FINISIM™—Financial and Inventory Simulation Model

Data Entrepreneurship Challenge: Past Challenges

2023-24 Data Entrepreneurship Challenge: FAQs

Get answers to frequently asked questions about the challenge.

LMI Expands Digital Transformation Efforts for DLA Defense Enterprise Data Standards Office

LMI has been awarded a $9.4 million contract to continue functional and logistics systems interoperability support services for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Information Operations (J6), Defense Enterprise Data Standards Office (DEDSO).

LMI Awarded Contract to Deliver NADACS Across Navy Public Shipyards

LMI has been awarded a $42.8M task order, with a total contract value of $98.4M, to deploy the Naval Autonomous Data Collection System (NADACS) across four U.S. Navy public shipyards.

LMI to Support Veteran Suicide Prevention with New VA Contract

LMI has been selected to provide suicide prevention program support for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Mental Health (OMH) and Office of Suicide Prevention (OSP).

Business Modernization

LMI helps leaders stay relevant, efficient, and adaptive in a dynamic business landscape. We modernize and streamline operations so leaders can focus on their mission. Our solutions leverage business process improvement, digital product innovation, and adaptive business operations, using cutting-edge tools and technology to help you thrive in an increasingly digital world.

Workforce Evolution

LMI’s holistic solutions help government workforces adapt to evolving goals and technological shifts, maximizing productivity and potential. We combine human capital expertise with innovation and technology to enhance employee experience, boost impact, and optimize talent across the management lifecycle. Using agile methodologies and digital tools, LMI accelerates workforce evolution.

Organizational Transformation

LMI architects, plans, and implements complex organizational transformations that ensure mission delivery while fostering cultural, procedural, and systemic change. Our initiative driven, organization-wide tiger team approach, combined with multimedia communication strategies and data-driven insights, drives continuous improvement and keeps your workforce informed.

Corrosion Research in DoD

According to Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 3110.05, it is DoD policy that all mission essential systems and equipment meet the National Military Strategy and be maintained for optimum mission capable status. 

LMI Selected to Continue Partnership with Defense Standardization Program Office

The Department of Defense’s Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) has selected LMI to continue enhancing the DSPO’s initiatives and activities through technical and functional services. 

LMI to Develop SCREEn Supply Chain Risk Management Support Capability for DoD

The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics Directorate has selected LMI for strategic campaign planning and support for the Department of Defense Functional Campaign Plan for Global Deployment and Distribution and USTRANSCOM’s Combatant Command Campaign Plan.

CMS Selects LMI to Support ACO Medicare Shared Savings Program

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected LMI to provide strategic development and implementation support for the Medicare Shared Savings Program. 

NASA Selects LMI for Data Analysis and Technical Support Services

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected LMI to provide a wide range of technology-enabled strategic management and technical solutions through the Data Analysis and Technical Support Services II (DATSS II) blanket purchase agreement.  

LMI Selected to Provide Program Management Office (PMO) Support to Global Combat Support System Army (GCSS-Army)

LMI has been awarded a five-year, $65 million contract to provide program management, business transformation, and technical, financial, and professional advisory services to U.S. Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems' (PEO EIS) Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) Program Management Office (PMO). 

LMI to Provide Data and Analysis Support to Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) Logistics Directorate (LG)

LMI will provide the Air Force (AF) and the Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) Logistics Directorate (LG) Office with highly specialized services and analysis to support Readiness-Spares Packages (RSP) and Readiness-Based Sparing (RBS). 

LMI Enhancing DLA R&D With AI/ML and FINISIM™ Solution

LMI will apply cutting-edge analytic methods to enhance research and development (R&D) methods and improve lead time estimates for systems and processes, on a newly awarded contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Logistics Operations (J3).

Forge™ Technology Studio: Case Studies

Learn how the Forge™ - LMI's technology studio - builds scalable agile technology to rapidly deliver sophisticated technical solutions to our customers with our case studies.

Chris Ayers

Chris Ayers serves as LMI’s practice area lead for acquisition. In his role, he helps structure resources, customer-focused solution development, and acquisition efforts to align with strategic priorities. 

