Newsletter of the Council of Engineering

Professionals

October 2010

In This issue: From the President:

Message From the Page I’m hoping that everyo ne has had a wonderful President 1 logisticians who share common professional summer and ready to get back to more ground.

Calendar of Events Page normal routines. 2 We have a few new persons on our Board of The Council has made some significant strides Reorganizing for Page Officers and Advisory Committee. Profitability 3 since the beginning of the year and is poised First is Mr. Scott Juneac, our new VP- to continue to improve the professional TARDEC to Showcase Page Membership. Scott has been a member of CLEP Latest Vehicles 4 growth that we have seen so far. for some time and has helped us tremendously History of CLEP Page One of the most important accomplishments in the past with the LOGSA symposia in

6 to date is our application to the Huntsville. Scott lives in the Huntsville area and and Page Commonwealth of Virginia to be incorporated is employed with Boeing where he is involved DMSMS 8 and recognized as a Non-Profit entity and our with rocket and missile programs at the NASA 2010 Defense PBL Awards Page application to the Internal Revenue Service to Marshal Space Center. 11 establish the Council of Logistics Engineering Second is Mr. Stephen Brunner, CPL, our new Professionals as a recognized 501 (c) (3) Beware the Page VP-Programs. Stephen has joined our ranks at a 12 organization. much needed time for CLEP as we plan for Logistics Engineering Page We hosted the U. S. Army Materiel another successful symposium with LOGSA and Organizational Evaluation 14 Command, Logistics Support Activity’s 2010 our first CLEP conference that will probably be Approach Life Cycle Logistics Tools Workshop and Users held in the near future in the Washington DC Group Symposium again this year…and again, area. Stephen, a long-time friend and colleague Board of Officers a very successful 4-day event that was President: of many members of CLEP and the logistics William Horne attended by nearly 400 logistics practitioners community brings a vast experience in Logistics Vice President-Admin/Finance from around the country who gathered to Engineering to our Board. A. Vic Poillucci learn about new changes to LOGSA’s logistics Stephen works in the Worthington, Ohio offices Vice President-Operations software applications, new techniques and of Acquisition Logistics Engineering (ALE). B. J, Silvey enhancements that have been made to Vice President-Education improve the use and quality of these tools Over the past several weeks the Board of Patrick Dallosta, CPL and to just plain network with other Continued on Page 11 -- Vice President-Membership Scott Juneac Vice President- Name the CLEP Newsletter Communications Lincoln Hallen Immediate Past President Now that we have met a few major milestones in our existence, for example James Martin, CPL becoming a certified non-profit incorporated organization and some cash in the Webmaster Stephen Roddock, CPL bank, I believe it is time to give a proper name to this newsletter. I would like to collect names and opinions from the readers of this newsletter and Advisory Committee Prof. Ben Blanchard, CPL welcome any comments.

Dr. Wesley Randall Vol. I, Issue 1 (Sep. 2007) of our newsletter was titled Log Tech . Any other ideas?

BG (Ret) Robert Stein, USAF Mr. James V. Jones LTG (Ret) Roy Beauchamp, USA Lincoln Hallen Mr. Lou Sciaroni, CPL VP Communications Dr. Ralph L Harper, Jr. Michael Osborne, CPL [email protected]

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Calendar of Events

Upcoming Events

NASA Supply Chain 2010, October 20 – 21, 2010, NASA Goddard space Flight Center, Greenbelt , MD, http://supplychain.gsfc.nasa.gov/

13th Annual Systems Engineering Conference, October 25-28, 2010, Hyatt Regency Mission Bay, San Diego, CA, http://www.ndia.org/meetings/1870/Pages/default.asp x

2nd Aviation Life Cycle Management , October 25-27, 2010; Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner Hotel, Vienna, VA;

www.aviationlifecycle.com

DOD Maintenance Symposium and Exhibition; November 15-18, 2010; Tampa Convention Center - Tampa, Florida, USA; www.sae.org/events/dod

I/ITSEC 2010 (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation & Education Conference), Nov. 29 — Dec 2, 2010, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL; www.iitsec.org

Defense Maintenance and Sustainment Summit, February 28 - March 1, 2011 (Location TBD) www.wbresearch.com/dms/home.aspx 27th Annual Logistics Conference & Exhibition, March 28 — 31/2011; Hyatt Regency Miami Miami, FL; www.ndia.org/meetings/1730/Pages/default.aspx

