  • Number

    The number of assigned provisions packages.

    Note Note

    You can choose Multiplier to increase the Number value for the selected assignment by a factor that you specify.

    End of the note.

  • Initial Supply Status

    Specifies whether the initial supply run:

    • Has not yet been fully triggered

    • Has been fully triggered (purchase orders have been created to the amount of the initial supply quantity)

    • Has been fully executed (unrestricted-use stock to the amount of the initial supply quantity)

      Note Note

      This status is not displayed if the initial supply run was carried out during a relocation .

      End of the note.

      See also Initial Supply .

  • Status

    The status of the assignment of the PPA to the force element: Planned, Requested, Approved, Active, Obsolete , or Rejected . See also Status Networks .

    You can change the assignment status by choosing this pushbutton.

  • Comments

    A user-defined text about the assignment.

  • For Planned Operation / Planned Delimitation Date / Status , see Delimiting/Deleting with Status Change .

For more information, see Additional Functions for Assignments .

Storage

These assignments are stored in tables of the FORCER framework .

Integration

To display details about a PPA that is assigned as a logistical requirement: