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18 June 2020 ATP 4-90 C-1 Appendix C Sustainment Planning Factors This information is contained in current staff planning manuals, FMSWeb, OPLOG Planner, and other Combined Arms Sustainment Command-developed data. Planning factors take into account various environments, echelons, and activities. Planners should modify or adjust these standard planning factors based on the latest logistics preparation of the battlefield assessments or other specific conditions associated with a given operation or area of operations. C-1. This information is contained in Department of Logistics and Resource Operations, U.S. Command and General Staff College Student Text 4-1, Sustainment: Doctrinal Extracts and New Concepts; Student Text 4-2, Sustainment: Application Methods, Planning Factors, and Tools; current staff planning manuals; FMSWeb (registration is required); and OPLOG Planner. Although the data in this annex is based on current operational planning factors, planners should understand there are many variables that affect the data and there are no fixed inputs. Planners must analyze the all mission and operational variables in determining inputs. Sustainment planners should start with these planning factors and then adjust them based on considerations including the unit’s particular circumstances, task organization, and historical usage factors. Table C-1 provides general supply planning data for each class of supply specifically in regards to the weight of each commodity and its packaging configuration. Table C-1. General supply planning data Class of Supply Planning Factors Class I (MRE) 1.75 lbs per meal M-M-M = 5.50 pounds per person/per day (PPD) U-M-M =7.41 PPD / U-M-U= 9.39 PPD Class II 1.6 PPD Class III (packaged) 1.2 PPD Class IV Barrier = 1.638 PPD Construction = 2.324 PPD Combined = 3.962 PPD Class VI Temperate = 2.06 PPD .336 PPD Tropic/Arid = 3.74 PPD Arctic = 1.78 PPD Class IX NA – Calculated in tonnage Mail Average =.974 PPD Legend: MRE = meals ready to eat lbs = pounds PPD = pounds per person per day M = meals ready to eat U = unitized group ration CLASS I RATIONS PLANNING FACTORS C-2. Sustainment planners use personnel numbers when determining class I ration planning requirements. The planning factors for class I are solely derived from the supported units’ headcounts. Based on task organization, class I planners should also determine the number of joint and multinational forces that should be included in the feeding plan.