Defense Logistics 2010

Resetting For The Future Of Logistics Support

November 30 - December 3, 2010 --- Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington, VA

The Defense Logistics 2010 conference administration has impacted their short-term (November 30-December 3, 2010, initiatives and long-term vision. Arlington, VA) has become a set date on You'll create even stronger partnerships with the calendars of 650+ logisticians and has industry leaders whose expertise will help drive

proven to be an influential forum of great your future initiatives and further extend the logistics minds in the U.S. There has never enterprise. been a more urgent time for you to join And you'll focus on key successes and lessons your fellow logisticians across the services, learned in OIF and OEF to drive future agencies and in the private sector to ensure innovations and support of the warfighter. that our logistics capabilities are the best Register online at www.defenselog.com or call they can be. 646-200-7530.

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you'll hear from senior logisticians and 15% off (Offer applies to qualified military, policy makers from across DoD and the government agencies, and qualified Services - our leaders give you a manufacturers only). comprehensive look into how the new Page 3

Dr. Wesley Randall, PhD Joins the Board of Advisors of CLEP

Wesley S. Randall (PhD. University of North Texas) currently serves as Assistant Professor

of at Auburn University. Prior to entering academia, Dr.

Randall acquired considerable practical experience serving as United States Air Force

Officer, and NATO staff officer. In that role he provided operational and acquisition

support for the F-16, A-10, F-117, F-22, & NATO AWACS. His research interests include the

econometrics associated with outcome based work has appeared in the Journal of Supply Chain sustainment strategies. He also researches in the Management, the International Physical area of retail supply chain management. In Distribution and Logistics Management, the addition, Wesley acted as the Academic Advisor Journal of Transportation Management, Aviation DoD's Product Support Action Team. Wesley Week and Space Technology: Maintenance teaches undergraduate supply chain decision Repair and Overhaul, Journal of Knowledge making and air transportation management. His Management and Produce Quarterly.

Reorganizing for Profitability By James V. Jones Logistics Management Associates Council of Logistics Engineering Professionals Board Advisor

Printed with the permission of the author

The introduction of concepts such real profit potential exists.” Figure projects that in 10 years the profit as performance based logistics 1 shows the typical portion of from aircraft sales and materials

(PBL) where contractors have a corporate revenues that come will remain unchanged, but profits

direct long term relationship with from aircraft sales, materials and from servicing will skyrocket. in-service systems provides the servicing. Comparing the Figure 3 shows this dramatic opportunity for a significant cash percentages of Figure 1 to the increase. flow for 20-30 years after delivery revenue results illustrated for the To take advantage of this of systems. As one major defense same company by Figure 2 shows opportunity, corporations must re- contractor CEO recently stated, that servicing already represents think their corporate strategy and “We sell it once and then service it the major source of profit for the reorganize to maximize the 10,000 times. Service is where the corporation. This same company

Figure 1 – Corporate Revenue Sources

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U.S. Army TARDEC to showcase latest vehicles at SAE Congress By Steven Ashley Article Reprinted with Permission from SAE Daily The U.S. Army Tank Automotive electrical feed into high -quality Before the ongoing conflicts in Iraq Research Development and power suitable for running and Afghanistan, he explained, the Engineering Center ( TARDEC ) in computers and other critical war- U.S. Army consumed an average of Warren, MI, America’s principal fighting equipment. The EPCC was 50 million gal (190 million L) of laboratory for advanced military developed in partnership with petroleum-based fuels annually, but ground vehicles, will display a NextEnergy , a Detroit-based that figure has since grown ten-fold. variety of innovative technologies at nonprofit organization that works to For the Army to be successful, it is the 2010 SAE World Congress at accelerate research on alternative imperative that TARDEC and its Cobo Center in Detroit in April. Its and renewable energy technology. enterprise partners continue exhibit area will emphasize the need Also highlighted at TARDEC’s display developing fuel-efficient vehicle for close cooperation between the will be its Autonomous Platform technology such as that employed Pentagon and domestic industry to Demonstrator (APD), a test-bed for by the APD. A side benefit of these meet national defense needs in an next-generation unmanned ground research efforts, he added, is the ecologically sound manner. vehicle (UGV) technologies, Skalny dual-use—military and civilian— “Everyone at TARDEC is excited to noted. The APD is being developed nature of the results. be part of SAE's World Congress,” in cooperation with the National The APD’s performance goals said Paul Skalny, director of Robotics Engineering Center at include, for example, a top speed of TARDEC’s National Automotive Carnegie Mellon University . 50 mph (80 km/h), a capability that Center (NAC). “We couldn’t Researchers there use the mobile presents significant challenges for maintain our position at the leading robot to test advanced hybrid- skid-steered vehicles. The edge of innovation without our electric drive, road suspension, and lightweight robotic vehicle partners in the [U.S.] Department of thermal management systems for prototype, two of which are to fit on Defense and the private sector.” future UGVs. a C-130 transport plane, is also

