The Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element Guidebook is a Defense Acquisition University training asset to supplement and further explain implementation of new Product Support Manager guidance published by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness, and was issued in November 2011. This guidebook picks up where the Product Support Manager Guidebook Appendix A left off in describing the new 12 IPS Elements, which are an extension of the traditional 10 Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) elements in order to accommodate the expanded, enterprise-level role of the Product Support Manager. This guidebook is intended to: 1) serve as a "one-stop shop" for detailed information about each of the twelve Integrated Product Support Elements; (2) provide DoD approved standard definitions for each of the IPS elements and sub-elements; (3) identify key activities and products for each IPS element; (4) provide information on who, what, why, how, where and when these activities and products are accomplished during a system's life cycle; and (5) be used in conjunction with the Product Support Manager (PSM) Guidebook.
This IPS Element Guidebook is intended to be regularly updated. Users are encouraged to forward recommended changes and other feedback via e-mail to IPS-Elements@dau.mil.
This Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element Guidebook is intended to be used in conjunction with the Product Support Manager (PSM) Guidebook
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