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Is there any comparison between Life Cycle Support and Logistics Support?, How do you transform from ILS to LCS?
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Yes there is a relationship, but it is a subordinate one. Life Cycle Support refers to the Program Manager’s responsibilities under the concept of TLCSM, or Total Life Cycle Systems Management. In addition to being responsible for a system from conception through development, to deployment and beyond to final disposal, the PM is responsible for every aspect of system management, which for the most part, is fully described in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. To name only a few of these far ranging responsibilities: system engineering, resource management (eg, analysis of costs and manpower estimates), development of the Technology Development Strategy, managing a myriad of ancillary technical activities such as risk, using the principles of Earned Value Management where appropriate, exercising sound principles of Modeling & Simulation, managing the multiple domains of Human Systems Integration, and coordinating an effective Test & Evaluation program. All of this falls under the notion of Life Cycle Support, for it encompasses every aspect of system support from inception to disposal.
Logistics Support, on the other hand, is a subset of Life Cycle Support, for its essential focus is in a field, or deployed, environment. But, make no mistake about it, an effective Logistics Support package will not be realized if the planning for such a task does not occur as early as possible in the Life Cycle, and takes into account many of the activities mentioned above.
As to the last part of your question, I suppose what you mean by the term “LCS” is Life Cycle Support”? If so, an effective life cycle support program is a function of bringing together and properly managing those many functions addressed above. The plans that are necessary to bring a successful life cycle plan to fruition are many, and include such plans as the TEMP, the SEMP, and the LCSP - just to name a very small selection. Permit me to refer you to the following DAU Rapid Deployment Training presentation, which provides an in-depth discussion of all the reports and plans required of a large system acquisition (and numerous other points of important information as well) associated with a PM’s effective Life Cycle Support Plan.
http://www.dau.mil/performance_support/docs/DoDI_5000_02_RDT_Jan_09_ver_5_3.ppt
Finally, the term “ILS” is now back in fashion, and is a perfectly legitimate term to define how an acquisition logistician will view the support requirements associated with a given system. As you probably know, the word “integrated” within the term “ILS” is essential to an appreciation as to how these several elements of logistics meld together and ultimately create a thoroughly sustainable product support package.
In sum, then, as you can see, these two terms are definitely related, but in a specific manner: the former being broad in its scope, and the latter being more of a subset with a clear focus directed at product sustainment once a system is deployed to the field.
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Yes there is a relationship, but it is a subordinate one. Life Cycle Support refers to the Program Manager’s responsibilities under the concept of TLCSM, or Total Life Cycle Systems Management. In addition to being responsible for a system from conception through development, to deployment and beyond to final disposal, the PM is responsible for every aspect of system management, which for the most part, is fully described in the Defense Acquisition Guidebook. To name only a few of these far ranging responsibilities: system engineering, resource management (eg, analysis of costs and manpower estimates), development of the Technology Development Strategy, managing a myriad of ancillary technical activities such as risk, using the principles of Earned Value Management where appropriate, exercising sound principles of Modeling & Simulation, managing the multiple domains of Human Systems Integration, and coordinating an effective Test & Evaluation program. All of this falls under the notion of Life Cycle Support, for it encompasses every aspect of system support from inception to disposal.
Logistics Support, on the other hand, is a subset of Life Cycle Support, for its essential focus is in a field, or deployed, environment. But, make no mistake about it, an effective Logistics Support package will not be realized if the planning for such a task does not occur as early as possible in the Life Cycle, and takes into account many of the activities mentioned above.
As to the last part of your question, I suppose what you mean by the term “LCS” is Life Cycle Support”? If so, an effective life cycle support program is a function of bringing together and properly managing those many functions addressed above. The plans that are necessary to bring a successful life cycle plan to fruition are many, and include such plans as the TEMP, the SEMP, and the LCSP - just to name a very small selection. Permit me to refer you to the following DAU Rapid Deployment Training presentation, which provides an in-depth discussion of all the reports and plans required of a large system acquisition (and numerous other points of important information as well) associated with a PM’s effective Life Cycle Support Plan.
http://www.dau.mil/performance_support/docs/DoDI_5000_02_RDT_Jan_09_ver_5_3.ppt
Finally, the term “ILS” is now back in fashion, and is a perfectly legitimate term to define how an acquisition logistician will view the support requirements associated with a given system. As you probably know, the word “integrated” within the term “ILS” is essential to an appreciation as to how these several elements of logistics meld together and ultimately create a thoroughly sustainable product support package.
In sum, then, as you can see, these two terms are definitely related, but in a specific manner: the former being broad in its scope, and the latter being more of a subset with a clear focus directed at product sustainment once a system is deployed to the field.
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