Jane McTigue

Jane McTigue is a principal in logistics strategy and integration at LMI. In her role, Jane leads diverse, multi-disciplined teams to drive growth to the support corporate strategy for Army programs. 

LMI to Support USTRANSCOM in Campaign Planning for Global Deployment, Distribution, and Capability Development

The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics Directorate has selected LMI for strategic campaign planning and support for the Department of Defense Functional Campaign Plan for Global Deployment and Distribution and USTRANSCOM’s Combatant Command Campaign Plan.

Better Decisions with Analytical Hierarchy Process

When decisions have a broad impact, decision makers often require input from program stakeholders, subject matter experts (SME), and end users. LMI helps agencies make gathering and analyzing that input repeatable and defendable. 

LMI to Support Research & Development for DLA Clothing and Textiles

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Military Unique Sustainment Technology (MUST) Program selected LMI to support research and development (R&D) for the DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (C&T) supply chain.

The LMI Way of Policy: Five Factors to Ensure Effective Policy Lifecycle Management

Through a five-factor approach, LMI delivers impactful policies that are co-created and implemented as drivers of change, innovation, and agility through all levels of an organization.

Federating Data Management Through Data Mesh

Shifting towards a Data Mesh implementation is as much, if not more, of a people and process transformation as a technology transformation.

Sealift: The Foundation of U.S. Military Power Projection

As resilience and self-defense become exponentially more important in the highly lethal military operating environments of tomorrow, American sea power is the difference maker, in peace or conflict.

Enabling Disaster Preparedness in Global Health

Nations and philanthropic organizations struggle to deal with a growing number of climatologically driven disasters. Transportation and distribution of critically needed supplies has become more of a challenge as many areas deal with aging infrastructure and roads that only exacerbate the problems when disaster strikes. Governments and institutions need predictive analysis to get ahead of the problem.

The Evolving National Security Landscape

The U.S. national security establishment has produced several documents outlining the mounting risks from global climate change and environmental degradation. 

LMI to Continue Strategy, Strategic Engagement, Concepts, and Wargames Support for USTRANSCOM

The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics Directorate has selected LMI to continue supporting the Strategy, Strategic Engagement, Concepts, and Wargames (SSECW) program.

Redefining Business Optimization in the COVID Era

In a world beset by pandemic and climate risks, resiliency has become a defining virtue of business operations.   

LMI Experts Champion Digital Engineering for Defense Sustainment

In an op-ed for C4ISRNET, Ben Kassel and Bruce Kaplan call for more emphasis on model-based definition across the DoD enterprise. 

LMI Launches Solution to Provide "So What" to Illuminated Supply Chain Data

LMI today introduced their supply chain risk management solution, LogSmart™ Supply. The solution empowers analysts and program managers to answer “so, what?” from their supply chain risks on demand.

Emerging Issues and Opportunities of the Genomic Data Revolution

Now is the time to get your organization ready for the genomic data revolution. From government agencies to the private sector, from healthcare to technology, and everything in between, all organizations need to be prepared for upcoming challenges and opportunities.

COVID-19 and Supply Chain Resilience: What’s Next?

LMI hosted the Potomac Officers Club event, Supply Chain Resilience and COVID-19: What’s Next? on June 11, 2020. Government leaders and logistics experts discussed the pre-COVID-19 supply chain, effects from COVID-19, and investment areas for resilience. This paper summarizes poll data collected from audience members as well as insights from the panel.

Three Considerations for VA and DHA Digital Transformation

The transformation will improve organizations and patient outcomes. LMI experts have been strategic partners throughout other large-scale digital transformations and offer insights to help these projects succeed. 

Skills-Based Analytics Transform Hiring and Talent Management

As an internal research and development project, LMI created the Human Capital Data Analytics platform to tackle the skills-forward nature of today’s hiring, retention, and resource allocation challenges. 

Healthcare Compliance

LMI’s compliance approach centers on reducing programmatic risks while minimizing participants’ burden through data analytics and proactive engagement and education.

Data Entrepreneurship Challenge: FAQs

Get answers to frequently asked questions about the challenge.

