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Aug31

Do You Know Your Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements?

Do you know each of the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements? Could you list them if you were asked? This is something every one of us should be able and prepared to do anytime, any place, including both in the workplace and in the class ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-31-12 | 3 Comments

Aug27

Ten Things Great Systems Engineers Already Know About Product Support

Last fall, I had the privilege of authoring a Defense AT&L Magazine entitled “Ten Things Great Program Managers Know About Product Support.” Feedback was so positive, I started thinking it was time to widen the aperture by suggesting a few t ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-27-12 | 1 Comment

Aug24

New Web-Enabled Online Version of SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook

As I shared with you several weeks ago in a blog post entitled, “New SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook Now Available,” the Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) recently issued a fully revised and newly updated version of the highly-regarded “SD-22 ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-24-12 | 0 Comments

Aug22

Defense Acquisition Workforce (DAW) Demographic Data

Back in April I shared some workforce-related resources in a blog post entitled "Life Cycle Logistics Career Field Information." To expand on that information, wanted to share some additional references and resources available with regar ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-22-12 | 0 Comments

Aug17

Life Cycle Logistics-Focused Articles in New Defense AT&L Magazine

The September-October 2012 edition of Defense AT&L Magazine is now available, and as is regularly the case, it features a number of outstanding acquisition-related articles of interest to life cycle logistics professionals. Two of particular ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-17-12 | 0 Comments

Aug10

DAU Life Cycle Logistics Faculty Opportunity

From time-to-time, I’ll share with you announcements about life cycle logistics faculty openings here at the Defense Acquisition University, and this is one of them.   As we say on our website, “the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is the co ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-10-12 | 0 Comments

Aug09

A Few More Product Support Insights to Ponder

Back in July 2010, I shared a few “‘pearls of wisdom’ about life cycle logisticians, life in general, and sustainment in particular” in a blog post entitled Sustainment Truths and Other Important Insights. In the never ending quest for wisdom, w ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-09-12 | 3 Comments

Aug08

FY13 Life Cycle Logistics DAWIA Certification Requirements

The Life Cycle Logistics Functional Integrated Process Team (FIPT) met last Friday, and reaffirmed that there are no planned changes to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification training requirements in fiscal year ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-08-12 | 1 Comment

Aug07

New SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook Now Available

The Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) has just issued a new and comprehensive August 2012 revision of the highly-regarded “SD-22 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS): A Guidebook of Best Practices and Tool ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-07-12 | 0 Comments

Aug03

Job Opportunity on the OSD Materiel Readiness Staff

Wanted to pass on information about a job announcement that might be of interest to those of  you in the Washington, D.C. metro area. The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ODASD) for Materiel Readiness (MR) is in the process of ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-03-12 | 0 Comments

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