The 2010 Census Logistics Program provided logistics support for field materials, kits, and supplies, in addition to non-IT equipment and furniture for 12 Regional Census Centers, the Puerto Rico Area Office, the 151 Early Local Census Offices, and 343 Local Census Offices. The 2010 Census Logistics Program was comprised of two phases. Phase 1 was the outfitting of census offices with furniture and non- IT equipment. Phase 2 provided all 2010 Census field offices with instruction manuals, training materials (guides, work books, job aids, and videos), forms of all types, kits (training, production, and supply), and expendable supplies at all levels in the quantities needed.

Delivery of non-IT equipment and furniture to the Local Census Offices ran smoothly and was delivered and installed according to schedule. Each office received a pre-determined quantity of furniture based on size and layout of the office space. All furniture was delivered on time. The furniture could be moved about the space to accommodate various operational requirements. In addition, the non-IT equipment arrived after the furniture was installed and was delivered on schedule.

A new kit assembly system was utilized at the National Processing Center that reduced assembly operational cycle time for kits, and resulted in a reduction in the amount of direct labor hours per kit. The National Processing Center assembled a total of 7,432,247 production and supply kits for the 2010 Census field operations.

In addition, the Census Bureau established a contract with the Government Printing Office, which provided additional printing options for the Census Bureau that kept the kit assembly process at the NPC on schedule.

The total cost of the 2010 Decennial Logistics Program was $325.4M which represents 99.6 percent of the budget allotted for the program over the three-year period from FY 2008 – FY 2010. The main reason the program completed under budget can be directly attributed to a reduction in the cost of kit preparation and assembly.