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DoD Using ‘Heat Map’ To Monitor Supply Chain; Creates Portal To Assess Industry Health

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 25th, 2020

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DoD Using ‘Heat Map’ To Monitor Supply Chain; Creates Portal To Assess Industry Health

The Defense Department has created a new tool to keep tabs on the health of the defense industry supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic and has established a portal to share information with industry and get updates on operating status of companies, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday. The industry outreach efforts include holding conference calls with the defense trade associations every other day and led to two key policy memos last week from the department, one confirming that defense industry…

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