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With new program, 65th LRS improves shipment tracking
Posted 7/27/2012 Updated 7/27/2012
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by Staff Sgt. Angelique N. Smythe
65th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
7/27/2012 - LAJES FIELD, Azores -- In August, the 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron will receive a visit from a U.S. Transportation Command mobile team who will assist in enhancing their new tracking capabilities through use of the Integrated Data Environment/Global Transportation Network Convergence, or IGC.
"Here on our beautiful island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, there are unique challenges for supply chain management," said Senior Airman Jacob Singletary, 65th LRS. "Often we are waiting on an aircraft or vessel to arrive with an important asset to our mission, not knowing if it will be carrying the items required."
Soon those challenges will diminish. With the IGC, the 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron has stepped up to the challenge to maintain awareness of high-visibility assets.
IGC is a program that has been combined by the USTRANSCOM and the Defense Logistics Agency to provide the Department of Defense with an integrated set of networks, point-to-point visibility and deployment and distribution capabilities to view assets.
"The 65th LRS will use IGC to track and trace cargo shipments on a daily basis," Singletary said. "This program will be used to track transportation control numbers, radio frequency identification tags and many more assets that have been inputted into Cargo Movement Operations System or DoD network services that correspond with USTRANSCOM."
With this program in place, the 65th LRS will be able to track and trace nearly 100 percent of the assets arriving or leaving the base.
If there is a high-visibility asset that is due to the island, notify Lajes' professional logisticians at lrstracer@lajes.af.mil, and they will be able to provide frequent status updates.
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