Logistics Engineering
CDI is a leading provider of acquisition, sustainment, and disposition (lifecycle)
logistics support services offering experienced Integrated Logistics Support (ILS)
managers and technicians who provide a total support solution to an end item. CDI
provides logistics services in support of NAVSEA, NAVAIR, CECOM, WR-ALC acquisition
and life cycle support requirements for ships and aircraft and their supporting systems
and equipment. Specific capabilities includes, Acquisition and Lifecycle Support,
Reliability Centered Maintenance, Reliability and Maintainability, Level of Repair
Analysis, Life Cycle Sustainment Management Plans, Configuration Management, Supply
Support, Provisioning, Technical Manuals and Publications, Subject Matter Hands-on
and Web-based Training, Logistics Support Analyses, Parts and Inventory Management,
and Document Content Management. CDI tailors support to fit customers needs
at any point in the equipment lifecycle with respect to the 10 elements of logistics
support shown below.
Design Interface -
CDI influences the equipment design to maximize readiness and minimize support
resource requirements. Under consideration are items such as Reliability,
Availability, Maintainability (RAM) goals, Human factors, System Safety and
Survivability / Vulnerability requirements.
Maintenance Planning -
Early in the acquisition process, CDI assists in establishing the maintenance
concepts to achieve, restore, and maintain the operational capability for the
life of the system by conducting Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA) and Reliability
Centered Maintenance (RCM) studies. We also develop hardware and software
configuration management plans and databases and determine how all software will
be maintained.
Manpower and personnel -
CDI Logisticians identify and acquire personnel with skills and grades required
to operate and maintain a system over its lifetime based on related ILS elements
and other considerations.
Supply Support -
CDI Logisticians identify all management actions, procedures, and techniques
necessary to determine requirements to acquire, catalog, receive, store, transfer,
issue and dispose of spares, repair parts, and supplies. CDI develops Provisioning
Technical Documentation (PTD) including the Provisioning Parts List (PPL),
Long Lead Time Items List (LLTIL), and the Interim Support Items List (ISIL).
For the Navy, we will provide these reports in Interactive Computer Aided
Provisioning System (ICAPS) format.
Support Equipment - 
CDI Logisticians identify all of the support and test equipment
to support the end item to include all equipment, mobile and fixed, required to perform
the support functions. Support equipment categories include items such as handling
and maintenance equipment, hand and power tools, metrology and measurement
devices, calibration equipment, test equipment, automatic test equipment, and
Support equipment for on- and off-equipment maintenance. CDI Logisticians also identify
all of the support equipment requirements.
Technical Data -
CDI technical writers and publication experts develop and update
technical publications
to support the end item that comprise repair manuals, maintenance manuals, user manuals,
and other documents that are used to operate or support the system. CDI offers extensive
and in-depth document publication, capture and content management expertise. CDI developed
electronic publication technology capability, using a number of Desktop Publishing systems
for the development / conversion of electronic system and equipment technical manuals. CDI
uses a number software suites for electronic publication, including ArborText, and AIMSS. CDI
continues to be a pioneer in the development, maintenance and management of data, the
application XML, and though supporting configuration control and document management databases.
Training and training support - 
CDI Training experts develop an active training program
in support of the end item that supports customer requirements for end item field installation,
operation and maintenance through the development of interactive courseware. Using AIM II
software CDI has developed a host of training deliverable documentation such as Training
Materials Data, Test Phase training documentation, Initial Training, Instructional Performance
Requirements Document (IPRD) for follow-on training. Subject matter experts also provide
class room course instruction on selected end items.
Computer Resources Support -
CDI Logisticians identify the facilities, hardware, software, documentation, manpower, and
personnel needed to operate and support computer systems and the software within those
systems. CDI experts understand the computer resources needed to ensure that planning
actions and strategies contained in other logistics support documents such as the ILSP
and CRLCMP are complementary and that computer resources support for the operational
software, and ATE software, support software, are available where and when needed.
Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation (PHST) - 
CDI Logisticians identify all special provisions, containers, and supplies necessary
to support the PHS&T requirements for the end item system. This includes identification
of requirements for the preservation, storage handling and transportation of the end item
and support equipment including system, spares, and repair parts
Facilities - 
CDI logicians perform a variety of planning activities, all of which are directed toward
ensuring that all required permanent, and mobile operating and support facilities use for
training, field and depot maintenance, storage, operational, and testing are available
concurrently with the end item fielding. Planning is comprehensive and includes the
need for new construction as well as modifications to existing facilities. CDI also
perform studies to define and establish impacts on life cycle cost, funding requirements,
facility locations and improvements, space requirements, utility requirements, environmental
impacts, duration or frequency of use, safety and health standards requirements, and security
restrictions.