OSHKOSH, WIS. (October 3, 2001) – Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB] announced today that it was awarded a Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) contract by the U.S. Marine Corps. Under this contract, Oshkosh will modernize the Marines’ traditional supply management system using an e-business parts ordering and tracking system developed by Oshkosh to fulfill all logistics support for the new Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) trucks. If all options are exercised, the contract has a potential value of more than $60 million over 10 years.
Under the CLS initiative, the new Oshkosh e-commerce system seamlessly interfaces with the current Marine Corps supply and accounting system. The system will allow the Marines to reduce lead times for parts orders, provide real-time order status via the Internet and provide life-cycle analysis. It leverages Oshkosh’s global service network to provide quick response, regardless of where parts and service may be needed. As part of the same initiative, Oshkosh will also provide bumper-to-bumper parts and service support for the new Medium Tactical Replacement (MTVR) fleet of up to 8,168 vehicles.
“The CLS system we’ve developed for the Marines makes their parts system as fast, modern and mobile as the Corps itself. It means they now have a vehicle parts ordering system that meets the Marines’ goal of rapid deployment, ” said Robert G. Bohn, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Oshkosh.
“The CLS system is easy to use, provides unequaled parts availability and promises rapid delivery. It will help assure that our U.S. Marines can meet their worldwide commitments,” continued Bohn.
The CLS program covers a variety of other services including vehicle repair, parts and service support for major components, fleet management services via on-site field service representatives, technical maintenance and operator manual development, inventory management, and a telephone call center that’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The program is another example of Oshkosh Truck and the U.S. Marine Corps partnering to achieve current Department of Defense initiatives through reduced overall lifecycle costs and high vehicle readiness. The e-commerce parts system could be available to all Marine Corps facilities, including reserve units, and is available to other Oshkosh defense customers, including the U.S. Army.
Oshkosh Truck Corporation [NASDAQ: OTRKB] is a leading manufacturer of specialty trucks and truck bodies for the fire and emergency, defense, concrete placement and refuse hauling markets. Products are marketed under the Oshkosh, Pierce, McNeilus, Geesink, Norba and Medtec brand names. The company is headquartered in Oshkosh, Wis., and had annual sales of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2000.
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