Weighing in at 30 ton (27 t), the 10- m (33-ft) long Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) is sure to stand out on the show floor, he said. The HEMTT, which is designed to transport heavy logistical and supply payloads to off- road sites, will demonstrate some of its workhorse capabilities by carrying on its bed an advanced power-conditioning system for remote operations.

TARDEC’s Electronic Power Control and Conditioning (EPCC) unit is a mobile micro-grid system that can take electrical inputs from diverse local power sources of questionable quality, such as unsteady grids in foreign countries, stand-alone The U.S. Army's TARDEC Autonomous Platform Demonstrator (APD), an unmanned ground vehicle generators, solar panels, or wind (UGV) test-bed, shows off its advanced suspension technology on an obstacle course. turbines, and convert that raw Continued on Page 5 – See US Army TARDEC Page 5

Reorganizing for Profitability Continued from Page 3 situation. The typical organizational functions were considered expense 5 shows how product sustainment is structure of 1990, shown at Figure 4, centers rather than profit centers. now on par with engineering and emphasized engineering and Today, defense contractors are manufacturing. Each of these manufacturing as the key functions changing their organizational organizations is typically managed creating revenue and profit. The structure to reflect a new strategy by a corporate vice president. The function that developed the support for profitability. Engineering and Vice President – Product solutions required for customers manufacturing are still important Sustainment directs three specific was segregated from the function corporate functions since they functions, supportability that provided some limited after create products for sale, but product engineering, product support sale delivery of support for in- sustainment is equally important in development and customer service systems. Both of these long term profit generation. Figure sustainment.

U.S. Army TARDEC Continued From Page 4 bein g designed to be smart enough and a new all -wheel -drive, diesel setup, the Fisker Karma plug -in to perform single-lane changes with hybrid-electric powertrain that hybrid-electric car employs it as part no direct human control. Several produces in excess of 5000 lb·ft of a gasoline-fueled system. examples of other military robots (6780 N·m) of maximum torque, Quantum has been developing its now deployed by the DoD in combat according to Skalny. advanced powertrain for six years. will also be on display at the TARDEC The CERV's quiet Q-Force drive unit, In addition to its own advanced exhibit. which was developed by California- technology, TARDEC plans to debut Alongside the APD will be TARDEC’s based Quantum Fuel Systems at its exhibit concept models of Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle Technologies Worldwide , can next-generation, fuel-efficient (CERV), an advanced military scout maintain speeds of 80 mph (129 military vehicles that were vehicle that is intended for rapid, km/h) and climb 60% grades—all conceived by students at the Center covert ingress and egress operations while using up to 25% less fuel than for Creative Studies in Detroit. during reconnaissance, surveillance, conventional vehicles of comparable and target-designation missions. The size. Whereas the CERV uses the Q- CERV features a lightweight chassis Force drivetrain in a diesel hybrid Page 6

The Short, but Sweet, History of CLEP By Lincoln Hallen Vice president - Communications

At Colonial Williamsburg, on Engineering Professionals, or CLEP Centers of Excellence in the areas

