Tapestry Solutions became a wholly-owned, non-fully integrated subsidiary of The Boeing Company on November 5, 2008. Tapestry Solutions will operate within Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business unit under its Global Services & Support (GS&S) business inside their advanced arm -- Advanced Global Services & Support (AGSS).
On December 5, 2008, Boeing acquired The Federated Software Group, Inc. (FSG) and merged this company into Tapestry Solutions. While Tapestry Solutions primary customer is the US Army, the addition of FSG has expanded channel access into the US Marine Corps, US Air Force, the Joint Military community, the National Guard, and the Army Corp of Engineers.
THE BOEING COMPANY
Integrated Defense Systems
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) combines weapons and aircraft capabilities, intelligence and surveillance systems, communications architectures and extensive large-scale integration expertise. IDS has three capabilities-driven businesses -- Boeing Military Aircraft, Network and Space Systems, and Global Services & Support -- a Tanker Programs unit and an advanced technology development organization, Advanced Systems.
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) President and CEO Jim Albaugh said, "Boeing has a great opportunity to address an expanding market where we can bring together our proven large-scale integration capabilities with Tapestry Solutions' unique logistics management, decision support systems, and cutting-edge modeling and simulation technologies. It's all about meeting our customers' enduring needs for heightened readiness and supply-chain situational awareness."
Global Services & Support
Boeing's Global Services & Support business is focused on maximizing the readiness and effectiveness of fielded and future systems, offering tailored, integrated, networked
Dennis Muilenburg, president of IDS Global Services & Support, added, "Combining Tapestry Solutions' capabilities with Boeing's expertise in supply chain management and integration, we are positioned to help our customer solve real-world problems and drive a transformation in distribution processes. Tapestry Solutions' data fusion, logistics and knowledge management products and services will enhance our global logistics support network. From point of origin, inter-modally into theater, to point of use, we'll be able to offer services with better ability to pinpoint the location of assets wherever they are in the supply chain, improve predictability on arrival times, streamline logistics command and control, and reduce operating costs."
Advanced Global Services & Support
Advanced Global Services & Support is the advanced arm of the Global Services & Support business unit. Advanced Global Services & Support is responsible for driving the development, growth and transition of innovative, knowledge-based logistics capabilities for Global Services & Support. With a central focus on the emerging network-centric logistics marketplace, Advanced Global Services & Support is working on deploying integrated solutions for end-to-end (factory-to-foxhole) logistics. Its focus -- "readiness transformation."
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