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Apr30

Lead-Turning Change

 Was reading a rather interesting and thought-provoking April 2012 report issued by IBIS World simply entitled, “Dying Industries.” In it the authors share insights into what they deem “dying industries”, which they define as “a declining life c ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-30-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Apr26

Sharing Knowledge

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) knowledge sharing resources support the defense acquisition workforce and extend the reach of DAU beyond the traditional classroom and online courses.  Our online resources also extend beyond our target audienc ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-26-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Apr24

New Product Support Analytical Tools Repository

The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness, along with the staff and faculty of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) are pleased to announce the deployment of an important new resource for DoD Product Suppor ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-24-12 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr18

May-June Edition of Defense AT&L Magazine Available

If you have the opportunity, encourage you to check out the recently published May-June 2012 issue of the Defense AT&L Magazine. Although it might seem for our life cycle logistics functional community that it would be tough to top the speci ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-18-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr16

New Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Portal Launched

The DoD Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Working Group, the Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO), the Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP), and the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) are pl ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-16-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr13

Earned Value Management

As some of you may have already seen in a recent blog post by the Director of the DAU Acquisition & Program Management Center entitled “Earned Value Management Training Change at DAU,” the importance of Earned Value Management (EVM) as a criti ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-13-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr12

DoD 2012 Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference

As I shared with you in an earlier February blog post, just a reminder that the 2012 DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference is rapidly approaching, and to encourage government PSMs, future PSMs, Life Cycle Logisticians, and Program Manager ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-12-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Apr10

New Implementation Guidance for Depot-Level Maintenance Policy Memo

On April 5, 2012, the Acting USD(AT&L) issued a policy memorandum entitled ”National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Implementation Guidance for Depot-Level Maintenance.” Encourage all Product Support Managers (PSM) and Life Cyc ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-10-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr05

Life Cycle Logistics Career Field Information

Ever wonder about some of the particulars regarding the DoD Life Cycle Logistics workforce? Long-time members of this career field know that the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification training requirements, along wit ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-05-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Apr04

Two Posts in One

In the interest of sharing information across functional domains, and to facilitate interdisciplinary integration across the acquisition workforce, wanted to highlight two recent blog postings from our functional counterparts in Program Management ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-04-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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