| Description: |
The Materiel Supply and Service Management (MSSM) Core Business Mission Area is the CBMA that covers DoD's supply chain, responsible for ensuring enterprise business capability to maintain readiness for the warfighter and sustain the force at a level of performance that meets or exceeds Combatant Commander's requirements. The key elements of MSSM include the conduct of planning, requesting materiel, sourcing, making/manufacturing/repairing, performing logistics and field services, sustainment operations, delivery of property and forces, receipt and acceptance of items, monitoring payment, calculating supply chain entitlement, retail sales as required, and the return or retrograde of all classes of supply (materiel), personnel, and forces (deployments). When required, MSSM elements include disposal and demilitarization. Field services include such activities as laundry, bath services, and mortuary services. These capabilities are represented in the architecture as conduct planning, manage request, conduct sourcing, perform build, make, maintenance, and sustainment operations, deliver property and forces, manage receipt and acceptance, manage payment, and dispose or return property and materiel. |