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Jun30

Focus on Another Product Support Tool in the Database

A few weeks back, I'd highlighted the suite of US Army Materiel Command Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) product support tools available. Today, wanted to take a look at another of the more than 460 commercial and government tools cataloged in ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-30-16 | 0 Comments

Jun29

Design Interface & Supportability Analysis Lunch & Learn Is Today

A quick reminder of today’s "Lunch & Learn" session on Design Interface & Supportability Analysis Impact to Life Cycle Maintenance, Planning & Execution. Presenters will include subject matter experts from both the Naval Ai ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-29-16 | 0 Comments

Jun27

Updated June 2016 Version of DoD Product Support Manager's (PSM) Guidebook

Wanted to let the life cycle logistics community know that the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness has issued an updated June 2016 version of the DoD Product Support Manager's Guidebook.  The change, which ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-27-16 | 0 Comments

Jun23

Depot Workload

A recent student query about moving workload out of an organic depot prompted me to do a bit of thinking and research on the subject. I’d like to share some of those personal perspectives and insights here in case the information may prove usefu ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-23-16 | 0 Comments

Jun22

Two for the Price of One

The July-August issue of Defense AT&L Magazine is now available for your reading pleasure. Articles:   ·         Improving Acquisition From Within: Suggestions From Our PEOs ·         A Primer on Risks, Issues and Opportunities ·         ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-22-16 | 0 Comments

Jun21

Design Interface and Supportability Analysis Lunch & Learn

Wanted to let our life cycle logistics community members know about an excellent virtual Lunch & Learn session coming up on Wednesday June 29th. DAU is offering a session focusing on Design Interface & Supportability Analysis Impact to L ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-21-16 | 0 Comments

Jun20

Several Excellent DAU Cybersecurity Resources

Awhile back (last year, actually), I shared a blog post entitled New Cybersecurity Training Available in which I shared information about the first of many planned DAU learning assets on this vitally important topic. A year later, wanted to call ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-20-16 | 0 Comments

Jun17

Foundational Tenets of Long-Term Product Support and Sustainment (To Be Continued)

Longtime readers of this blog know that I enjoy occasionally taking a detour from day-to-day logistics topics to focus on more foundational subjects such as leadership, values, key principles, organizational and individual excellence, and underl ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-17-16 | 0 Comments

Jun16

New GAO Report on Enhanced Product Support Metrics

Although the timing of its issuance just a week after the Product Support Metrics blog post is entirely coincidental, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report on June 9th entitled GAO-16-450 Defense Inventory: Further Analy ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-16-16 | 0 Comments

Jun14

Revamped US Army LOGSA Tools Site on DAU LOG CoP

As a quick follow-up, you’ll recall that in a blog post last week entitled US Army LOGSA Tools Suite, I mentioned that DAU had established a shortcut link to the LOGSA Logistics & Engineering Center (LEC) Tools Suite at https://acc.dau.mil/l ...[Read More]
Published: Jun-14-16 | 0 Comments

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