March 29, 2006, a group of as we have become known as. of the System Engineering – logisticians got together to discuss Logistic Engineering interface, By January 2007 we had our plans how to best enhance the Acquisition and Sustainment, and set up and implemented them. It profession and the seeds of current initiatives, to include was decided to locate an forming a new logistics Focused Logistics.” organization that had a similar organization were sown. The idea purpose, and one that would allow CLEP grew in membership and was to form an organization that us to further establish our participated in the RMS would be dedicated providing presence as a professional Partnership conferences, education opportunities to the organization. In February 2007 a American Society of Naval community of logistics . Memorandum of Understanding Engineers conference, began Although logistics engineering is was agreed upon and signed by organizing local sections not a new area for professional the President of CLEP and the (chapters) and even had our first logisticians, many of the President of the RMS Partnership local conference in Florida (March professional organizations who and CLEP became a division of the 2008). A CLEP newsletter was represented this group had lost RMS Partnership. begun as well as a presence on the the vision for their original internet where persons could visit establishment and reason for their At this same time CLEP established CLEP’s website and learn more existence. a Board of Officers to provide about what the organization was leadership within the newly On December 2, 2006, several of all about. Soon, CLEP was invited established organization and a the logisticians who met in to participate with the US Army Committee of Advisors. The Williamsburg met again in Materiel Command’s Logistics Committee of Advisors was Chesapeake Beach, Maryland to Support Activity (LOGSA), composed of persons from form a new logistics organization. Huntsville, AL, and host their 2009 government, industry and At the time the new organization Life Cycle Logistics Tools academia who would be willing to was referred to as the “New Workshop and Users Group provide guidance the Board of Logistics Society”. The goals of symposium. This was such a Officers and the Council with this meeting were to discuss a successful event that CLEP was regard to direction that the vision and purpose of the New asked to host the event again in organization should be taking. Logistics Society and the feasibility 2010. Paragraph 3 of the MOU stated of establishing it as a new the issue: Finally, in 2009 CLEP petitioned professional organization “A group of logistic managers and the Commonwealth of Virginia dedicated to meeting the needs of engineering professionals desire State Corporate Commission to be the professional logistics to form and establish a recognized as a non-profit engineering community. The professional organization of corporation. That request was group defined the activities members who’s goals are granted. At the same time, CLEP needed to establish a logistics promoting professional and petitioned for and applied to the organization, developed an technical advancement of its Internal Revenue Service for tax- implementation strategy, assigned membership and the community exempt status as a 501(c)(3) non- responsibilities for committees to of logisticians through accredited profit organization and received individuals and officially selected a educational programs and confirmation for our request in name for this New Logistics professional certifications, Society – The Council of Logistics technical symposia, and Virtual Continued on page 7 See History of CLEP Page 7

Histor y of CLEP Continued from page 6 February 2010. association of members that include: the development and includes logistics engineering as production of the monograph At this time we broke away from the applied in the conception, research, Organizational Capability Model RMS Partnership and became an development, education, for Logistics Engineering (OCM- entity of our own. manufacturing, maintenance, LE) , organized and facilitated in the To be tax-exempt under section support and sustainment of CLEP/LOGSA workshop for 2009 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue commercial and defense equipment and 2010. Additionally, CLEP is in Code, an organization must be or systems. It facilitates the the process of developing a organized and operated exclusively identification, definition, professional certification and for purposes set forth in section development, promotion, and testing program. 501(c)(3), and none of its earnings implementation of open standards CLEP has, indeed, come a long way may inure to any private shareholder and professional development to since the first meetings held in or individual. In addition, it may not enable innovation, education, Williamsburg, VA and Chesapeake, attempt to influence legislation as a literary activities and MD. It has taken the dedication of substantial part of its activities and it communication for the benefit of many members who were may not participate in any campaign the entire logistics community. motivated to establish this activity for or against political CLEP’s membership has grown professional organization of candidates. from the seven individuals who members and the volunteerism of

Part IV of the IRS form for 501(c)(3) met in late autumn of 2007 at our members to ensure that CLEP includes this statement of the CLEP Chesapeake Beach, Maryland to is providing a service to the organization: The Council of Logistics more than 400 members today. community of Professional Engineering Professionals (CLEP) is an Some of CLEP’s accomplishments Logistics Engineers.

Picture to the left are the original founding members of The Council of Logistics Engineering Professionals (CLEP). They are (from first row and left to right): Lincoln Hallen; Michael Connor; B. J. Silvery;

(second row) Dr. Ralph Harper;

James Martin, CPL; Patrick

Dallosta, CPL; (third row) William Horne; Michael Osborne, CPL

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New Synergies between Systems Engineering and DMSMS By Chet Bracuto, Alex Melnikow, and Ed Zelinski

