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SUMMARY <strong>of</strong> CHANGE<br />

AR 700–18<br />

<strong>Provisioning</strong> <strong>of</strong> U.S. <strong>Army</strong> <strong>Equipment</strong><br />

This major revision, dated 20 September 2009--<br />

o Assigns integrated logistics support managers responsibility for<br />

provisioning planning and activity oversight (para 1-4d).<br />

o Requires provisioning personnel and materiel managers to be members <strong>of</strong> the<br />

weapons system integrated product team (para 1-4d(1)).<br />

o States that selected essential-item stockage for availability method is the<br />

Department <strong>of</strong> Defense standard for requirements determination for spare and<br />

repair parts below depot level (para 1-5e).<br />

o Introduces the performance-based logistics concept as a guideline for initial<br />

provisioning (para 2-1a).<br />

o Brings provisioning into line with acquisition reform (para 2-1b).<br />

o Provides time frames for provisioning task (para 2-2).<br />

o Introduces logistics management information and the use <strong>of</strong> Government<br />

Electronics & Information Technology Association Standard 0007 language in<br />

the provisioning process and standard for provisioning data elements (para 2-<br />

2b(4)).<br />

o Emphasizes that spares in production is a method <strong>of</strong> acquiring spare parts but<br />

is not a requirements determination. Indefinite delivery and indefinite<br />

quantify contracts are the preferred technique for procuring initial spares<br />

(para 2-3a(2)(b)).<br />

o Introduces transition from the Commodity Command Standard System to Logistics<br />

Modernization Program and replaces logistic intelligence file with logistics<br />

information (para 2-4e(5)).<br />

o Introduces PowerLOG-J for entry, edit, reporting, and managing provisioning<br />

data (para 3-3c).<br />

o Requires project managers/total life cycle system managers to procure<br />

sufficient data to use the selected essential item stockage for availability<br />

method (para 5-2b).

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