A few weeks ago I shared in a blog post entitled “Recommended Reading List for the Life Cycle Logistician and Product Support Manager” a list of  books that  the life cycle logistician or the product support manager might want to consider reading or having available as a reference to enhance their own professional development. We’ve been asked whether there is a similar list of articles  available as well. While such a list of published articles would be far too extensive to post here, as  a public service, we opted instead to highlight a list of articles on these subjects published since 2009 from two highly regarded periodicals, namely the Defense Acquisition Review Journal and the Defense AT&L Magazine. We have posted them on the DAU Logistics Community of Practice (LOG CoP) under the heading of Product Support, Life Cycle Management and Life Cycle Logistics Article Recommended Reading List. As a public service, that list is also provided below:

·         “Misunderstood Superheroes: Batman and Performance-Based Logistics”

(Defense AT&L Magazine, January-February 2009)

·         “Shaping the Life Cycle Logistics Workforce to Achieve Desired Sustainment Outcomes”

(Defense Acquisition Review Journal, April 2009)

·         “What Performance Based Logistics Is And What It Is Not— And What It Can And Cannot Do” (Defense Acquisition Review Journal, October 2009)

·          “The Future of Product Support”

(Defense AT&L Magazine, March-April 2010)

·         “Achieving Outcomes-based Life Cycle Management”

(Defense Acquisition Review Journal, January 2010)

·         “The Product Support Manager: Achieving Success In Executing Life Cycle Management Responsibilities”

(Defense Acquisition Review Journal, April 2010)

·         “Performance-Based Life Cycle Product Support Strategies: Enablers for More Effective Government Participation”

(Defense Acquisition Review Journal, October 2010)

·         “Product Support and Human Capital: Essential Ingredients for Optimizing System Readiness, Availability, and Life Cycle Costs”

(Defense AT&L Magazine, July-August 2011)

·          “Challenge and Change in Supply Chain Management: Pointed Questions & Blunt Answers” (Defense AT&L Magazine, July-August 2011)

·          “Supportability as an Affordability Enabler: A Critical Fourth Element of Acquisition Success Across the System Life Cycle”

(Defense AT&L Magazine Better Buying Power Special Edition, September-October 2011)

·         “10 Things Great Program Managers Know About Product Support”

(Defense AT&L Magazine, November-December 2011)

Please also be aware that the very next issue (March-April 2012 edition) of Defense AT&L Magazine will be devoted entirely to articles focusing on DoD Product Support. Watch for additional information in this blog in the coming weeks!