Focusing on Diminishing cost, schedule, and performance. the elect ronics area (primarily Manufacturing Sources and Material WSARA furthers these provisions with microcircuits); however, DMSMS Shortages (DMSMS) in systems additional certification requirements at problems affect all weapon systems engineering (SE) is a vital means of Milestones A and B, for mandatory and material categories. In addition, improving DMSMS risk mitigation. The competitive prototyping and with a DMSMS problems are not always Systems Engineering Directorate, system-level preliminary design review confined to piece parts. Material

within the Office of the Under (PDR) before Milestone B for all major obsolescence situations may occur at Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, defense acquisition programs. The the part, module, component, Technology and Logistics, and the statute requires the completion of a equipment, or other system level. defense industry’s SE community agree PDR and a formal post-PDR assessment DMSMS is becoming the new pervasive that closing the gap between DMSMS before a program receives Milestone B threat to system sustainability. To approval. Figure 1 compares the policy and practice would help ensure rectify this issue, the Systems effective life-cycle support. Adverse acquisition life-cycle frameworks since Engineering Directorate established

impacts on weapon system availability 2003. four goals to enable proactive DMSMS can be reduced by applying SE WSARA requires development and risk management. 5

principles and best practices to tracking of measurable performance GOAL 1. ENSURE THAT SE DESIGN enhance reliability, availability, criteria as part of the systems TRADES CONSIDER DMSMS CONCERNS maintainability, and sustainability and engineering plan, test and evaluation Industry is developing company-wide by actively addressing DMSMS strategy, and test and evaluation capabilities and practices to combat concerns throughout the entire life of master plan. It also requires the Office DMSMS issues prior to the critical the program. of the Secretary of Defense to provide design review phase of a program. Congress an annual assessment of Impacts of New Acquisition Reform However, gaps exist between policy component capabilities for SE, Bill and Policy on Systems Engineering and practice. For example, DMSMS development planning, and DT&E. In The Weapon Systems Acquisition considerations usually are not given addition, WSARA emphasizes life-cycle Reform Act (WSARA) of 2009, Public high priority, and design activities need management and sustainability. Law 111-23, reformed the way early integration with DMSMS Systems Engineering Goals for Pentagon contracts and weapon prediction/mitigation tools. In systems address the cost growth and DMSMS addition, proactive DMSMS methods delays in acquisition. The bill, signed Acquisition improvements cannot be need assessment during technical and

into public law on May 22, 2009, accomplished by policy and process program support reviews.

focuses on starting programs right by reforms alone. They must be coupled GOAL 2. REACH OUT TO PROGRAM renewing the focus on SE early in a with efficient, effective execution. MANAGERS AND SENIOR LEADERS program’s life cycle and strengthening Central to these improvements is a REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE AND DoD’s developmental testing and program’s up-front attention to SE BENEFITS OF A PROACTIVE DMSMS evaluation capability in order to through parts management and APPROACH reduce risk. The bill reflects the DMSMS. SE design trades should allow DMSMS activities include engagement position that managing major the program to select appropriate of both government and industry programs effectively requires sound parts and to identify potential DMSMS through the DMSMS Working Group. SE, technology readiness assessments, issues early, which will in turn enable Government and industry harvest developmental testing, and reliable the program to manage parts and ideas through many forums such as independent cost estimates. In that DMSMS proactively throughout the life periodic conferences. The DMSMS regard, the bill establishes the position cycle. Working Group addresses of director of Developmental Test and DMSMS cases may occur at any phase Evaluation (DT&E).The bill also directs investigations of lead-free and in the acquisition life cycle, from counterfeit electronics, cost metrics of the Secretary of Defense to develop design and development through post- obsolescence, and other leading edge and implement mechanisms to ensure production, and they may have a that requirements for major weapon issues that will benefit the DMSMS severe impact on weapon system community. Awareness programs, systems consider tradeoffs between sustainability and life-cycle costs. The majority of DMSMS cases have been in Continued on page 9 Page 9

Systems Engineering and DMSMS – cont. from page 8 along with DMSMS t raining resources, in the services n eed to provide active, Government -Industry Data Exchange are available to avoid the consistent advocacy for DMSMS issues Program for establishing standards to consequences of DMSMS. Those in programs. Investments are enable collaboration to resolve resources include the following: necessary to dramatically decrease DMSMS issues. SE professionals in both DMSMS impacts on the warfighter. In DoD and industry have a clear • Defense Acquisition University addition, consolidation and opportunity to share knowledge (DAU) course material incorporating basic DMSMS justification of long-range DMSMS regarding DMSMS issues. knowledge and techniques. program resource requirements need GOAL 4. IMPROVE THE • SD-22, Diminishing Manufacturing to be aligned with spending priorities METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF against defense objectives. Although Sources and Material Shortages: A THE DMSMS RISK MANAGEMENT Guidebook of Best Practices and reactive mitigation solutions for PROCESS DMSMS will always be necessary, both Tools for Implementing a DMSMS DoD, academia, and industry need to DoD and industry need to move Management Program , published publish documented processes to toward proactive and strategic by DSPO in September 2009. SD-22 assist programs with identifying, solutions having noteworthy benefits. compiles materials from various assessing, and resolving DMSMS DoD DMSMS management GOAL 3. IMPROVE THE EARLY problems. Guidebooks should include a documents and best practices IDENTIFICATION AND DISSEMINATION discussion of the potential synergy from across DoD services and OF POTENTIAL DMSMS ISSUES AND between value engineering and agencies for managing the risk of WARNINGS DMSMS. MILSTD-3018, “Parts