LMI Awarded JE-OPETS Logistics and Medical Component Task Order

LMI has been selected to support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) Logistics and Medical business area.

Ryan Stem

Ryan Stem is an accomplished project manager with 12 years of professional experience, primarily in the IT industry.

LMI Selected as 2022 U.S. Postal Service Supplier Excellence Award Winner for Second Consecutive Year

Out of 12,400 suppliers, LMI is one of four recipients in the supplier excellence category, which recognizes exceptional quality and on-time delivery performance. LMI was recognized for our contributions to several strategic programs, including implementing updated program and portfolio management planning initiatives into the Postmaster General’s (PMG’s) Strategic Portfolio Planning.

LMI Selected to Support GSA’s OFM’s Energy Division and Climate and Sustainability Division through Renewable Energy BPA

LMI will provide subject matter expertise and program management services for the GSA Public Buildings Service (PBS) Office of Facilities Management (OFM) Energy Division and Climate and Sustainability Division. 

LMI Selected to Support HHS ASPR’s Countermeasures Acceleration Group

LMI has been awarded a two-year, $24 million contract to provide support to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Countermeasures Acceleration Group (CAG). 

LMI Selected to Support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy

LMI will support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy by furnishing strategic planning, analysis, programming, and functional energy expertise. This award represents LMI’s first contract with this organization since the operational energy and installation energy offices and roles were combined.

LMI to Support DARPA's Strategic Technology Office

LMI and partners will develop a testing and evaluation framework for DARPA’s LogX R&D prototype program. 

LMI to Support Policy Management and Reporting for DoD Security Cooperation

LMI will assist the Department of Defense (DoD) in streamlining policy development and reporting for its security cooperation activities in support of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), with a total potential contract value of approximately $5 million.

GAO High-Risk Series: Supply Chain Management

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report highlighting the successful efforts of federal government agencies to address high-risk areas and improve programs.

Emerging Challenges in Combating the Evolving Foreign Investment and Influence Threat

The theft of intellectual property from American government agencies, businesses, and academic institutions is a serious, on-going, and growing national security threat.

Using AI To Improve Hazard Response

AI/ML acts as a force multiplier, amplifying the quality of results fed into the decision-making process, ultimately saving valuable time. 

LMI Supports ODASD(MR) Efforts to Lower Costs and Improve Warfighter Readiness through Innovation

LMI will provide industrial base assessments, data analytics, and policy and resource management services to assist the Department of Defense (DoD) in meeting materiel readiness requirements across its complex sustainment enterprise. 

Stuart Jones

Stu Jones leads LMI’s Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) submarket and oversees the delivery and execution of programs, projects, and tasks as well as strategic growth. He provides cross-service line support for policy development, planning, resource management, and program evaluation.

Sergio Posadas

Serg leads delivery of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. He joined LMI as part of the acquisition of Clockwork Solutions in 2019, having led data science services there since 2009.

Scott Ritzel

Scott, a retired Air Force colonel with over 30 years of logistics experience, served in the maintenance career field supporting a diverse portfolio, including fighters, bombers, rotary wing, conventional and nuclear munitions, and ground-based space systems.

Rob Kline

Rob is a longtime LMI expert in systems modeling, data analytics, logistics analyses, and software development.

Randal Dragon

Randal leads LMI’s defense market business development team’s strategic planning activities, including identifying growth targets and solution and core offering development.

Michael Dudley

Mike Dudley came to LMI from the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), where he served as civilian director of the Stockton, California, office. In this role, he supervised over 270 civilian and military personnel with responsibility for managing 10,300 contracts valued at $23 billion.

Matt Peterson

Matt leads LMI's supply chain reengineering and process improvement projects for U.S. government customers. He has 30 years of experience as a government logistics manager and supply chain consultant.

Matt Granger

Matt Granger leads solutions architecture for LMI’s Digital Services service line, specializing in ServiceNow and enterprise applications.

Kristen Cheman

As senior vice president of the intelligence market, Kristen combines subject matter expertise and leading-edge technologies to bring the best ideas and digitally enabled services to our customers.

