About Us Office Home About Us Key Topics HomeOffice of Logistics Management...About Us – Office of Logistics Management hide About Us Office of Logistics Management Logistics Operations (OPS) Arrange for travel, transportation, & warehousing for employees and families Packing and shipping of household effects, including personally owned vehicles Storing of household effects in Hagerstown and at commercial facilities nationwide Despatch Agents in Baltimore, Brownsville, Dulles, Miami, New York, & Seattle European Logistics Support Office (ELSO) in Antwerp, Belgium Storage and transshipment for posts in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East Manage forward-deployed supply system via the Expedited Logistics Program with RPSO Yearly totals include 30,000 shipments, 26 million pounds of household effects in storage, 50,000 travel transactions arranged through the AMEX Travel Management Center, & 5,500 receipts & 4,000 lines of inventory in secure warehouses Manage the purchase & inventory of overseas motor vehicles 6,300 vehicles in overseas inventory Program Management and Policy (PMP) Develop and deploy logistics systems Manage the diplomatic pouch and mail systems Accompanied and unaccompanied pouches between Washington and posts 184,000 pouches and 8 million pounds of materials sent annually from Washington Average transit time to posts overseas: less than 3 days Domestic mail services for the Department’s Washington offices Develop and maintain logistics policy Provide professional development & training opportunities for A/LM & the worldwide logistics and GSO community Provide operational support to over 1100 purchase-card holders worldwide Manage the Department’s property management program Worldwide oversight, training, and support for posts and domestic bureaus Domestic excess property management Coordinate strategic planning and performance management for A/LM
