NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (WSS) celebrated the stand-up of its P-8 Logistics Cell (LOGCELL) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Philadelphia, Feb. 1.

The LOGCELL, designed to seamlessly connect government and industry stakeholders in an effort to provide more reliable P-8A logistical support to the warfighter, will function as a collaborative space for a new cross-functional team.

"In keeping with the chief of naval operations' focus on innovation, LOGCELL redefines the manner in which NAVSUP WSS supports the warfighter," said Rear Adm. Paul Verrastro, commander, NAVSUP WSS. "LOGCELL allows us to better align our organizational functions towards the ultimate goal of readiness."

Featuring an open-seating, war room-style working environment next to a high-tech video teleconferencing (VTC) room, the LOGCELL design aims to combine the efforts, resources and talent of inter-organizational logisticians to boost P-8A material availability.

The cross-functional team will address key logistical challenges as they receive supply support information from the fleet in real time, enabling the team to make empowered decisions and provide proactive support.

"The LOGCELL is entirely focused on aircraft availability to the fleet, with the ultimate expectation of 100 percent uptime," said Capt. Matt Ott, director, Aviation Operations at NAVSUP WSS. "LOGCELL provides an umbrella approach to empower the right teammates to collaborate, integrate technology, and become anticipatory in providing near real-time response to sustain warfighters who experience a very complex, global, and dynamic supply chain."

Using the P-8A program as a prototype, NAVSUP WSS plans to scale the LOGCELL concept across the portfolio of its DoD managed aircraft type/model/series programs.

A field activity of the Naval Supply Systems Command, NAVSUP WSS is the Navy's supply chain manager providing worldwide support to the aviation, surface ship, and submarine communities. NAVSUP WSS provides the Navy, Marine Corps, joint and allied forces with products and services that deliver combat capability through logistics. There are more than 2,000 civilian and military personnel employed at its two Pennsylvania sites. The NAVSUP WSS Philadelphia site supports aircraft, while its Mechanicsburg site supports ships and submarines.

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