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Sep14

Three New Continuous Learning Modules Now Available

In addition to the 43 life cycle logistics continuous learning modules already available, DAU is pleased to announce that three important new learning assets developed in response to workforce professional development imperatives identified in t ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-14-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep12

Designing for Transportability

In case you had not already seen it, the Army yesterday issued a new version of Army Regulation 70-47,  Engineering for Transportability Program. This updated version provides Department of the Army policy for transportability engineering in the a ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-12-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep11

DLA on the Move

Interesting article in the September-October edition of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) "Loglines: Big Ideas Magazine" entitled simply "Performance-Based Logistics". Focusing on the agency’s role in providing enhanced warf ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-11-12 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep10

Lessons from History

If you’re interested in a fascinating historical perspective about the challenges and issues faced by our community, encourage you to venture back to 1975 and read through an excellent – and in some ways, still very much relevant – report entitled ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-10-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Sep07

Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) Question

Wanted to share with you a great question from a member of the defense acquisition workforce that might also be on the minds of some of you. The question was whether the life cycle sustainment plan was a statutory requirement or mandated only in ...[Read More]
Published: Sep-07-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Aug31

Do You Know Your Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements?

Do you know each of the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements? Could you list them if you were asked? This is something every one of us should be able and prepared to do anytime, any place, including both in the workplace and in the class ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-31-12 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug27

Ten Things Great Systems Engineers Already Know About Product Support

Last fall, I had the privilege of authoring a Defense AT&L Magazine entitled “Ten Things Great Program Managers Know About Product Support.” Feedback was so positive, I started thinking it was time to widen the aperture by suggesting a few t ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-27-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Aug24

New Web-Enabled Online Version of SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook

As I shared with you several weeks ago in a blog post entitled, “New SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook Now Available,” the Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) recently issued a fully revised and newly updated version of the highly-regarded “SD-22 ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-24-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug22

Defense Acquisition Workforce (DAW) Demographic Data

Back in April I shared some workforce-related resources in a blog post entitled "Life Cycle Logistics Career Field Information." To expand on that information, wanted to share some additional references and resources available with regar ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-22-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Aug17

Life Cycle Logistics-Focused Articles in New Defense AT&L Magazine

The September-October 2012 edition of Defense AT&L Magazine is now available, and as is regularly the case, it features a number of outstanding acquisition-related articles of interest to life cycle logistics professionals. Two of particular ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-17-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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