Kim Barnette, PhD

Kim Barnette is the program manager for LMI’s team at NASA, implementing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives within their Science Mission Directorate.

Kerry McCarthy

Kerry has enhanced supply chain resilience for a diverse range of organizations across the defense, health, civilian, intelligence, and private sectors for nearly 20 years. As a fellow at LMI, he leverages his engineering background and supply chain expertise to develop and implement innovative cross-functional solutions, oversee supply chain resilience projects, and foster collaboration with academia, industry, and government.

LMI to Perform Study on Future of NASA’s Upper Class E Airspace Operations

LMI will advise the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Air Traffic Management–eXploration (ATM-X) project by conducting a future-focused research study to assess the market and traffic management requirements for Upper Class E airspace.

Keith Rodgers

Keith brings nearly two decades of experience in leveraging innovative techniques to assess organizational performance and challenges.

Joshua Wilson

Josh is the president of markets, growth, and technology at LMI. In this role, he has direct oversight over LMI’s entire customer portfolio and leads LMI’s business growth function, which includes LMI’s proposal center, business development strategies, capture management, and sales engineering teams.

Joseph Niehaus

Joe leads a diverse organization of logistics consultants developing and delivering advanced logistics solutions in acquisition and sustainment; infrastructure, energy, and environment; and supply chain management. He and his organization focus on helping LMI’s customers build supply chain resilience and deliver innovative supply chain solutions across the defense, civilian agencies, public health, and national security markets with increasing agility for accelerated decision-making at the pace of need.

TBM Council Honors LMI for Strategic Planning

The strategic planning award recognizes organizations that align financial plans with business priorities and adjust plans to reflect shifting priorities, reduce risk, and capitalize on market opportunities.

Why Hedging Is Essential for Resilient Supply Chains

COVID-19 showed how just-in-time logistics and ultra-lean supply chains fail in times of uncertainty, compounding health risks and threats to national security. Hedging can help ensure that doesn’t happen again. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Joe Norton

As chief technology officer, Joe nurtures innovation through organizational culture and structure while allowing LMI to deliver scalable, repeatable, and robust solutions to our customers.

Toward a Comprehensive and Robust Synthetic Data Policy

This workshop sought to broaden the conversation toward a comprehensive synthetic data policy that would advance, empower, and protect our government as synthetic data is increasingly used.

Supply Chain Integrity: Critical Every Day

LMI has 60+ years of experience ensuring that clients receive the best logistics support. In his recent blog, Jon Amis explains why supply chain integrity must be considered throughout the entire year. Our supply chain management practice assists with all aspects of a customer’s supply chain, from managing assets, property, and inventory, to performance measures, process improvement, and overall supply chain risk.

Taking Inventory to the Next Level

For 60 years, LMI has been delivering innovative, world-class logistics and supply chain solutions. Our independent research and development efforts have produced tools that have become the standard for supply chain management and logistics analytics.

Contract Vehicles

Operating at the new speed of possible, LMI accelerates the pace of progress, enabling our customers to thrive while adapting to modern mission needs.

Forge™ Technology Studio: Prototypes

Our prototypes are shaping the nation of next. From developing a wearable integrated sensor platform (WISP) that drives decision-making to shaping solutions that streamline supply chains like LogSmart™ Supply, our work at the edge of possible reimagines mission capability. 

LogSmart™: The right logistics insights before you need them.

LogSmart™ is a configurable suite of applications for increasing effectiveness and efficiency of logistics operations. 

Baseline, Strategy & Program Support

LMI’s baseline assessment and strategy development uses rigorous analysis to identify key gaps in your current risk management approach and provides recommendations for the most impactful investments.  

Supply Chain Risk Mitigation and Resilience

LMI’s supply and demand side risk optimization tools enable us to stress-test your environment to identify meaningful and cost-effective strategies to reduce your risk exposure. 

Supply Chain Risk Assessments

LMI develops cutting-edge machine learning applications to proactively identify supply chain risks and leverage prescriptive analytics to help organizations modernize their approach to risk identification and mitigation. 

Serving the Underserved Through Better Data and Analysis

Auditing agency data is a critical first step to improving access to services for underserved communities. 

