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The year was 1941 . And the demands of

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World War I I brought the nation's

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logistics challenges to the forefront .

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The US military needed an effective

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answer . By the end of the war , the

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framework of the federal catalog system

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was enacted and the national stock

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number was born

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today , we use more than 17 million

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NSNS across the Department of Defense

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and International partners . The NSN

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streamline procurement , inventory

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management , maintenance and disposal

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processes at every stage of an item's

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life cycle . While the NSNS remain

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foundational across the globe , the

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military sphere is changing and we must

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respond . We must go further and faster

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to meet the enormous challenge ahead .

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We need more better equipped forces ,

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increased defense production capacity ,

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greater investment in innovation and

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secure supply chains . We have

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recalibrated D's strategy to best

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support our warfighters by transforming

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capabilities , strengthening our

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partnerships and shifting to more

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resilient supply chain solutions by

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focusing on the people who do the work .

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Catalog transformation will enable

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supply chain efficiencies , enhance

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data , visibility and exchange while

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supporting mission readiness and

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wholesale supply availability . For the

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first time in 40 years , catalog

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transformation will change the business .

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It will introduce automation , an

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integrated solution , combine master

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databases and establish data exchange

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standards . This is a true call to

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transform every service participating

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federal agencies and 64 international

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partners are joining with us to make

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the next generation of the federal

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catalog system . Revolutionary in more

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fighters support .