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Jul31

Life Cycle Cost Management

Had an interesting discussion with colleague earlier this week regarding life cycle cost management, and wanted to share a few insights from that discussion to potentially assist those of you who  find yourself square in the midst of that vitall ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-31-12 | 0 Comments

Jul30

DoD Public-Private Partnering (PPP) Workshop

In case you were not already aware, the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ODASD) for Maintenance Policy & Programs (MPP) has announced a cross-Service, government-industry Public-Private Partnering (PPP) workshop which wil ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-30-12 | 0 Comments

Jul29

DoD Product Support Manager Conference Minutes and Presentation Materials

For those government and industry personnel who attended the second annual Department of Defense Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference at Fort Belvoir VA last month, as well as for those who were unable to attend, the minutes of the conference ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-29-12 | 0 Comments

Jul25

DoD Sustainment Metrics

As all good life cycle logisticians and Product Support Managers (PSM) are well aware, Availability (Sustainment Key Performance Parameter [KPP]), Reliability (Sustainment Key System Attribute [KSA]), O&S Cost (Sustainment KSA), and Mean Dow ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-25-12 | 0 Comments

Jul23

Take That Next Step Toward Becoming the Very Best

Back in February, I posted a blog entitled "Professionally Developing World-Class Product Support Managers", which discussed an article by the same title that the DAU Sustainment Performance Learning Director and I had written in the M ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-23-12 | 0 Comments

Jul19

Open Systems Architecture (OSA)

Ever wonder what Open Systems Architecture (OSA) is all about? How it links to Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA)? And what exactly do Open Systems have to do with Technical Data Management and technical data rights issues (which of course ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-19-12 | 0 Comments

Jul18

Check out These New DAU Learning Assets

New resources to support members of the defense acquisition workforce just keep coming. As most of you are aware, the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements were identified in Appendix A of the Product Support Manager (PSM) Guidebook in Ap ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-18-12 | 0 Comments

Jul13

Foundational Tenets of Long-Term Product Support and Sustainment

Whether it is challenges the nation faces in maintaining its public transportation infrastructure, or service restoration issues encountered by several regional utility companies in the wake of the derecho thunderstorms that struck the Eastern U ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-13-12 | 0 Comments

Jul11

Product Support Analytical Tools

Since the launch in late April of the DoD Product Support Analytical Tools database, the website has received more than 30,000 visitors. We attribute this in large measure to the comprehensive nature and utility to the workforce of making such a c ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-11-12 | 0 Comments

Jul09

ATLAS Is Back Online

Good news! As a follow-up to last week’s blog post entitled “In the Aftermath of the Storm”, wanted to pass on the following announcement from the DAU homepage:     “Repairs were completed and the DAU online learning management system is opera ...[Read More]
Published: Jul-09-12 | 1 Comment

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