Listed below are ECSS Fact Sheets surrounding the different aspects of the program. Click on the title to read the full Fact Sheet.

ECSS: The Cornerstone of Air Force Logistics Transformation
The Air Force is in a state of transition unlike anything in its history. Not since the establishment of the Air Force as a separate military service have Airmen seen more aspects of their lives, ranging from their roles and day-to-day activities to the ways they interact with superiors, peers, and subordinates, in such a state of transition. Nowhere is this more visible than in the Air Force Logistics community.

Team ECSS
ECSS will become a reality thanks to the teamwork of the Air Force, Team CSC, and Oracle. These groups collaborated on all aspects of the program, from planning to development to the fielding of the solution. Such direct involvement from all corners of the Air Force Logistics community, as well as from xperienced industry professionals, ensures that ECSS will support the Air Force’s logistics needs.

The Case for Change
New realities are driving major shifts in strategy, basing, and virtually every
aspect of Air Force operations, including logistics support. Many of today’s Air Force Logistics legacy systems are standalone, creating duplicative effort, non-standardized reporting, and lapses in data integrity.

ECSS: Transforming Air Force Logistics
ECSS represents the single biggest change in the history of Air Force Logistics. ECSS is an Air Force Logistics transformation which will provide integrated software, standardized business processes, and transformed personnel roles.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
ECSS is based on ERP technology. An ERP is a software solution that allows the coordination of a business’ information and processes, including logistics and supply chain processes.

AFSO21, eLog21, and ECSS
ECSS is the cornerstone enabler for the Expeditionary Logistics for the 21st Century (eLog21) campaign, which in turn supports Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO21).

ECSS Release Strategy
Technical and functional experts, as well as Air Force functional team members, worked together to identify the optimal release or“fielding” strategy for ECSS.

Supporting the Warfighter
ECSS will change the way the Air Force does business and the way Airmen perform their jobs. Mr. Grover Dunn, Director of Transformation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, has written that“ECSS will touch every process we operate and will mean changes to most of these processes.”

Preparing the Air Force for ECSS: Organizational Change Management
The ECSS program recognizes that making ECSS a success requires more than
implementing a new software product or improving business processes. Success demands attention to the human side of change, from persuading Airmen to accept and commit to ECSS to giving them the education and training necessary to use the new software and processes.

ECSS Data
For ECSS purposes, data is any digitally stored information. Data is produced
by calculation or each time a logistician completes an input into a computer system, whether it is documenting maintenance actions, receiving a shipment, placing an order, or repairing a part.

ECSS and the Supply Chain: It's More Than Just Supply
A supply chain, also known as a logistics network or supply network, is a system of organizations, people, information, activities, and other resources that coordinates the moving of a product or service from supplier to customer, either physically or virtually.