United States Marine Corps Reduces Requisition Request Cycle Time by 80% with New Logistics System
 
 

United States Marine Corps Reduces Requisition Request Cycle Time by 80% with New Logistics System

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The United States Marine Corps is one of seven uniformed services in the United States. Established as a branch of military service in 1775, the Marine Corps currently consists of approximately 200,000 Marines deployed worldwide.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from United States Marine Corps

  • “Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle E-Business Suite provide a scalable and highly reliable foundation for the new mission-essential Marine Corps Global Combat Support System.” – Dan Corbin, Program Manager, Marine Corps Global Combat Support System

  • Ensure that the readiness status of units in the most forward deployed zones is visible to logistic planners to ensure optimal performance and the safety of Marines on the front lines
  • Create a global combat support system that combines logistics data and transportation technologies to improve response time in a crisis and enhance the ability to track and shift units, equipment, and supplies
  • Ensure that the system is secure and deployable regardless of mission location

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Used Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle E-Business Suite applications as the foundation for the Marine Corps Global Combat Support System, which improves Marine readiness
  • Deployed solution via a Federated Private Cloud utilizing Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle E-Business Suite that allows war fighters the same logistics capability around the world and can scale for use by other U.S. Department of Defense agencies
  • Provided members of the Marines logistics community with a single source of integrated information across the supply chain, which allows for more informed decisions and eliminates the need to reconcile conflicting data in multiple systems
  • Improved ability to provide supply, maintenance, engineering, transportation, and health services to 200,000 Marines
  • Reduced requisition request cycle time by 80%, from three days to 10  minutes, with Oracle Supply Chain Planning
  • Improved visibility into supply orders at both the individual and overall readiness levels
  • Improved ability to create timely and reliable documentation on repairs and maintenance of military equipment
  • Provided platform to consolidate 200 legacy IT systems to one integrated infrastructure, based on a service-oriented architecture,  reducing IT management requirements and complexity in the future