DLA Special Studies

Bättra has been supporting the DLA Industrial Capability Program (HQ J-74 ICP) since 2011, and has led numerous industrial base assessments for the Agency’s most critical items, which typically involve the following services:

• Manufacturing and supply chain process mapping
• Supplier financial stability assessments
• Acquisition policy and strategy assessments
• Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Kaizen events with key suppliers
• Minimum Sustainment Rate (MSR) assessments
• Warstopper investment design and business case analysis
• Surge & Sustainment planning
• Supply chain risk and gap analysis

Example Critical Supply Chains

• MRE & Tray Pack H&S Thermal Processing & Assembly
• 1600R20 Heavy Truck Tire
• Extreme Cold Weather Clothing System Layer III
• AM2 Portable Runway Matting
• UH-60 Blackhawk critical bearing

• Nomex fibers
• F-15E Heads-Up-Display (HUD) combiner assembly
• Hard Body Armor
• Rotary Aircraft Critical Safety Items (CSI)
• Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH)