OSD (AT&L) Product Support Boundaries Memo, DTD 23 SEP 04

Consolidated policy memo outlining Total Life Cycle Systems Management (TLCSM) Executive Council Product Support Boundaries designed to ensure individual weapon system support strategies fit within the DoD overall support structure for joint force and coalition operations. It delineates the strategic construct for innovative sustainment, bounded by applicable policy and standards, to ensure a consistent support structure for the warfighter. It consolidates into a single document recommended approaches to sustainment with associated policy and standards for key support areas. It was developed to guide Program Managers and their sustainment staffs in pursuit of more effective ways to support new and current weapon systems.