Ukraine has launched an IT system that will speed up the supply of products for the Armed Forces by 4 times
On September 11, the State Rear Operator presented DOT-Chain. This is an innovative IT system for managing the rear needs of the Armed Forces.
About this informs press service of the Ministry of Defense.
The main task of DOT-Chain is to make the process of providing the military easier and faster. In particular, this will be made possible by simplifying processes, increasing awareness and strengthening support for the military and suppliers.
“If earlier the term of delivery of products could be up to two months, after the introduction of DOT-Chain, this term should be reduced by approximately four times”, – said Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Dmytro Klimenkov.
The creation of DOT-Chain has become the largest digital project in DOT. A team of IT specialists of the State Rear Operator worked on the development.
“We were faced with the task of changing the old system so that non-lethal provision of the Armed Forces was more effective. Currently, the functionality of DOT-Chain extends to food. The IT team of the DOT has digitized the entire process of provision – from submitting applications for products to issuing expenditure invoices and acts. In the future the system can be quickly scaled to cover other categories of goods,” noted Alyona Zhuzha, IT advisor of the DOT.
What has changed the new DOT-Chain IT system?
- Digitized paper documents to optimize the work of the military. This is an important step towards abandoning the “paper army”. Instead of the 30,000 papers a week that the military had to process, it’s now just a few clicks in the system. This significantly reduces the amount of work of salespeople.
- Simplified the process of paying for goods. It will be four times faster, because expense invoices are immediately uploaded to the system, and DOT, having signatures from the military unit and the supplier, can immediately pay for the shipment.
- Optimized data exchange. Information from the system is used, in particular, by the Ministry of Defense. This allows adjusting the needs of the military according to the data aggregated by DOT-Chain: the number of requests, supply information, and volumes accepted or not accepted by the military units.
- Adjusted the interaction between the parties involved in the process of providing the Armed Forces. In the DOT-Chain system, all procurement and supply documents are visible for each request. In fact, DOT becomes a third party that takes care of both procurement and suppliers and can quickly respond to changing requests from military units.
We will remind:
The State Rear Operator (DOT) is a procurement agency under the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine that provides the rear needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: food, property, fuel and lubricants.