obsolescence. SD-22 also identifies DoD is increasingly sharing DMSMS Management,” and two DSPO assorted measurement tools that analyses and solutions across multiple documents—SD-22 and SD-19, Parts may be useful for analyzing and systems. Partnerships with industry Management Guide —provide tracking the effectiveness of have begun to pay off with common additional implementation details. DMSMS programs. SE and program access to shared data. In addition, DoD The DMSMS community needs to managers should make the programs are implementing ensure tighter coupling between the SE DMSMS guidebook their desktop international standards for end-of-life process and the DMSMS risk reference for quickly pinpointing warnings in nonproprietary systems. management process. This connection key actions required to manage Legislative and environmental requires more standardized techniques DMSMS issues and concerns. protection activities will increasingly and the implementation of prediction Outreach activities involving the restrict material availability outside the and mitigation tools across a broad DMSMS community, such as the usual electronics domain. DoD and spectrum 7of government and industry annual DMSMS and Standardization industry need to increase partnerships to better manage obsolescence issues. Conference, have been successful in to share data using common standards Techniques to evaluate DMSMS spreading awareness of the issue and at the part, card, and box levels in program cost-effectiveness also are availability of DMSMS logistics and order to gain a consolidated view of needed. DMSMS considerations should predictive tools. Through the inventory and demand. DoD be integrated into DAU courses and conference, participants should make it acquisition programs need better into industry awareness and training a priority to forge strategic access to shared data across services programs. partnerships between logistics and SE and industry. In addition, DoD and Conclusion for long-term systems supportability industry need to embrace measures to SE’s focus must be on a balanced for DoD weapon systems. Strong support the combating of counterfeit solution that drives improvements, strategic partnerships at all levels parts, the restriction of hazardous early in the life cycle, regarding within DoD, industry, and academia substances, and the European Union’s affordability, safety, sustainment, will enable quick response to material regulations on registration, evaluation, reliability, availability, maintainability, shortages and improve readiness and authorization, and restriction of mission performance, and system-level support of the warfighter. chemical substances. To further

DMSMS considerations could be better enhance dissemination of DMSMS integrated into DAU courses. Leaders issues, programs should leverage the Page 1 0

Systems Engineering and DMSMS - cont. from page 9

improved foundation of the DMSMS risk leads efforts on reliability, availability, opera tional effectiveness. mitigation process. The transition of DSPO and maintainability; production, quality, With regard to sustainment, efforts need to be directed toward addressing into the Systems Engineering Directorate and manufacturing; supportability; prospective DMSMS situations during the will allow SE principles and best practices to reduction of total ownership costs; and initial phases of weapon system enhance reliability, availability, and value engineering. development or modification. sustainability. Alex Melnikow is the deputy director for This effort includes identifying current and Actively addressing DMSMS concerns DMSMS within DSPO. He is responsible potential DMSMS items early in the SE throughout the entire life of the program for establishing DoD DMSMS policy and will help ensure effective life-cycle support guidance. phase and making associated design and will reduce adverse impacts on Ed Zelinski is the strategic operations tradeoffs to minimize life-cycle vulnerability. The foundation for effective readiness or mission capability. director and lead of the Common life-cycle obsolescence management Note: This article is based on an expanded Commodities Management System resides in careful integration of DMSMS discussion of the presentations made by Mr. Program at Northrop Grumman program elements within SE activities. Terry J. Jaggers, Principal Deputy Director, Corporation. Dr. Zelinski’s With a life-cycle DMSMS management Systems Engineering, Office of the Director, responsibilities include strategic program in place, SE would support cost- Defense Research and Engineering, and by investment planning and enterprise-wide effective identification and resolution of Mr. Christian T. Orlowski, Corporate parts management/standardization and