Reducing Supply Chain Vulnerabilities Using A Whole of Nations Approach

International collaboration with allies is needed to significantly increase supply chain resiliency.

LMI and UVA Partner to Lead the Data Science Community to Serve the Public Good

LMI partners with UVA to facilitate an exchange of ideas needed to formulate, refine, and implement innovative solutions for U.S. government stakeholders.

Beacon™: Data Management and Analytics Platform

Beacon™ enables data scientists and consumers to discover, manage, and use datasets for analytics quickly and in a shared, synchronous space.

Technical DNA

Our Technical DNA (tDNA™) approach combines digital engineering, lifecycle management, supply chain risk management, and intellectual property management to ensure that the modern sustainer has the right data at the right time at the right price. 

Peak Policy and Next Generation (PNG™) Inventory Models

LMI’s acclaimed tool for managing infrequent demand or frequent highly variable demand within your inventory.

SysLinks™—System Optimization and Network Linkages

SysLinks™ is the first practical method for linking reliability and maintainability models with spares optimization for complex networks. This new methodology helps managers pinpoint investments that will have the greatest positive impact on mission success.

Interoperability Can Unlock the Future of Healthcare

Healthcare systems require seamless data flow, visibility, and agility in communication. 

LMI-Curated manifestDB Data

LMI-curated manifestDB data has been structured and stored to ensure maximum utility and is optimized to leverage the Beacon™ data management and analytics platform. 

Planning for Vaccine Distribution in 6 Key Areas

COVID-19 has made clear that preparing for pandemics is a critical public health challenge. Here’s what leaders can do now to improve vaccination efforts. 

Erwin Villiger

Erwin is a senior subject matter expert with more than 25 years of experience at the nexus of national security and the environment.

LMI Awarded the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Data Readiness Artificial Intelligence Development (DRAID) Program Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)

LMI will provide a broad spectrum of data management and analytic services for the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) with the goal of accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) scaling across the department.

LogSmart™ Supply

LogSmart™ Supply empowers decision makers to boost supply chain resiliency by providing the most complete insights into the risks and opportunities present in the supply chains you depend on. 

Demystifying ChatGPT for Government Leaders

Technologies work best when used as human-in-the-loop capabilities, with the model functioning as an accelerator.

Project Spotlight: DoD SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program

The SMART team successfully distributed more than $170 million with 100% on-time payments to scholars and universities over the last four years.

Aircraft Sustainability Model (ASM®) Sparing Model

The Aircraft Sustainability Model (ASM®) sparing model is a state-of-the-art method for developing spares requirements to support high-technology systems. Over the last 30 years, the ASM® sparing model's advanced algorithms and user interfaces have made it an international leader in computing spares requirements.

Jonathan Baba Joins LMI Leadership Team as Senior Vice President, Defense Market 

Tysons, Va.— LMI is pleased to announce that Jonathan (Jon) Baba has joined LMI as senior vice president, defense market. He brings over 20 years of public-sector experience supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) and defense industry. 

Featured Solutions

We’re creating innovative solutions to transform emerging needs into extraordinary impacts at The New Speed of Possible™.

Here’s How To Leverage Data for Health Equity

In the U.S., race, socioeconomic status, and zip code predict life expectancy—we discuss how to build more equity into the healthcare system.

Implementing AI in Government

Artificial intelligence and machine learning systems support federal missions from national security to citizen services.  Keith Rodgers outlines what agencies should keep in mind when considering implementation of AI tools and how to optimize these technologies.

Integrating IoT and Sensors To Improve Infrastructure Management Systems

When paired with AI/ML, the data provided by IoT devices and sensors offer insights on the status and condition of assets while enhancing utility, efficiency, and resiliency. Our experts weigh in on what is important to consider when implementing these technologies to improve infrastructure management.

Initial Outfitting Support to Military Health Facilities

LMI helps Ireland Army Health Clinic at Fort Knox, KY, open its doors.

Sustainability

LMI adapts industry-leading approaches to customers’ unique mission needs. We support energy, sustainability, and climate resilience efforts with customizable analysis and reporting tools. 

