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Feb28

Questions Related to Government-Owned Inventory in Performance-Based Logistics Arrangements

After blogging about a 20 Dec 2010 ASD (L&MR) Policy Memo "Maximum Utilization of Government-Owned Inventory in Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Arrangements” late last year, one of our readers posted a comment containing some thought ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-28-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Feb25

Upcoming Conferences of Potential Interest to the Life Cycle Logistician

As a public service, find listed below a list of several upcoming conferences and symposia which may be of interest to the life cycle logistics professional and Product Support Manager (PSM) community. As a standard disclaimer, this is in no-wis ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-25-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Feb24

Annual Acquisition Community Symposium Open for Registration

The Defense Acquisition University will host its annual Acquisition Community Symposium on April 12, 2011 at its Fort Belvoir Campus. High level officials from both government and industry will address the theme: “Making Every Dollar Count- Impr ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-24-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Feb17

Three Outstanding Tools for the Defense Acquisition Professional

Although many of you already received this information directly, it is provided again here as a public service to those who may not have seen this announcement about three outstanding new or updated resources for the defense acquisition workforce ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-17-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Feb16

Achieving System Readiness and Life Cycle Cost Reductions

Life Cycle Cost (LCC), Total Ownership Cost (TOC), and Operations & Support (O&S) Cost reductions – and certainly those vitally-important best value product support solutions which optimize system readiness, availability and affordabilit ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-16-11 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Feb15

New Training Available on Lead Free Electronics

DAU is pleased to announce the deployment of our newest web-based Life Cycle Logistics continuous learning module, CLL007 Lead Free Electronics Impact on DoD Programs. Introduction of lead-free electronics into DoD weapon systems have the potent ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-15-11 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Feb14

Serious Business

Got to thinking about just how serious DoD has been in its pursuit of Life Cycle Management (LCM) in recent years. This is not lip-service.  Clearly articulated through a series of comprehensive and interrelated life cycle management initiatives, ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-14-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Feb09

Update to National Military Strategy Released

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff released the 2011 National Military Strategy yesterday. According to the Chairman,” the purpose of this document is to provide the ways and means by which our military will advance our enduring national ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-09-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Feb08

DoD Logistics Strategic Plan

Encourage you to give the July 2010 Department of Defense Logistics Strategic Plan a read-through if you had not seen it before. It’s well worth your time.   Take a look at the logistics mission and vision statements:   ·         DoD Logistics ...[Read More]
Published: Feb-08-11 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post