DMSMS problems throughout the life cycle Director, Engineering and Technology, liaison with government and industry before they become critical situations Northrop Grumman Corporation, the activities to support standards and affecting weapon system supportability government and industry keynote speakers guidance for the industry in all areas of and readiness. Incorporating timely and at the 2009 DMSMS and Standardization parts management and DMSMS. cost effective engineering practices during Conference. all life-cycle phases will minimize the About the Authors Article Reprinted From the Defense impact of DMSMS. Chet Bracuto is a senior systems engineer in Standardization Program Journal; Acquisition reform for SE means an the Systems Engineering Directorate. He January/March 2010 Edition

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2010 Secretary of Defense Performance -Based Logistics Awards Recognize Excellence

Dr. Ashton Carter, the Under to improve weapon system • Sub-system Level: Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, readiness by obtaining life cycle AH-64D Apache / Boeing – US Army, Technology & Logistics, announced product support of weapon systems, PEO Aviation / Apache Project the winners of the 2010 Secretary of sub-systems, and components as an Management Office Defense Performance-Based integrated package based on output Logistics Awards on August 29, measures, such as materiel • Component Level: 2010. The “PBL Award”, named in availability, materiel reliability, and H-46 Sea Knight / H-53 Sea Stallion honor of Mr. Jerry Beck, recognizes reduced ownership cost. APUs – US Navy, Naval Inventory government/industry teams that The winners are: Control Point / H-53 Integrated have demonstrated outstanding Weapons System Team Division • System Level Beck Award: achievements in providing The awards will be presented at the Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System warfighters with exceptional 2010 Aerospace Industries (Shadow) – US Army PEO operational capability through PBL Association (AlA) agreements. Aviation / Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Management Fall Product Support Conference on Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) is Office October 12 – 14 at Hilton Head, the Department of Defense strategy South Carolina.

From the President: continued from page 1

Officers and Advisors of CLEP ha ve and equipment. Additionally, this programs in the future for the taken on a project to define the terms discipline defines and influences the Huntsville Section. If you are in the “Logistics Engineer” and “Logistics supporting infrastructure for these Huntsville area and want to get Engineering”. Not surprising that these nued from p systems and equipment (i.e., involved, contact Lou, Scott Juneac, or terms we all use everyday took several maintenance, personnel, facilities, Mike Connor for more details and weeks to actually define, but I think support equipment, spares, supply plans.

that the outcome is one we can all chains, and supporting We are planning many new things for accept and add to our resume. Here information/data). The practice of the Council in the next few months, so I they are: logistics engineering is exercised encourage you all to stick around, throughout the system life-cycle by Logistics Engineer - A professional volunteer to serve on a committee and conducting the iterative process of practitioner who possesses the make this organization the best supportability analysis and the knowledge and demonstrated skills professional logistics organization to be required for successful application of accomplishment of trade-off studies to a part of. scientific and mathematical principles, optimize costs and system, logistics, quantitative and qualitative analysis and performance requirements. Got ideas or suggestions for improving CLEP? Would you like to volunteer to and deductive reasoning to develop I would like to personally thank all of serve on a committee? Want to start a and implement solutions to practical the folks who contributed to this effort, Section within your area? We are here problems in the discipline of logistics and especially Mr. Lou Sciaroni who engineering. to help in any way that we can…just initiated and finalized these discussions contact one of the members of the to bring us to the end product (or Logistics Engineering - The professional Board of Officers and they will direct definitions). engineering discipline responsible for you to the right person. the integration of support I want to recognize the establishment

considerations in the design and of our newest section of the Council of Bill Horne development; test and evaluation; Logistics Engineers – the Huntsville President, The Council of Logistics production and/or construction; Section of CLEP is now up and running. Engineering Professionals operation; maintenance; and the Being led by Lou Sciaroni, I can only ultimate disposal/recycling of systems expect the very best and interesting Page 12

Beware the Engineer

By David A. Cook, Geek in Residence , Software Technology Support Center

I need to begin this column by saying that severe shortage of trained and qualified • You find yourself interrupting computer everybody has a few obsessions. What's engineers), we are willing to take warm bodies store salesmen to correct something they mine? I am extremely punctual. My watch is and not look at their qualifications too closely. say. set weekly (via WWV, the National Institute of We're trained early to be geeks and to think • You've accidentally dialed an IP address. Standards and Technology short-wave radio that we can fix almost anything (with • Your friends use you as tech support. station). In fact, a few of my friends might call incomplete or poor requirements, poor • You've named a computer. me obsessive-compulsive about time. management ... don't get me started!). • You have your local computer store on Shortly after I married my beautiful wife Last May, I wrote a BackTalk called "Week of Marcia, my wristwatch broke. She truly the Geek." In it, I suggested several indicators speed dial. showed she understood my needs by buying that you might have geek-like tendencies. I • You can't carry on a conversation without me a very nice and very accurate replacement asked for additional suggestions and received talking about computers. • - it gained just two seconds a week. quite a few. It made me feel good to know two Co-workers have to e-mail you about the About three years ago, the battery in the things: 1) people do read this column, and 2) ... fire alarm to get you out of the building.