Predicting Failure: Is the Government Finally Ready for Predictive Fleet Maintenance?

Our workshop brought together experts from government, industry, and academia to identify the past obstacles to progress and propose solutions.

Performance Optimization

Unlocking people’s full potential and using readily accessible data and technology to position organizations for long-term sustainability.

Technology Integration Partner

LMI combines hands-on expertise with existing and emerging technologies, our deep understanding of logistics processes and operations, and over 60 years of experience and partnership with the government for totally integrated technical solutions.

How Value-Based Care Can Improve for Patients, Providers and Payers Post COVID-19

The federal government has focused on value-based care to increase efficiency in healthcare. Here’s what we must do to ensure the model’s success. 

Infrastructure Resilience

LMI helps federal agencies strengthen infrastructure resiliency with data-driven strategies that respect natural resources and support sustainability. 

Real-Time Logistics Visualization To Save Time and Money When Tracking High-Value Assets

Automating logistics operations of the Naval Supply Systems Command O65 with advanced analytics and automated tracking of high-value assets using RFID.

LMI Participates in Viz for Social Good Challenge for India Water Portal

Members of LMI’s Data Visualization community of practice volunteered their time to participate in the Viz for Social Good Challenge.

LMI Team Receives Specialized Biomonitoring Training

LMI’s environmental planning team (Jennifer Brown, Ashley Rivero, and David Walls) completed lichen biomonitoring training sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6. The team spent three days in the Rouge River–Siskiyou National Forest’s Kalmiopsis Wilderness, where they learned how to set a biomonitoring plot, calculate tree density, identify lichen plant communities, set abundance scores, and collect tissue samples for analysis.

LMI’s Approach to Improving Government Supply Chains

Supply chains are rapidly changing. Knowing how to make supply chains efficient and effective is more important than ever, but sometimes the challenge is knowing what to focus on and which practices to implement. 

LMI’s Clark Spencer Talks Joint Health Risk Management (JHRM) for Defense Health

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), we can make predictions about health consequences for the warfighter and deployed civilian personnel before they occur.

The Time to Get Ahead of Telehealth Fraud and Abuse Is Now

The pandemic illustrated telehealth’s importance for our healthcare system but payers must get ahead of fraud and abuse issues to make telehealth effective.

Assessing & Anticipating Rapidly Evolving Capabilities

LMI tailors data-driven approaches to select, develop, and mature capabilities with simultaneous and integrated analytical, simulation, prototyping, demonstration, and transition activities. Our customers engage with feedback throughout the process for continuous improvements. 

Turning Supply Chain Risks into Decisive Action

LogSmart™ Supply offers the industry's most complete insight into the impacts of supply chain risks and mitigation strategies. Turn your risk data into decisive action. 
 

Mission Engineering

Integrating modeling and simulation, supply chain engineering, wargaming, and more, LMI harnesses more than 60 years of cutting-edge innovation and experience to enhance capabilities and technologies in support of our customers’ most challenging mission requirements. 

LMI Extends Support to OSD in Electronic Warfare, Air Platforms and Weapons, and International Cooperation

LMI will continue to support the Office of the Secretary of Defense address critical acquisition challenges through a five-year contract valued at over $16 million.

LMI’s Derrick Spain: Technical Expert for WIC Program

LMI’s end goal while supporting the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program and Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is to help our client reach their specific goals and ultimately improve health equity and the communities they serve.

Enterprise Maintenance and Operations Support for WIC Program

LMI's Les Milner has over 30 years of experience working in information technology while supporting the WIC program alongside over 40 state agencies, Indian Tribal Organizations (ITO), and territories on multiple contracts.

Logistics Automation: Where Military and Commercial Applications Converge

To combat labor shortages in the transportation market, much of the world is investing in automated processes. For the U.S. military, logistics automation will be necessary in contested environments where near-peer adversaries target our logistics capabilities.

Logistics Decision Dominance

Now is the time to turn significant attention and resources to maintaining our logistics advantage.

How the FDA Can Improve the Vaccine Approval Process

We can apply the lessons from the COVID pandemic to vaccine and treatment submissions moving forward. Here’s how. 

