SONALYSTS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N182-123

Description

Functional and information gaps have emerged in the systems that provide logistics support for U.S. Navy Food Service operations aboard ships and at shore galleys. These shortfalls have manifested themselves as inefficient workflows, extensive rework, unsatisfactory financial audit readiness, and can often result in a lack of available menu items on fleet mess decks. The Sonalysts Team proposes the development of the Electronic Clearinghouse for Subsistence Order & Receipt Transactions (eCSORT). eCSORT will serve as an “intelligent middlemen” that bridges the gaps between Navy Food Service Management (FSM) software systems, the Defense Logistics Agency’s Subsistence Total Order and Receipt Electronic System (STORES), and Navy financial management systems; allowing Fleet Logistics Center and Combat Logistics Force personnel to better process subsistence orders from the Navy’s operating forces and tools to manage associated cost obligation (and de-obligation) documents. eCSORT will provide the Navy with a Risk Management Framework accreditable solution that not only improves the overall subsistence order and receipt process, but also provides for improved Financial Integrity and Audit Readiness (FIAR) within the Navy’s Subsistence-in-Kind (SIK) accounts.