By LSCISSM Rachel Irving
THE Standard Defence Supply System (SDSS) Upgrade Project (SDSSUP) is on track for full progressive roll out to users between March and June next year.

The project, which will implement a single supply chain across the three services, uses an upgraded version of the core MIMS software.

This will introduce a standard financial management and performance measurement framework, improved visibility of inventory and assets, improved data integrity and an electronic procurement capability.

Inventory to be managed includes equipment spares, consumables, rotables, specialist military equipment, medical and dental (excluding pharmaceuticals), non-bulk fuel and ammunition at unit level.

The SDSSUP will deliver enhanced abilities in areas such as cataloguing, inventory tracking and management, as well as shelf life and repairable item management. The project will also incorporate eProcurement capability, a ROMAN interfacing financial management framework and MMM business process re-engineering.

SDSSUP Trainer training will begin in January and will be provided to those commercial and Defence trainers delivering the program.

A pre-Go Live conference and help desk support training will be held immediately before the technical conversion of the system software, planned for March 3 next year.

Progressive site training will commence in February at Joint Logistics Unit South (JLU-S) and RAAF East Sale. This will entail an overview seminar for all users and customers and classroom-based, instructor-led training. This will occur at all sites no later than four weeks before each site’s scheduled Go Live date.

On completion of roll out, the project will hand over responsibility to the Materiel Systems Branch (MSB) within the Defence Materiel Organisation.

MSB will be responsible for ongoing system support, user assistance and the management of a common training curriculum for all user organisations.

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