Materiel Visibility

Materiel Visibility (MV) is defined as the ability to locate and account for materiel assets throughout their lifecycle and provide transaction visibility across logistics systems in support of the joint warfighting mission.

Materiel Visibility provides users with timely and accurate information on the location, movement, status, and identity of unit equipment, materiel and supplies, greatly improving overall supply chain performance. The MV Business Enterprise Priority improves the delivery of warfighting capability to the warfighter as measured in terms of responsiveness, reliability, and flexibility.

Material Visibility Objectives

• Transform the Department's supply chain information environment by improving data integrity and visibility
• Improve the Department’s ability to move supply chain data across the Enterprise by reducing complexity and minimizing variability of business transactions
• Improve process efficiency of ordering, shipping, receiving, and inventory management by enabling hands-off processing of materiel transactions
• Uniquely identify property and materiel to improve the timely and seamless flow of materiel in support of deployed forces, improve asset visibility across the Department, and improve inventory management

Cases In Point:

Transitioning to Common Logistics Data Standards

Transforming Expeditionary Logistics

Federating the Business Enterprise Architecture and Component Architectures in the Area of Logistics