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Nov29

Check Out the New 2010 DoD Maintenance Fact Book

The newly issued 2010 DoD Maintenance Fact Book is now available on the DoD Maintenance Policy & Programs website. According to the fact book, “DoD materiel maintenance is big business, costing about $83 billion in FY 2009. This total funds ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-29-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov23

Performance-Based Life Cycle Product Support Strategies - Enablers for More Effective Government Participation

The recently released October 2010 issue of the highly-regarded Defense Acquisition Review Journal (ARJ),a scholarly peer-reviewed professional acquisition research journal, contains a rather intriguing article entitled “Performance-Based Life ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-23-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov22

Taking Stock

The end of fiscal year 2010 marks an excellent time to take stock of the life cycle logistics workforce, and the DAU life cycle logistics learning assets, tools, and references available for the professional development, skills enhancement, and ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-22-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov17

Congratulations to the DoD Maintenance Award Winners

Congratulations to the six Navy, Army, Air Force, and US Marine Corps units for their selection as winners of the 2010 Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Award. According to the OSD Maintenance Policy and Programs (MPP) website, these aw ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-17-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov12

Implementation Directive for Better Buying Power - Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productivity in Defense Spending

The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD AT&L) issued an important new memorandum on November 3, 2010 entitled “Implementation Directive for Better Buying Power - Obtaining Greater Efficiency and Productiv ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-12-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov09

New DMSMS Guidebook is Now Available

In case you had not already seen it, a new September 2010 version of the highly regarded SD-22 “Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS): A Guidebook of Best Practices and Tools for Implementing a DMSMS Management Program ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-09-10 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov08

Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements

As many of you are no doubt already aware, the traditional 10 Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Elements are about to give way to 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements in the upcoming release of the new Product Support Manager (PSM) Guid ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-08-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Nov04

What Should a New PSM Need to Know and Where They Can Find It

We’ve been asked a number of times in recent weeks what we think a new Product Support Manager (PSM) will need to know (including what kinds of training should they have) once the Components issue their implementing guidance for the USD(AT&L) ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-04-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov02

A Call for Enhanced Defense Logistics Capabilities

Just read an interesting article in the October on-line edition of Military Logistics Forum Magazine entitled  “Logistics for the Future Fight, Forces and Funds” that I’d encourage you to take a look at.  The article outlines the author’s perspe ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-02-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Nov01

DoD Acquisition Workforce Training Program

In case you had not already seen it, GAO issued a report last Thursday entitled “GAO 11-22 - Defense Acquisition Workforce: DOD's Training Program Demonstrates Many Attributes of Effectiveness, but Improvement Is Needed” in which they looked at DA ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-01-10 | 3 Comments | 0 Links to this post