Logistics Transformation

Two important initiatives currently underway include the establishment of the Product Support Manager (PSM) position as part of the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act, as well as the November 2009 DoD Weapon System Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment report. Both have major implications for weapon system product support, sustainment, and life cycle logsitics, and the warfighter, and are highly encouraged reading for not only Life Cycle Logisticians, but all Defense Acquisition Workforce and industry acquisition professionals.

In addition, several existing DoD Logistics transformation initaitves include (but are by no means limited to) concepts such as:

• Focused Logistics - ability to provide the joint force the right personnel, equipment, supplies, and support in the right place, at the right time and in the right quantities, across the full range of military operations.
• Sense and Respond Logistics (SRL) - logistics capability that enables faster combat operations by sensing materiel needs and responding to those needs before they hinder or slow operation.

These concepts are being reconciled into a single coherent logistics transformation strategy, that will embody a Joint Focused Logistics capability.  Focused Logistics is the strategic concept that defines broad joint logistics capabilities that are necessary to deploy, employ, sustain, and re-deploy forces across the full spectrum of operations. 

Focused Logistics is recognized as the JROC-approved Joint Logistics Functional Concept.  Force-centric Logistics Enterprise (FLE) initiatives developed earlier this decade have been fully reconciled and subsequently incorporated into the Focused Logistics Campaign Plan and were incorporated as management initiatives in the Focused Logistics Joint Functional Concept.