Case Study: United States Marine Corps achieves faster, more accurate logistics provisioning with Appian

United States Marine Corps - Customer Case Study

The United States Marine Corps faced major logistics inefficiencies in cataloging and provisioning weapons systems and equipment, relying on five internal IT systems plus one external system that caused wasted time and inaccurate data. Appian helped the USMC modernize this mission-critical process with the TDM-CATALYST application, built on the Appian Platform, to unify acquisition logistics activities.

Appian delivered a single cloud-based system that integrated people, processes, and data for repair, parts provisioning, and cataloging. The result was cleaner, automatically updated data, faster operations, and better visibility, including national stock number validation in 24–48 hours instead of 6–8 months using 12 legacy systems. The solution also reduced errors and duplicate orders and freed a dedicated cataloging team for higher-value work.

United States Marine Corps