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LTC Reker

Product Manager, Global Combat Support System – Army: LTC William A. Reker.

As I take the charter as the new Product Manager of the GCSS-Army team, I want to express my gratitude for the opportunity to continue to lead the team forward into the future, continuing to provide critical support to the warfighters in the field and the Army family as a whole.

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ABOUT.

GCSS-Army is the tactical unit / installation logistics and financial system for the U.S. Army. GCSS-Army is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that tracks supplies, spare parts and organizational equipment. It tracks unit maintenance, total cost of ownership and other financial transactions related to logistics for all Army units. This modernized application subsumed outdated Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS) that were not financially compliant and integrated about 40,000 local supply and logistics databases into a single, enterprise-wide authoritative system.

GCSS-Army is financially compliant and is a key component for the Army Enterprise strategy ensuring financial compliance by the end of FY17. GCSS-Army affects every supply room, motor pool, direct support repair shop, warehouse, DOL and property book office in the Army, improving efficiency and visibility for over 100,000 users. The cornerstone of GCSS-Army is a configurable Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software provided by the company SAP®. SAP® provides increased adaptability, flexibility, and efficiency in support of the Army’s unique tactical logistics sustainment requirements.

The system utilizes web-based capability to provide users access to information and exchange operational data related to tactical maintenance, materiel management, property accountability, tactical financials and other related sustainment functional areas. GCSS-Army integrates tactical logistics enterprise information for leaders and decision-makers to provide a single maneuver sustainment picture to manage combat power.



Product Managers are responsible for the overall and ongoing success of a product. The Product Manager is required to manage the product through the entire lifecycle. The Product Manager is required to stand up all product management divisions including Program Management, Technical Management and Logistics Lifecycle.

GCSS-ARMY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE

The Program Management Division (PMD) provides oversight and support to a variety of Project Management wide initiatives. PMD serves as the Program Management Office’s (PMO) focal point for budget and contracting coordination, planning and analysis, and operational support. PMD manages functional support agreements for PMO services, planning and programming, budget execution, acquisition, and financial management. PMD provides acquisition guidance, oversight, and assistance to the Product Manager, to include development and staffing of acquisition documentation and policy and regulation adherence to cost, schedule, performance, and supportability objectives for all PM GCSS-Army divisions. In direct interaction with PM AESIP, PMD manages acquisition reporting, decision scheduling, and coordination of official acquisition document approval. PMD also manages program transitions, congressional affairs, program progress reviews and audit inspections, serving as the primary focal point for all external audits performed by external audit agencies and providing liaison support to GCSS-Army Division Chiefs.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DIVISION (PMD)

The Systems Engineering (SE) Team provides direct SE support to PdM GCSS-Army and oversees the Lead System Integrator’s SE, Technology, and Basis Teams’ activities and product development. The SE Team oversees/manages the activities that occur for all landscapes at the Production and Disaster Recovery Data Centers (i.e. maintenance windows, HW/SW upgrades, DISA Migration planning and execution, etc.). The SE Team serves as the Cyber Security lead for the program and provides the GCSS-Army Information System Security Manager (ISSM) and supporting Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) to manage system Certification, Accreditation, Technical Authorizations, and Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance. This team also manages IAVA compliance at both the data centers and for the client software configurations. The SE Team creates/tests/maintains the client software baseline (including Windows upgrades), delivered by the LSI, that is sent to the field. The SE Team serves as technical lead for the program’s Configuration Control Board (CCB), Configuration Review Board (CRB), and Risk Management Board and provides technical support to the program’s Configuration and Release Managers in support of Sustainment Release activities. The SE Team supports audit activities, implementation of mitigation solutions and is responsible for the development of the program’s Technical Acquisition documentation.

SYSTEM ENGINEERING TEAM (SE)

The Technical Division provides oversight and support to a variety of PMO initiatives. This includes the complete technical over site of a systems life cycle from concept to deployment and sustainment. The Technical Division comprises of the engineering team that evaluates IT systems in accordance to functional requirements and current operating environments. Assess the performance of the system and cost reduction potential of advanced technologies. The test and evaluation team manages all acceptances testing to ensure each product meets the requirements of the functional organization.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT DIVISION (TMD)

Involves Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to integrate an iterative process for assuring supportability of an acquisition system. Supportability is the degree of ease to which system design characteristics and planned logistics, resources, including logistics support elements, allow for the meeting of system availability and user wartime and peacetime requirements. LMD will systematically identify, produce, acquire, deliver, install, and upgrading logistics support capability requirements through the acquisition process for PEO EIS systems, subsystems, and equipment. This function includes the oversight, direction, and control of subordinate logistics offices and agencies through developing and issuing logistics policies and providing policy guidance; reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating performance (e.g., logistics systems reinvention and modernization).

SYSTEM ENGINEERING TEAM (SE)

The GCSS-Army Aviation Logistics (AVLOG) team is responsible for developing, testing, evaluating, and integrating with the GCSS-Army baseline, and for deploying and providing initial capability support of the Enterprise Aviation solution and ongoing??? capability support to the Aircraft Notebook. Capabilities include Aviation Master Data within Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program (AESIP) Hub (Release 1A) in December 2019 and Off-Platform DA Form 2410 Equipment Repair within GCSS-Army (Release 1B) in late January 2020. Release 1A offers an application for TAMMS-A (The Army Maintenance Management System-Aviation) personnel to manage Aviation Master Data in the AESIP Hub and systematically syndicates this data from AESIP Hub through GCSS-Army down to the ACNs. Release 1B makes available the capability for second level repairs by Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot (AVCRADS), Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance-Group (TASM-G), Regional Aviation Sustainment Manager (RASM), and Aviation Field Maintenance Directorate (AFMD). GCSS-Army Aviation Logistics includes both the Enterprise Aviation and Aircraft Notebook teams. As a part of PdM GCSS-Army, Aviation Logistics works collaboratively with personnel of all GCSS-Army Divisions located at both Ft. Lee, VA, and Redstone Arsenal, AL.

AVIATION LOGISTICS (AVLOG)





MISSION.

IMPROVE AND SUSTAIN THE ARMY'S TACTICAL ERP LOGISTICS AND FINANCIAL SOLUTION TO DELIVER APPROVED CAPABILITIES AND VITAL SERVICES TO THE SOLDIER.






VISION.

IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE AND OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS WITHIN TACTICAL ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEMS IN SUPPORT OF THE ARMY'S MIGRATION TO A MODERN, ACCOUNTABLE LOGISTICAL ENVIRONMENT.




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