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"The U.S. Air Force is in the midst of transforming the way agile combat support (ACS) is managed to support training, steady state operations, and contingency operations. The reorganization of Air Force Materiel Command into the five-center construct was one significant milestone in the transformation. Another is the establishment of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center (AFIMSC). This report provides a strategic view of the analytical capabilities that are needed by AFIMSC to allocate resources to and assess the performance of installation and mission support activities. AFIMSC needs a coherent, rational, and transparent method to allocate resources across missions and installations. The Air Force needs a common lexicon of metrics, clear business rules, and a construct to report enterprise performance to senior leaders"--Publisher's description.