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Newsletter of the Council of Logistics 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 Officers and Advisory Committee. Reorganizing for Page 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 growth that we have seen so far. Latest Vehicles 4 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 Systems Engineering 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 Beware the Engineer Page Professionals as a recognized 501 (c) (3) 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 from around the country who gathered to Vice President-Admin/Finance 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- Communications Name the CLEP Newsletter 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. Advisory Committee I would like to collect names and opinions from the readers of this newsletter and 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] Page 2 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. By attending Defense Logistics 2010, Mention booking code 10389XA359CL to get 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 Supply Chain Management 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 Continued on Page 5 Page 4 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 .