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Nov27

Updated Life Cycle Logistics Recommended Reading List

As part of our ongoing effort to support and facilitate the professional development of the DoD Life Cycle Logistics and Product Support Manager (PSM) workforce, wanted to let you know that in addition to recently deploying the comprehensive new ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-27-13 | 0 Comments

Nov22

DoD Issues New Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Comprehensive Guidance

In accordance with the USD(AT&L) Better Buying Power (BBP) 2.0 Implementing Directive of April 24, 2013, the Acting ASD(L&MR) has issued a new memo dated November 22, 2013 entitled “Performance Based Logistics Comprehensive Guidance." ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-22-13 | 0 Comments

Nov22

USD(AT&L) Workforce Achievement and Workforce Development Awards

On November 20, 2013, the Director (Acting) of OUSD(AT&L) Human Capital Initiatives, on behalf of the Honorable Frank Kendall, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, announced the results of the 2013 USD(AT& ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-22-13 | 0 Comments

Nov21

Product Support Modeling, Simulation and Analysis (MS&A)

In yesterday’s blog post entitled “Vital Competencies?” I shared a few thoughts about key Life Cycle Logistics functional competencies, indicating the April 2000 USD (A&T) The Future Acquisition and Technology Workforce Report offered some r ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-21-13 | 1 Comment

Nov20

Vital Competencies?

Back in April 2000 the USD (A&T) The Future Acquisition and Technology Workforce Report offered some remarkably prescient insights for our functional career field that I thought might be of interest as we look to the future. The competency s ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-20-13 | 0 Comments

Nov19

Joint Sustainment Strategies

Among the various issues identified and addressed in the November 2009 DoD Weapon System Acquisition Reform: Product Support Assessment was that of joint product support strategies. The report stated that “the issues that hamper our institutiona ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-19-13 | 0 Comments

Nov18

Product Support and Sustainment - A Study in Contrasts

Several months back, I began posting a periodic series of blogs with the tag-line “A Study in Contrasts” to highlight both the differences and linkages between commonly used terms in the DoD product support lexicon.   As the fourth in this serie ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-18-13 | 2 Comments

Nov14

Articles of Potential Interest

I generally don’t promulgate non-DoD articles on this blog, particularly in view of the fact many of you no doubt receive them from other sources. However three articles in the last few days caught my eye that you might want to take a look at -- ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-14-13 | 0 Comments

Nov14

GAO Report on Army's Logistics Modernization Program (LMP)

In case you had not seen it, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report yesterday entitled “Defense Logistics: Army Should Track Financial Benefits Realized from its Logistics Modernization Program (GAO-14-51).”   According ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-14-13 | 0 Comments

Nov13

New USD(AT&L) "Key Leadership Positions and Qualification Criteria" Memo: What Does it Mean for Product Support Managers?

The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics issued an important new policy memorandum  dated November 8, 2013 entitled “Key Leadership Positions and Qualification Criteria” DTD 8 Nov 13, which states in part that “thi ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-13-13 | 0 Comments

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