Firm to manage civilian transportation contractors in Kuwait

Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions has received an award to monitor contractors who move Army equipment and supplies throughout Kuwait.

Officials said the one year contract with one-year options calls for the deployment of Global Distribution Management System (GDMS) software in Kuwait and seven partner nations, which they said would enable near real-time visibility, tracking metrics and accountability for all registered commercial vehicles.

“The award further illustrates our customers’ confidence in our products, services, and people,” Michael Spencer, vice president of Global Sales and Marketing at Tapestry Solutions, said. “Our dedicated GDMS team manages thousands of transportation movements per month in Afghanistan, working 24 hours a day to safeguard people, data and cargo. We look forward to providing the same level of exceptional service in surrounding nations.”

The GDMS foundation is a centralized database that links cargo movements with vehicles equipped with GPS-based transponders, officials said, adding the system provides panic alarms/alerts to contractors as they pass hazards and checkpoints and displays the mission data on topographical maps. The system includes instant replay functions that allow for course-of-action analysis.

Other benefits of GDMS, officials said, include the ability to support transportation management requests, capture actual delivery times, support invoicing and validate demurrage charges. The data, captured in the GDMS-Mission Tracker (GDMS-MT) database, also assists with insurance claims, investigations and the military’s litigation efforts.