Two important initiatives currently underway include the establishment of the Product Support Manager (PSM) position outlined in 10 USC §2337, as well as the November 2009 DoD Weapon System Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment report. Both have major implications for weapon system product support, sustainment, and life cycle logsitics, and the warfighter, and are highly encouraged reading for not only Life Cycle Logisticians, but all Defense Acquisition Workforce and industry acquisition professionals.
In addition, several other earlier DoD Logistics transformation initaitves include (but are by no means limited to) concepts such as:
- Focused Logistics - ability to provide the joint force the right personnel, equipment, supplies, and support in the right place, at the right time and in the right quantities, across the full range of military operations.
- Sense and Respond Logistics (SRL) - logistics capability that enables faster combat operations by sensing materiel needs and responding to those needs before they hinder or slow operation.
These concepts were reconciled into a single coherent logistics transformation strategy, to embody a Joint Focused Logistics capability. Focused Logistics is the strategic concept that defines broad joint logistics capabilities that are necessary to deploy, employ, sustain, and re-deploy forces across the full spectrum of operations.
Focused Logistics was recognized as the JROC-approved Joint Logistics Functional Concept. Force-centric Logistics Enterprise (FLE) initiativesdeveloped earlier in the last decade (circa 2002-03) were fully reconciled and subsequently incorporated into the Focused Logistics Campaign Plan; they were then incorporated as management initiatives in the Focused Logistics Joint Functional Concept. From a historical perspective, details of the DoD logistics transformation initiatives from January 2001 can be found in the USD(Logistics & Materiel Readiness) “Logistics Transformation—Update, Focus, and Accelerate.” Reconciliation of envisioned S&RL capabilities within Focused Logistics was (and will continue to be) assessed. The initial step in this reconciliation was to incorporate near-term aspects of S&RL into the definitions and descriptions of Focused Logistics capabilities and attributes.
In addition, the US Air Force's
eLOG21 Logistics Transformation effort, which was completed in 2012, according to the Air Force website
Expeditionary Logistics for the 21st Century (eLog21), was an umbrella strategy that integrated and governed logistics transformation initiatives to ensure the warfighter receives the right support at the right place and the right time. The eLog21 transformation campaign promoted data sharing, collaboration, and better decision-making across the entire Air Force supply chain. The overall goals of eLog21 were to increase equipment availability and reduce operations and support cost. The eLog21 vision was focused on providing the following end-state capabilities: Air Force-Wide Logistics Planning, Optimized Resources, Optimized Repair Planning, Total Asset Visibility,
Logistics Netcentricity, Data Accuracy, Centralized Asset Management, and Predictive Maintenance.
Additionally, see also the extensive list of files and references listed below.
