This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-0.6 Sustainment Automation Support Management Office Operations January 2024, provides information on sustainment automation support management office (SASMO) operations. It is intended for use by commanders, support operations officers, planners, and SASMO teams. The focus of this publication is on the SASMO's role, characteristics, functions, capabilities, and techniques that underpin the distribution management process. The Department of Defense considers data a strategic asset and the network a weapons system. This manual describes SASMOs as information managers that enable knowledge management for sustainment centers of operations executing the distribution management process. Sustainment automation support operations involve systems administration (maintaining enterprise business system applications) and network administration (maintaining the sustainment transport system). The principal audience for ATP 4-0.6 is any member of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational operations. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.
