Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Customer Driven Uniform Manufacture I (CDUM I) Program. CDUM Wrap-Up Report

The ARN Apparel Research Network program transitioned to production in 2002 and the CDUM Customer Driven Uniform Manufacture program continued the RD initiatives. The focus of the CDUM program was on two areas 1 Transition of new functionality to the ARN production system and 2 Expanded RD demonstrations at pilot sites. The overall objective of the program was to demonstrate advanced technology for the end-to-end supply chain management of hard-to-procure hard-to-manage items of the non-recruit clothing supply chain, specifically clothing and individual equipment. The new RD demonstrations built on the initial foundation of the ARN program. Some of the CDUM pilots have made the transition to production and are now part of ARN. Others are still part of the CDUM RD pilots and will only make the transition to ARN after they are fully operational and proven successes.