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Military Clothing Sales Stores
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Mission
Serve as the official military
clothing retail store for the
Services, providing issue uniform
clothing and optional military
uniform items while operating in
accordance with directives set by
the Services. Additionally,
provide optional military related
items while generating
reasonable earnings for
contribution to the Service’s
Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
fund.
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Ownership
 All Military Clothing Sales Stores
(MCSS) are owned by the
Departments of the Army or Air
Force.
 AAFES manages MCSS stores for
the Services under an MOA.
 The Services write the policy
governing the operation of their
stores and the merchandise to be
sold.
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AAFES MCSS Stats
 AAFES manages MCSS for the Services.
 186 Stores Worldwide
 98 Army
 84 Air Force
 4 USMC
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MCSS Merchandise
 DSCP Issue Merchandise (Dept 19)
 Funded by the Services
 Sold at Cost
 Procurement Agency: Defense Supply
Center Philadelphia (DSCP)
 AAFES Optional or Commercial Merchandise
(Dept 40)
 Funded by AAFES
 Uniforms approved by the Services
 Quality equal or better than DSCP
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Online and Catalog
 Toll-free calls for ordering
 Online shopping 24/7
 Great stock selection with free shipping
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Services Clothing Operation
Uniform Boards
 Meet annually to define requirements, recommend
changes to new uniforms
 AAFES is a member of the Army and Air Force
Uniform Boards
 Chief of Staff of each service approves
Army PEO / Wright Patterson / Institute
of Heraldry / Natick Labs
 Write specifications & test prototypes
 Pass to DSCP/AAFES for procurement
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Military Clothing Contacts
Army
DSCP
Air Force
•G-4
• AF/A1DO
•G-1
• AF/A4RM
•Clothing and
Heraldry Service
Office
•HSG/YAPC-WP
(AFCO)
Military Clothing
&
•Program Executive
Accessories
Office (PEO)
•HSG/YAPC-PA
(AFCTO)
•Natick Labs
•Major Commands
Institute of
Heraldry
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Navy/NEXCOM
USMC/USMC Reserves
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Ongoing Issues
Army
 ACU
 Army Service Uniform (ASU)
 Fire Retardant (FR) items
Air Force new uniforms:
 AF Airman Battle Uniform (ABU)
 ABU Boots
 AF Heritage Coat
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Procurement Classifications
 ISSUE items
 All come from DSCP
 Optional Uniform Items
 Services develop specs and certify vendors for
each item
 Certified vendors produce pilot lot (2 of each size)
for inspection by AAFES & Services approval
 COTS (commercial off the shelf)
 Commercial items that are used by the military
 Approved by the services for wear / use
 Must meet applicable military criteria
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ISSUE ITEMS
Procured by DLA (DSCP)
Ordered by MCSS stores
Sold at DSCP cost to Service members
Issued on 3078’s and AF impact
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Optional Items Procurement
 Vendors Submit Items to the Services for
Certification:
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Army – Natick Labs: Joe Santos
Air Force – AFCO: Libby Glade
 AAFES Purchases Optional Items Certified
by the Services
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Services provide AAFES the list of certified
suppliers
AAFES uniform buyer contacts vendors and
negotiates price and availability (contract or
electronically)
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COTS MCSS requirements
Must be packaged for retail
 UPC codes
 Boxed, pegged, hanging depends on
category
 Consumer friendly
Must be EDI
Must meet the Services Specs (color,
shade, camo pattern and possibly nIR
or FR)
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LEAN and MCSS uniforms Goals
Eliminate waste in uniform process
Create single piece flow of uniforms
Remove processes the customer will
not pay extra for or wait longer for
Create pull inventory control instead of
push
Reduce cycle time for all uniforms
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Lean Solutions
 Multi Tier approach:
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DSCP
Off the rack
Semi custom
Full Custom
 Each Customer can decide by three factors:
 Price
 Time
 Fit / Appearance
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LEAN off the rack
MCSS stores would stock a entry price
point uniform in addition to the DSCP
uniform
Customers could buy these off the rack
and have them altered to fit.
This would be relatively inexpensive
probably poly uniform
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LEAN Semi Custom
This uniform would be semi custom
The manufacturer would stock a
unfinished uniform (sleeves, hem,
sides)
Stores would send in the order with the
customers measurements and the
manufacturer would complete the
uniform to the size required
This would be a mid priced uniform
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LEAN Custom
Full custom uniform
The store would measure the customer
enter the order via a web application
The manufacturer would batch the
orders and make them in a production
run
Customers would wait longer and get a
full custom uniform at a reasonable cost
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LEAN Goals all MCSS items
 Support US industry base
 Reduce inventory investment
 Reduce waste
 Single piece flow
 Pull inventory system
 Increase turns
 Improve uniform appearance
 Improve product performance
 Offer more choice
 Be our customers first choice
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New Vendors
 General Information for Vendors web page
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New Vendors con’t.
 Partners.aafes.com Website
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EDI
Oracle Retail will require EDI
Vendors will have two options
 In House
 Third Party Subscriber
EDI Data Sets
 850 and 855 for Orders
 810 for Invoice and Payments
 856 for ASN’s (Advanced Ship Notices)
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Oracle Retail Data Input
 Excel Spreadsheet for New Items.
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Serving the Best
Customers in the World!
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