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…There’s little doubt that SDDC’s “Program Efficiency Review” was the hottest topic at last week’s Personal Property Forum (PPF). The Review is looking at many changes to the current DP3 program, including a possible reduction in the number of TSPs. This topic dominated the pre-PPF industry meeting, as well as many of the conversations held during the SDDC Symposium which preceded the PPF. Many TSPs were anxious to hear more of the details of SDDC’s plans for the Review at

In preparation for the Personal Property Forum (PPF) on Thursday, SDDC has shared their slide deck containing the agenda and topics for the meeting. (You can download the PowerPoint file here.) Below are some of the topics that are on the agenda and covered in the slides:

• DP3 Update: This will be a variety of topics related to the DP3 program in general, including claims, the upcoming summer BRAC moves, progress on Phase 3 of the program, and volume

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…In a wide ranging article entitled “DOD Says Outsourcing Its Freight Management Has Produced a Drop In Transportation Costs”, the Transport Topics newspaper covered a number of items of interest to participants in the DOD personal property program. While the article jumped from topic to topic, the central theme was DOD’s attempts to reduce costs.
The main focus of the article was the Military’s claims of savings in the Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative (DTCI), the outsourced freight program managed by

Note: This is the third in a series of posts on the changes in the upcoming 2011 400NG and the 2011 International Tender. Please note that these articles are not intended to cover every change made, so TSPs still need to read the tariffs prior to filing rates. Also, these posts are based on our own interpretation of the tariffs, and we cannot guarantee that our interpretation will always be shared by SDDC, the PPSOs, or GSA.…
In the 2011

In the early days of the CWA system, SDDC used to publish a CWA News U Can Use newsletter. It appears that this communication is being revived with the publication of the DP3 News U Can Use September 2010 Newsletter. It contains articles on Phase III, Special Solicitations, Diversions, iUB Overflows, as well as some invoicing and CSS metrics.
Combined with the recent publication of DPS metrics on the move.mil website…, there appears to be a deliberate attempt

As part of the process of asserting ownership over the 400NG Tariff, SDDC has published a number of items that used to be provided by American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA), before the Surface Transportation Board ruling that prevented them from maintaining the tariff. The first step was the release of the baseline rates for the 400NG… in January, and recently they added a couple of other tools used in the invoicing process.
The tool that will probably get

In the most recent DP3/DPS WAR report covering May1st-7th, there were many items indicating the increased volume of shipments in DPS:

• Another big week for DP3/DPS…now 65% in the system, and USCG hit 81% on almost 1,000 moves!  We know this increase in volume has come at a cost as we continue to improve the system and our people get trained and familiar with DPS.  Thanks for all the good work. (from  Executive Summary by Col. Miller)
• Stakeholders Communications:  We’re

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Last Friday afternoon, SDDC posted drafts of the DP3 Phase III Business Rules and Solicitations… on their website. These documents have been highly anticipated by TSPs who are eager to see how the government plans to handle the final implementation piece of the DP3 program, covering Non-Temp Storage (NTS) and Direct Procurement Moves (DPM).
As has been rumored, DPM seems to have been removed from the program. In addition to NTS, there are  two additional shipment types included in Phase