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Mar30

One NAVSUP... One Enterprise

Earlier this week, the Commander, U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) announced an initiative to provide customers and stakeholders a clearer understanding of the capabilities of all NAVSUP organizations, March 28. The new  "ONE NAVS ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-30-11 | 0 Comments

Mar25

New Reliability Policy Issued

On March 21, 2011, the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) issued Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 11-003, “Reliability Analysis, Planning, Tracking, and Reporting”, to enhance reliability in the acquisition ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-25-11 | 1 Comment

Mar21

Increased Readiness at Decreased Cost

Heard an interesting comment the other day: “In its early days, PBL was generally focused on improving readiness at the same or better cost. Today, in an increasingly resource constrained environment, that focus is shifting to maintaining readines ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-21-11 | 3 Comments

Mar17

Report on Future Capability of DoD Maintenance Depots

The Logistics Management Institute (LMI) has authored and released an independent, comprehensive report directed by Congress entitled "Future Capability of DoD Maintenance Depots".  The report was required by Section 322 of the FY2009 Na ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-17-11 | 0 Comments

Mar16

Reliability Centered Maintenance

I commend for your reading a fascinating article in the March 2011 issue of Sport Aviation Magazine entitled “The Waddington Effect: More Maintenance Isn’t Necessarily Better.” The author offers interesting perspectives on the history of Reliabi ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-16-11 | 1 Comment

Mar15

Joint Deployment Distribution Operations Center (JDDOC) Training

As I shared with you in an earlier March 4, 2011 blog, thanks to some outstanding support from our colleagues at the Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability (JKDDC) and US Transportation Command (USTR ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-15-11 | 2 Comments

Mar14

White House Announces Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness Nominee

The White House announced last Friday President Obama’s intent to nominate Alan Estevez as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness). Mr Estevez currently serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-14-11 | 0 Comments

Mar08

Acquisition Community Symposium

Just a quick reminder that the Defense Acquisition University will host its annual Acquisition Community Symposium on April 12, 2011 at our Fort Belvoir Campus. High level officials from both government and industry will address the theme " ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-08-11 | 2 Comments

Mar07

Integrated Supply Chain Management

According to a Associated Press article in this past Saturday March 5, 2011 edition of the Washington Post newspaper entitled Closure of Parts Plant Having Ripple Effect, "a fire that closed an auto parts plant near Detroit this week is now h ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-07-11 | 0 Comments

Mar04

Four Newly Deployed Life Cycle Logistics Continuous Learning Modules Now Available

Following quickly on the heels of the  recent deployment of our new CLL007 “Lead Free Electronics Impact on DoD Programs” continuous learning module, we are pleased to announce the deployment of revised and improved versions of two of our existi ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-04-11 | 0 Comments

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