LMI Migrating the Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse to Advana

LMI has been awarded a 1-year, $1.5 million contract for a one-time data migration from the LMI-created Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse (MADW) to the Advana Data Warehouse for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.

LMI Workshop Examines Data Ethics for Government

How can organizations ensure artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques are free from human biases? 

Supply Chain Resilience Solutions

LMI’s public-sector experts in logistics bring over 60 years of experience helping organizations mitigate supply chain risks. Our in-depth understanding of supply chain and government operations combine to provide effective, practical solutions for reducing and managing risk and increasing resiliency. 

DARPA LogX

The DARPA LogX program examines the resiliency of the global supply chain via data disruptions and various modeling approaches. 

Lifecycle Management & Modernization

LMI’s logistics management and modernization methods have improved customer outcomes for over 60 years by optimizing lifecycle system performance, affordability, and sustainment. 

LMI Forms Digital and Analytic Solutions Unit to Accelerate Technology-Enabled Transformation for Federal Agencies

LMI has named Karen Britton as chief digital officer and vice president of marketing and communications and Josh Wilson as vice president of digital and analytic solutions, a new business unit resulting from the merger of its advanced analytics and digital services practices. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Scot Stitely

Scot joined LMI when it acquired Suntiva in 2021. He and his team are responsible for LMI’s strategic planning activities such as identifying growth targets and offering development strategies for customers in the defense and space markets.  

Employee Spotlight: Meet Marshall Smith

Leveraging his over 25 years of predictive analytics experience, Marshall’s focus includes developing innovative solutions for customers and offering his expertise to grow LMI’s predictive analytics capabilities. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Karen Goodson

Karen Goodson leads a team that offers innovative solutions to solve the Army’s toughest challenges.   

Employee Spotlight: Meet Jordan Hefferan

As a product portfolio owner, Jordan has defined and developed applications offering on-demand supply chain resiliency through LogSmart™ Supply and created customer solutions to understand, measure, and mitigate risks to contested logistics. 

LMI Forge™ Technology Studio: Use Cases

Navigate Forge™ solutions addressing specific use cases. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Randy Dragon

Prior to joining LMI in 2019, Randy Dragon acted in executive leadership and management positions in the United States Army, joint and multinational forces, and the defense industry. Before entering the civilian sector, Randy served over 30 years in the Army, entering active duty in 1980 after being commissioned in the infantry through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at James Madison University. 

RAPTR™

The Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency (RAPTR™) provides an extensible, scalable architecture for modeling, simulation, analysis, and visualization for the space warfighting domain as well as cross-domain integration. 

Health & Civilian

Our subject matter experts and advisors have a broad knowledge base across the spectrum of federal health and civilian agencies to enable excellence in execution that transcends boundaries. 

Homeland Security

Delivering award-winning acquisition, modeling, financial management, scientific, and logistics management support to the Department of Homeland Security. 

Space

LMI’s space market provides technical solutions as a trusted partner in the national security space industry. 

Internet of Things (IoT)

LMI helps customers make better risk management decisions through IoT technologies and toolkits using near-real-time analytical data. 

Data & Analytics

LMI provides advanced data and analytic consulting expertise, pairing data scientists with domain experts to deliver innovative solutions at the pace of need. 

Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI)

LMI's applied AI solutions equip leaders with tools, processes, and skills to derive insights from big data, business operations and technology infrastructure. 

What We Do

Supporting missions that have shaped the nation since 1961, we apply long-standing expertise to create sustainable solutions. 

LMI Extends Support to USPS Corporate Sustainability and Energy Initiatives

LMI will recommend strategies to support program and policy development, research and analysis, enterprise data management, corporate solutions and reporting, and strategic and national-level planning.

LMI To Expand Support of the Marine Corps Logistics Command

LMI will continue to provide strategic support to the United States Marine Corps Logistics Command with a new, one-year award. This will greatly aid the Marine Corps with inventory management using the ASM® Sparing Model, proprietary software and capabilities, and budget stratification tools.

LMI to Continue Support of DLA R&D Efforts

LMI will continue supporting the Defense Logistics Agency by providing cutting-edge innovations to improve its technology and business processes. LMI will furnish support in the areas of planning, procurement, product quality, technical data, and data management.

