For those government and industry personnel who attended the second annual Department of Defense Product Support Manager (PSM) Conference at Fort Belvoir VA last month, as well as for those who were unable to attend, the minutes of the conference proceedings have been posted and are now available.

In addition, speaker presentations are also available on the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness website, and included subjects and issues of interest and importance to the Life Cycle Logistics, Systems Engineering, Contracting, Business, Cost Estimating, Financial Management and Program Management communities, as well as, of course, for DoD Product Support Managers and their industry counterparts. These presentations covered a range of important topics that included:

·         Product Support: Our Strategic Advantage

·         Product Support Business Model (PSBM) – PM/PSM/PSI/PSP Responsibilities

·         Air Force Product Support Perspective

·         Integrated Product Support

·         Product Support Implementation

·         Performance Based Logistics: Conclusive Evidence Supporting Impact of PBLs on Life Cycle Costs

·         Panel Discussion: Product Support Manager Expectations and Challenges

·         Competition and the DoD Marketplace

·         Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Engineering Update

·         Synergy with Systems Engineering: R&M Engineering Integration Introduction

·         Life-Cycle Sustainment Plan Annotated Outline

·         Product Support Contracting Strategies and Incentives

·         Partnering and Industrial Integration

·         Performance Based Logistics: The DLA Approach

·         Product Support Analysis Tools: How Full is the Toolbox?

·         Tailoring PBL: How Much Do You Want?

·         Life-Cycle Sustainment Enclosure to DoDI 5000.02

·         Resources to Readiness Overview

·         Army Logistics Funding

·         Affordability – Total Ownership Cost (TOC) as a Determinant

·         MDAP Estimates and Affordability: Program Funding and Affordability Analysis Standards

·         Anti-Counterfeit Awareness

·         SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook Revision Status and Links to Product Support

·         Operating & Support Cost Management

·         It’s the Law: DoD Maintenance

·         Public-Private Partnering

·         Rapid Acquisition Policy and Application

·         Integrated Product Support Elements Overview

·         Leading a Product Support Team

·         Development and Implementation of a Product Support Strategy: An Iterative Process