watch died. I went to the jewelry store in the I thought I was a geek? • You've found "stray" diskettes when doing mall to get a new battery. A young person As promised, here are some of the better geek laundry. who couldn't have completed high school indicators I received. If you read any of these • Your computer has it's own phone line - opened my watch, replaced the battery, and indicators and think, "Gee, I do that!" well, it's but your teenager doesn't. reassembled it. Later that evening, I noticed not just me who thinks you're a geek, too! • You check the national weather service

that the face of the watch (the round sheet • For entertainment, you read a book on Web page for current weather conditions with the numerals on it) had slipped a few mathematics or engineering. (rather than look out the window). degrees, so that the numerals no longer lined • You have an integrated PDA/cell • Your pet has a Web page. up correctly with the hands. I disregarded my phone/mobile Web device. Extra geek • wife's advice to take it back to the jeweler the You get really excited when Yahoo adds points if you wear it around your neck. your link. next day. Instead, I made the following three • You own two or more computers, but only observations: 1) I am a well-trained engineer, • You've tried to use your Palm IR port to re- one of them is functional at any given time program Furbies. 2) I have a set of miniature tools, and 3) if the because you're working on upgrades to all • You're definitely an old or retired geek if young person not-out-of-high school could do the rest. Extra points if you have enough you talk about the "good old days" where it, so could I! parts left over from previous computer you could program your Timex/Sinclair Let's cut to the end of the story. The watch upgrades to build a whole new computer. manufacturer eventually sent the watch back with 64 KILOBYTES. Extra points if you • Choosing to buy flowers for your girlfriend to me with a note saying it would be cheaper know CP/M. Double extra points if you vs. upgrading your RAM is a moral dilemma. to just buy a new one. Moral of the story: know PICK OS. • In college you thought the phrase spring • Engineers can't fix everything they think they You're an old or retired geek if you own can. (Moral No. 2: Never try to fix anything break meant mental fatigue failure (come both a pocket protector and a slide rule, your spouse gave you). on, think about it). and you know how to use them both Unfortunately, you now need to ignore the • The sales people at the local computer store without referring to the instruction can't answer your questions. moral of this story (I know I already have) manuals. because you are an engineer. Would a heart • You sit backwards on Disneyland rides to see • You're an old or retired geek if you've ever

surgeon decide to do brain surgery? No way. how they do the special effects. mounted a magnetic tape reel. Would a licensed plumber offer to wire your • You've tried to repair a $5 radio. • You have a license plate with a house for you? Probably not. Would a person • You look forward to Christmas so you can programming language on it (or are at who has built databases offer to help design a put the kids' toys together. least, thinking "Wow - That's cool! I wish I real-time radar system? Sure! As a matter of • You think that people yawning around you had one!").

fact, as engineers we are expected to be are sleep deprived. • You wanted to know if my original list was adaptable. • Your laptop computer costs more than your posted to a list server. Look at an employer's rationale: "Nobody has car. Thanks to Dawn Jaeger, Lynn Knight, ever done exactly what we're doing, so we • Christopher Smith, Robert Smith, James are willing to take people who are just plain A real geek knows that "resistance is futile" Meyers, Chuck Calhoun, Claire Jones, Ray ol' good engineers." As a matter of fact, as is what the Borg says in Star Trek, but "resistance is useless" is what the Vogon say Rangel, Clark Duplichie, Bob Mathis and Joe engineers you are expected to be flexible to a Urda, among many others. degree unheard of in other professions. Let's in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy."

face it - we are EXPECTED to think that • Your watch does not automatically Reprinted from whatever it is, we can do it! synchronize itself, but you do have a bookmark on your browser pointing to the Crosstalk, The Journal for Defense Software I'm not saying this is a good thing, but in Engineering today's job market (where there is still a atomic clock. Page 14

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