Tapestry Solutions

Tapestry Solutions provides enterprise logistics software and services for global supply chains, mission planning, combat training and simulation systems.

ICODES Upgrades to Enhance Military Distribution and Deployment Processes for Joint Services

Tapestry Solutions, a Boeing Company, continues to enhance deployment planning and transportation functions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with its Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES) – a DoD system of record for loading vessels, aircraft and railcars, as well as supporting yard management.

Most recently, Tapestry delivered an Initial Operational Capability for a Sea Service Deployment Module (SSDM) for ICODES software v7.1. SSDM provides the U.S. Navy and Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) with a common operating picture for managing cargo and personnel movements via ICODES.

SSDM will replace the MAGTF (Marine Air-Ground Task Force) Deployment Support System, Version 2 (MDSS II) and merge its capabilities into ICODES. The MAGTF database enables commanders to manage, track and rapidly deploy a unit’s assets and personnel anywhere in the world.

ICODES has served as the DoD’s Joint Service logistics planning and execution system since 1997 and currently has over 30,000 global users.   The web-based enterprise technology provides end-to-end supply chain visibility of cargo load plans, including distribution forecasting and planning.

ABOUT ICODES

ICODES increases the efficiency of transportation planning performance by incorporating intelligent software agents that offer technical solutions to complex problems. The software agents monitor operations in near-real time, and issues alerts of inconsistencies for item placement and hazardous item segregation and storage. Users also have direct access to multi-user collaborative planning and comprehensive customizable reports.

A central component of ICODES is the Single Load Planner, or SLP, which interfaces with multiple cargo documentation systems to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of cargo data within a load plan.  The ICODES Terminal Management Module expands upon the basic yard capabilities in the SLP by adding the element of time, geospatial representation of the facility, and tracking the history of cargo items as they are manipulated.

Major features of ICODES include:

  • Load planning for ships, aircraft, railcars, and yards
  • Load estimation for pallets, containers, trucks, and trailers
  • Agent alerts that notify users of warnings or violations in a load plan or estimation
  • Near real-time tracking and monitoring
  • Representation of conveyance and cargo reference data
  • Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) technology
  • Enterprise with stand-alone fallback capability

Commercial variants of ICODES include GOLDesp Terminal Manager and GOLDesp Load Planner.

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information
does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Contact:

Janet Dayton
Tapestry Solutions Inc.
jdayton@tapestrysolutions.com

 

Tapestry and RSAE Labs Demonstrate Advanced Cargo Tracking and Monitoring Solution for U.S. Navy Officials

Tapestry Solutions, a Boeing company, and RSAE Labs, a veteran-owned small business, recently demonstrated an advanced asset management solution for U.S. Navy officials that solves logistics challenges related to cargo tracking and monitoring. The solution demonstrated how the integration of software agents, wireless mesh networks and sensor devices can ensure total asset visibility – in open sky or indoor areas without GPS access.

The Department of Defense uses ICODES for global movements of cargo across all modes of transportation – as represented in the photo above involving an SH-60 lifting a cargo pallet from a supply ship.

The companies integrated Tapestry’s software technologies developed for military’s Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES) with the automatic location and monitoring features of RSAE Labs’ mist® mesh network.

ICODES is one of Tapestry’s premier software tools used for military deployment and distribution processes, including conveyance load-planning and yard management. It enables real-time collaborative planning and tracking of cargo for vessels, aircraft and railcars and provides a common operating picture across facilities. ICODES has been the Department of Defense’s vessel load planning system of record since 1997 and has served as its single load planning capability since 2007. Today, ICODES serves over 22,000 global users.

RSAE Labs’ mist solution is an ultra-low power, self-healing mesh protocol that incorporates Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) devices, such as sensor tags, location beacons and network gateways. Unlike other AIT solutions limited to periodic manual or choke-point scans, mist can provide continuous end-to-end visibility of tagged assets in near real-time without the need for a fixed infrastructure.  This enables regular position updates and timely sensor alerts for assets as they move through the supply chain.

The demonstration validated that mist asset tags can reliably provide ICODES timely position information, enabling fast and accurate responses.

 

The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information
does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

Contact:

Janet Dayton
Tapestry Solutions Inc.
jdayton@tapestrysolutions.com

 

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