LMI to Continue Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program Support

LMI will continue to provide program management, business transformation, technical, and professional advisory services to the Project Manager, Army Data and Analytics Platforms (PM ARDAP), with a new three-year, $211 million award. LMI’s capabilities will enable the Army to modernize business operations and implement integrated management systems to transform Army enterprise resource planning and data systems.

Resources To Navigate the Age of COVID-19

Visit our resource center for the latest information and insights to help our federal clients navigate the age of COVID-19.

LMI Builds the Next Generation of DoD Civilian Scientists and Engineers with the SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program

LMI has been awarded a new five-year, $450 million contract supporting the Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DoD SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program.

LMI Joins Digital Manufacturing Institute MxD

LMI has joined MxD, one of 14 national institutes sponsored by the federal government to strengthen American manufacturing competitiveness.

LMI Awarded Larger Role Supporting Defense Acquisition and Sustainment

LMI will support defense officials who oversee acquisition, capability development, and lifecycle support of critical weapons systems. 

LMI Awarded JAIC Artificial Intelligence Center BPA

LMI has been selected as a Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Test & Evaluation (T&E) Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awardee.

LMI Awarded DHA's OMNIBUS IV IDIQ Contract in All Four Market Segments

LMI has been awarded the Defense Health Agency (DHA) OMNIBUS IV indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) $10 billion contract in all four market segments: (1) Research and Development; (2) Research and Development Support Services; (3) Regulatory Processes; and (4) Translational Science Support and Services. 

LMI and TCS Uncover Climate Risks to F-35, Announce Enhanced Climanomics Platform

Coastal flooding, temperature extremes, and storm damage could significantly disrupt the availability of facilities supporting the F-35 weapon system over the next 30 years, according to a joint analysis by LMI and The Climate Service (TCS).

LMI and Exiger to Lead DLA Pilot Program

LMI announced today that it, along with Exiger, has been awarded a contract to create a DLA pilot program to illuminate supply chain resiliency using AI/ML.

LMI to Advise NASA on Future Automation in the Air Cargo Industry

LMI and its partners will conduct a future-focused research study that will inform federal regulatory and investment decisions. 

Joe Niehaus and Zaki Saleh Join LMI’s Senior Leadership Team

LMI promoted Joe Niehaus to senior vice president of the logistics service line and welcomes Zaki Saleh as senior vice president of the health & civilian market.

Bruce Kaplan

With more than 35 years of experience in program management, source selection, information systems requirements and tools, and supply chain logistics, Bruce is one of LMI’s leading innovators and solution architects. He focuses on processes and technologies that cross organizational and functional boundaries to improve customer outcomes.

Better Decisions Leveraging Existing Data: LMI’s Approach to Evidence Act Evaluations

LMI established and implemented tools and approaches to assist evaluations officers in scoring and selecting evaluation topics, creating annual evaluation plans, and executing discrete evaluations.

Data Analytics Can Address the U.S. Substance Abuse Crisis

Substance abuse is on the rise in America, but the federal government has an opportunity to leverage data analytics for an effective response. 

Calculating Your Water Footprint to Improve Resilience

One way to calculate an organization’s water footprint is to literally measure the water used at a facility or series of facilities. But what happens when operations are far more complicated?

COVID-19: What Suppliers Can Do Now

How to stay strategic as the pandemic’s ripple effect grows.

Addressing Complex Problems

During his 30-year tenure at LMI, Bruce Kaplan has used his expertise in defense logistics and research and development to help LMI and its clients succeed. With a strong commitment to innovation and exceeding customer expectations, Bruce has led efforts to modernize logistics through finding, developing, and pushing pioneering technologies. Learn about Bruce’s role as a logistics strategy and integration fellow and his plans to continue making a positive difference at LMI.

Changes to Construction Permits for Projects near Bodies of Water

If you have construction projects taking place near or in any bodies of water, you urgently need to evaluate your project plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced reauthorization of the Nationwide Permits (NWPs), which could impact construction projects in progress or soon to be underway.