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Professionally Developing World-Class Product Support Managers Bill Kobren and Doug Killey What can the Services, components, and managers do to help develop top-notch product support managers? Start at the beginning, with high expectations, clear requirements, and a culture of excellence.
Implementing the Next-Generation Product Support Strategy Mark Gajda and Basil Gray The 2009 DoD Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Product Support Assessment spurred the Product Support Assessment Team to find ways to cut costs through improvements in business, governance, and human capital processes.
OK, We Bought This Thing, But Can We Afford to Operate and Sustain It? Mike Taylor and Joseph “Colt” Murphy How can one accurately assess total life cycle costs? Be sure to consider the many and varied operations and support costs, using several valuable tools.
The Life Cycle Sustainment Plan: A Review of the Annotated Outline Terry Emmert The Life Cycle Sustainment Plan is a key tool in establishing warfighter needs, determining affordability, and crafting a streamlined strategy that satisfies both.
Performance Based Logistics and Project Proof Point: A Study of PBL Effectiveness John Boyce and Allan Banghart A study analyzing results from different programs shows the effectiveness of performance-based logistics across several metrics.
Leveraging Better Buying Power to Deliver Better Product Support Outcomes John Medlin and Jeff Frankston A sustainment quad chart can help product support managers achieve the goals set forth in the Better Buying Power Initiatives of 2011.
Designing for Supportability: Driving Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability In While Driving Costs Out Patrick M. Dallosta and Thomas A. Simcik The affordable system operational effectiveness (ASOE) model for supportability addresses the contributions of both system design (quality) and logistics footprint (quantity) to total ownership cost.
Affordable Logistics: Are We There Yet? Lou Kratz and Gil Diaz Performance-based logistics has been in place for more than 13 years. When it comes to affordable product support, are we there yet?
Hidden Value: The Underappreciated Role of Product Support in Rapid Acquisition Jim Farmer In the wild, wooly world of rapid acquisition, logisticians must adapt to different rules and priorities in order to deliver the right capability to the right theater, in the right timeframe.
The Product Support Triad: A Critical Convergence Terry Johnson and Dave Floyd The triangle is one of the strongest geometric shapes. Sustainment outcome metrics, integrated product support elements, and governance are the three sides of the product-support triangle, which all stakeholders must understand and rely on.
Attributes of an Effective Product Support Business Case Analysis Joseph “Colt” Murphy With every defense dollar under the microscope, a properly executed business case analysis can help ensure evidence-based product support decisions.

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