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Jun29

USD AT&L Memo“Better Buying Power: Mandate for Restoring Affordability and Productivity in Defense Spending"

The 28 Jun 10 USD AT&L memo to all DoD acquisition professionals entitled “Better Buying Power: Mandate for Restoring Affordability and Productivity in Defense Spending”, reiterated the department’s commitment to supporting our forces at war ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-29-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun23

Space Logistics

Did you know that there is now a Logistics section on the DoD Space Community of Practice (Space CoP)? If not, for those of you who currently work in or have an operational logistics background in the Space community, encourage you to take a momen ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-23-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun21

Joint Staff Doctrine Networked Education & Training (DOCNET)

Are you aware of the Joint Staff Doctrine Networked Education & Training (DOCNET) site? If you have not yet visited the site, encourage you to take a moment to peruse the many learning assets available. In addition to  a training course on J ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-21-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun17

New Product Support Manager (PSM) Resources and Learning Asset Updates

With the anticipated issuance of new DoD policy in the coming weeks implementing the FY10 NDAA Section 805 Life Cycle Management (LCM) and Product Support Manager (PSM) requirement (a USD AT&L Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) notionally entit ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-17-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jun15

New Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) Guidance Now Available

As I shared with you in last Friday’s blog post, updated Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) guidance has been incorporated into the Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) paragraph 5.1.2.2. Encourage you to peruse the new guidance to familiarize your ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-15-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun11

Two Excellent New Life Cycle Logistics Resources

In addition to our rapidly growing collection of video vignettes available to the DoD Life Cycle Logistics workforce, two excellent new videos of interest to the life cycle logistician have been posted on the DAU Media Library: ·         Susta ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-11-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun08

Life Cycle Cost Containment and the Life Cycle Logistician

Given the resource constrained environment in which we, as acquisition professionals by necessity must live and operate, I commend for your reading an excellent article in the April 2010 edition of the Defense Acquisition Review Journal (ARJ) en ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-08-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun07

Quotable Logistics Quotes

“Logistics  (is)… as vital to military success as daily food is to daily work.” --Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN   “Be nice to your mother but love your logisticians...” -- Gen Charles A. Horner, USAF   “Logistics is traditionally an ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-07-10 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jun04

Recommended Life Cycle Logistics Reading List

We at DAU are periodically asked whether we provide a “recommended reading list” of books that professionals in our life cycle logistics career field might want to consider reading or having as important references on their bookshelf. Attached is ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-04-10 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jun02

Resiliency

Do you have a winning attitude? Winning, whether in sports, work, or life, is first and foremost about doing what is right, teamwork, diligence, talent, and possessing the right attitude. It is not about whining, carping, complaining, blame shifti ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-02-10 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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