Logistics Directions Newsletter of The Council of Logistics Engineering Professionals March – April 2015 In This issue: CLEP Scholarship Program CLEP Scholarship Program Page 1 The CLEP scholarship program was Council of Logistics Engineering PowerLogJ-2, Release 6 Page established in 2010 to provide financial Professionals (CLEP) were numerous and 1 support to students who demonstrate unselfishly given. Calendar of Events Page 2 promise in their academic and The CLEP Keith McClendon Scholarship MSCS Engineers Earn Navy Page professional logistics engineering Application Is Now Available Top Honors 4 future. Book Review Page The following submission deadlines are: 5 Scholarship Program Headquarters Air Force A4 Page • Summer Term – April 1st Changes to Logistics, 6 CLEP’s Scholarship Program was also Engineering and Force • Fall Term – July 1st Protection established in 2010 to provide financial • Winter Term – November 1st General Paul Selva Page support to students who demonstrate 6 promise in their academic and Please send your request for the 2016 Nano-satellites Page 7 professional Logistics Engineering CLEP Keith McClendon Scholarship Page accomplishments, and to provide CLEP application to CLEP’s Vice President, Digital Voltage Regulator Saves Money, Helps 9 Members and their families resources Education, Mr. Lincoln Hallen, at Control Generator Output to help off-set tuition in times of [email protected] . All Supplies To Nepal Page Earthquake Survivors 10 financial need. applications must be requested via this email process in order to be considered. 80th Training Command Page The CLEP Keith McClendon Scholarship Logistician Earns Top 11 Applicants will receive instructions and Honor The Keith McClendon Scholarship in application in MS Word (TM) format named in memory of Mr. Keith within 2 days of your request. Board of Officers McClendon of Huntsville, Alabama. Applications must be submitted in President: Joe Davis Keith was a devoted husband, father, accordance with the application Vice President-Operations: co-worker and friend. His contributions instructions not later than the Keith DeRoche Vice President-Programs: to the United States Army Logistics submission deadlines above. Stephen Brunner, CPL Support Activity (LOGSA) and to the Vice President-Administration: Vacant Vice President-Finance: PowerLogJ 2 Release 6 Announced James Martin, CPL PowerLOGJ continues to be the preferred LSAR Purpose: PowerLOGJ is designed to assist Vice President-Education: tool for Army Logistics Supportability Analysis government agencies and their contractors in Linc Hallen and Data Management. PowerLOGJ 2 allows developing and integrating their supportability Vice President-Membership: users to utilize the software as a true analysis data bases. It will load MIL-STD-1388- Scott Juneac 2B, 2A LSA-036, 2B, LSA-036, MIL-STD-1552 Enterprise system and access PowerLOGJ Vice President-Communications: (PMR), 2361 MAC, GIEA-STD-0007, and some Vacant features through a web browser. The user PLCS data formats. The primary purpose of this Immediate Past President: interface has been updated for web Patrick Dallosta, CPL compatibility as well. PowerLOGJ users will still tool is Acquisition Logistics Data Management, Webmaster have the option to install the software locally data cleansing, and logistics product (LSARs) Vacant as an embedded program. For a full list of development. Functionality: PowerLOGJ is an acquisition Board of Advisors PowerLOGJ 2 Release 6 features, view our Prof. Ben Blanchard, CPL Release Notes logistics data management tool that satisfies Dr. Wesley Randall, CPL (https://www.logsa.army.mil/lec/powerlog/rel requirements for the Logistics Management Mr. James V. Jones ease-notes.cfm). Information (LMI) and Logistics Support Analysis Mr. Steve MacDonald, CPL - Continued on Page 2 Page 2 Calendar of Events 2015 Material Handling & Logistics Conference September 13-16, 2015, The Canyons Resort, Park City Utah, http://mhlc.com/ LogiMed USA April 14 - 16, 2015, Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, California, http://logimedusa.wbresearch.com/ INCOSE 25th Annual Symposium July 13 - 16, 2015, Hyatt Regency Bellevue, Seattle, WA , http://www.incose.org/symp2015/ Fleet Maintenance & Modernization Symposium (FMMS) 2015 September 1-2, 2015, Town & Country Resort & Convention Center, Hotel Circle, San Diego, CA, https://www.navalengineers.org/events/opencallsforp apers/Pages/FMMS2015CFP.aspx Logistics Officers Association – Symposium 2015 October 19-22, 2015, Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport, Arlington, VA, http://www.logisticsymposium.org/ 4th Annual World Conference Of The Society For Industrial And Systems Engineering (SISE) October 19-21, 2015, Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL, http://www.ieworldconference.org/ DMSMS 2015 November 30-December 3, 2015, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ, http://www.dmsmsmeeting.com/ 2015 DoD Maintenance Symposium December 7 -10, 2015, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ, http://www.sae.org/events/ PowerLogJ 2 Record (LSAR). PowerLOGJ has over 5600+ registered users. It Allows for all of the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) can be used to develop, evaluate, review, and integrate processes to work off one database, and thereby, decreases logistics data for materiel systems and generate logistics the duplication of data. support summaries such as the Repair Parts and Special Tools • Standard Delivery Format Lists (RPSTL), Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC), Task Allows all government agencies and their contractors the Analysis, Provisioning Technical Documentation, Bill of capability to deliver and receive logistics data in a Materials, Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis and standardized format. more! There are 38 Reports in all. Technical Manual Reports • Weapon System Viewpoint meet MIL-STD-40051 formats. All reports have XML, HTML, and This will assist in the creation of a Bill of Materials and to PDF outputs. PowerLOGJ can also produce exports in 2631 visualize a system architecture for LMP. Formatted Work Packages and S1000D Data Modules Architecture - PowerLOGJ 2 PowerLOGJ Benefits PowerLOGJ 2 (PLJ2) is a Java developed application, designed to • Legacy Data Conversion run as an embedded desktop application, or as a multi-user, PowerLOGJ converts legacy data formats to relational enterprise application. PLJ2 uses a JavaScript and HTML User database tables and modern data standards. Not only does Interface, accessed through a supported Web Browser this cut down on redundancy of data, but also allows the (Microsoft I.E. 8+, Mozilla Firefox 8+). The application itself relationships to be readily identified. PowerLOGJ can requires a J2EE Application Server, such as Oracle's Glassfish; convert the MIL-STD-1552 (PMR data); MIL-STD-1388-2A and a supported JDBC database such as PostgreSQL 9.1 or LSA-036; and MIL-STD-1388-2B LSA-036 legacy data Oracle. The Embedded version of PLJ2 comes with an embedded formats. version of Glassfish and the Derby Database. If installing the • Data Cleansing embedded version, no other software is required. If installing PowerLOGJ contains dozens of edits created specifically for the enterprise version, Java JDK 7, a J2EE server, and JDBC the supply support community, to assist in the data clean database will be needed. Instructions are included with the up effort. The legacy data conversion to relational tables, enterprise installation on how to set-up and configure the utilities, and ad hoc queries also assist in improving the application. data accuracy and quality. Visit https://www.logsa.army.mil/lec/ • Integrated Logistics Data For more information and details of the Logistics Support Activity’s (LOGSA) PowerLOGJ 2 application. Page 3 Introducing Acquisition Logistics Engineering (ALE), CLEP’s New Corporate Member Acquisition Logistics Engineering (ALE) is excited as we would horsepower, flow rate, weight, or to become a CLEP Corporate Member. Several speed. Internally-developed methods for working members of ALE are current CLEP members with cost-of-ownership as a performance parameter, including Stephen Brunner, ALE’s Business validation of proper operation, and usage of Director, and Karen Wisne, ALE’s Integrated streamlined analysis methods enable our clients to Product Support Leader. Mr. Brunner is also acting reduce costs and improve their products. Vice President of Programs within CLEP. Our projects range from small short duration Who We Are programs to large multi-year programs, from very ALE is a Small Business headquartered in simple devices to complex systems; and include both Worthington, Ohio just outside of Columbus with a hardware development programs and process satellite office in Gautier, Mississippi. Our improvement programs. company was founded over 30 years ago by Mr. The full extent of specialty and logistics engineering Charles O. Coogan, C.P.L., to assist industry and services that we offer and case studies of ALE’s government with the development of effective and program involvement can be found on our website at efficient tools to perform systems and logistics www.ale.com . Additionally, ALE has a Seaport-e analysis at the front end of programs . Prime Contract in the Southwest, Gulf Coast, Since then, the team at ALE has provided valuable Midwest, and National Capital Zones and also insights and experience to our clients in their effort partakes in Seaport-e as a subcontractor. to continually improve their products by We look forward to being an active presence