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These opening lines of the Army Data Plan of 2022 are comprehensive. Army operations must adhere to this guidance within all operations. The rapid transformation of data into information, which reduces decision time and risk, is essential for sustainment in large-scale combat operations.
The U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) Sustainment Center of Excellence (SCoE), in its role as the force modernization proponent for sustainment, is leveraging the sunsetting of the Commander's Actionable Readiness Dashboard (C@RD) to develop a single enterprise-wide analytics tool connected to authoritative data sources. Today, over 100,000 Soldiers and civilians rely on C@RD for their data visualization needs. C@RD connects near-real-time to the Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) and provides dashboards for equipment and operational readiness, and fleet and repair part management. However, as an early adopted technology, C@RD is significantly limited in data processing speed and volume. With a heavy focus on maintenance, C@RD cannot view all sustainment operations, including medical materiel, personnel, and training readiness.
The CASCOM commander directed the Enterprise System Directorate (ESD) to look beyond a C@RD replacement, for a solution providing next-generation capabilities and cost effectiveness using best-of-breed solutions. Capabilities of different tools were assessed, and complexities and learning curves were identified. ESD focused on finding the right software and architecture strategy to overcome the known shortcomings of C@RD while keeping pace with emerging technology, ensuring the software was easy to understand by even novice users.
From the beginning, Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI) emerged as the most viable solution. Its ability to ingest data from a variety of sources and easily create and present visualizations has made it a preferred tool throughout the Army. Included in the Microsoft A365 software package, Power BI is available to all Army users with an A365 license. Seamless integration with other Microsoft products makes it intuitive and easy to use. Sustainment Soldiers and Civilians already count among the millions of Power BI users as they seek to manage data across their commands. Advanced data visualization and BI capabilities provide real-time insights, artificial intelligence (AI), and predictive capabilities through Microsoft Copilot.
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