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This community serves as an interdisciplinary knowledge repository for life cycle logistics, sustainment and product support guidance, policies, processes, references, resources, and tools. Serving as a one-stop site for DoD life cycle logisticians, product support managers, other defense acquisition workforce members, and their defense industry counterparts, the site also contains extensive information on the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements, Product Support Manager (PSM), Performance Based Logistics (PBL), Life Cycle Logistics Workforce professional development, and key DoD product support references.
This multi-disciplinary list of professional organizations and trade associations is provided as a public service for the defense acquisition workforce; inclusion of non-DoD organizations, associations, and institutions does not constitute an endorsement by either the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) or the Department of Defense (DoD), nor should this list be considered all-inclusive. For additional information, see “Relations with Non-Federal Entities”.
NOTE: Playlists are curated collections of courses and related learning assets centered around a specific topic. Playlists differ from credentials in that the latter also include a capstone activity (such as an immersive scenario or exercise) and an overall credential assessment. To view the list of 18 deployed Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) credentials, navigate to the iCatalog here.
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) unveiled a new civilian career talent management process designed to be more flexible in developing both civilian leaders as well as growing technical expertise/competence. The new “Civilians We Need” dual-track civilian career model, which distinguishes paths for both enterprise leaders and functional experts, was created to enhance retention as well as to promote greater diversity. Some DAF civilians desire to become functional experts or leaders, and others desire to become enterprise leaders. The DAF needs and values both. This memorandum includes two attachments: (1) Detailed Career Roadmap for Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Cross-Functional Experts/Leaders; and (2) Logistics Development Team Vectoring Criteria for LCL Cross-Functional Experts/Leaders.
I am looking for guidance on the ULSS and it used to be in the APML handbook, and I can no longer find any mention of it on DAU. Has it been replaced?
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Thanks for your inquiry. Based on your use of the term Assistant Program Manager for Logistics (APML), it appears you work in a Navy organization.
The term User Logistics Support Summary (ULSS) may be an outdated term. I located a definition for ULSS in the Navy's Independent Logistics Assessment (ILA) Guidebook from 2006: "Identifies product support necessary to operate and maintain the equipment in their operational environment. It describes the degree of contractor support and organic support that a site should expect at site activation as well as when full organic support is expected. This document is generated from the data contained in the maintenance plan. The ULSS is used to schedule the delivery of product support by site and level of maintenance." The guidebook also states the ULSS may be equivalent to a fielding plan.
Recommend you consult with your SYSCOM (e.g., NAVAIR, NAVSEA, etc.) for guidance and/or explore our resources on the Materiel Fielding Plan (MFP) in this article. (Note: the link to the Air Force's MFP template is obsolete).
If you find the information you were looking for, please return to this post and provide an update. Thank you.
I have been tasked to write a CLS Contract for a proprietary system coming on line / Recovery of Airbase Denied by Ordnance (RADBO) / starting in FY26 and am looking for a good course recommendation on what all is involved with this whole process.
Is there a DODI document or some other governing higher level government acquisition requirement that will explain when the product baseline switches from contractor to government? Where is the line in the sand?
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Scenario deals with DCMA Aviation command, ACAT I Major Program at Milestone B. We are having an internal debate about FAR 46.407(a) and the applicability of NCM/MRB being a government function even though the program is in the EMD phase. My take is that the contractor is not required to submit NCM to the government because there is not yet an established baseline. I'm looking for a document that explains this clearly for everyone. Others say the FAR applies and that the contractor should submit defects to the government because the products will receive a DD-250. I don't understand how the government can disposition NCM if there is not an established baseline. Please help!!!
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Recommend consulting our Product Baseline article, which includes links to DoDI 5000.88 (see para 3.4b, Technical Baseline Management), as well as the Configuration Management handbook. Also recommend consulting the program Systems Engineering Plan (SEP) to determine if the program establish any parameters or criteria for the transfer of responsibility for the product baseline.
Is there a location within DAU (or elsewhere) that is continuously updated with the latest statutory and regulatory documents?
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Updates to statute (e.g., Title 10, USC) and regulations (e.g., DoD Directives, Instructions, etc.) as well as DoD guidance (such as guidebooks) are publicized via the DAU Logistics blog. For specific topic area, DAU's ACQuipedia articles and community pages include links to relevant statute, policy, and guidance, and our goal is to keep them updated as new publications are issued. Lastly, OSD maintains a cross-walk of recently renumbered sections of Title 10 here and you may explore the DoD publications site for updates to regulations.
Are the ISSP and the ILSP no more and if so what document replaced them?
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October 19, 2023 - 02:06pm
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The Integrated Logistics Support Plan (ILSP) is an active Data Item Description (DID), DI-ILSS-80095, that may be placed on contract via Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL). However, for DoD program offices, the expectation is that a Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) be developed and maintained as the enduring document governing product support throughout the life cycle. For a list of statutory, regulatory, and guidance references for LCSPs, including a link to the DoD LCSP Outline V3.0, check out our LCSP ACQuipedia article.
LCSPs apply to all DoD weapon systems. However, Defense Business Systems (DBS) have their own support plan requirements. For example, DoDI 5000.75 references a Capability Support Plan.
The comprehensive update to this DAU Logsitics Community is complete! Our goal was to reorganize, restruture, and complete the update prior to our migration to the new DAU.edu 2.0 platform later this year, while at the same time streamlining the structure, cull outdated information, make the site more user-friendly, and site navigation more intuitive.
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"Logistics LIVE" is a monthly webinar series to learn and ask questions about Product Support and Sustainment in DoD. Each webinar features a special guest speaker with a topic focused on product support and open question and answer forum. Join us to keep current on the latest life cycle logistics news and connect with logistics professionals to discuss what’s on your mind.
"Mentoring Moments" is a web series hosted by Ms. Lisa P. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support. Each webinar will focus on different areas of career development and talent management featuring special guest panelists. Join us to hear mentoring tips and ask questions to Department of Defense leadership!
Join the discussion on a variety of product support, logistics, and materiel readiness topics. Gain a better understanding of the latest policies, guidance, best practices, strategies, initiatives, and emerging topics that impact the acquisition and sustainment workforce’s delivery of affordable and effective product support for the Warfighter. Engage directly with DoD senior leaders and subject matter experts on topics that matter to you.
Web series featuring topics related to Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) and Parts Management best practices. Each event includes audience Q&A.
Learn about the applications of additive manufacturing (3D printing) within the DoD. Led by subject matter experts, you'll gain insights into the latest strategies, policies and applications of additive manufacturing, with a focus on advancing quality control and reliability. Discover how this technology can be adopted to modernizing weapons systems, increase materiel readiness and foster warfighter innovation and capabilities. Don't miss out on the opportunity to stay at the forefront of cutting-edge developments.
This Webinar Series focuses on what’s recently changed in Product Support. Change is happening at an ever-increasing pace, thanks in large part to our advancements in the Digital Domain. We will focus on topics that underpin the vision and future of product support. Come to one or come to all ten 90-minute lessons. Each lesson will include 15 minutes of silent work followed by a facilitator who will poll and help summarize the key points. Additionally, each session will include a speaker on applying the topic with an open Q&A period for attendees. Each live session will be worth 1.5 CLPs.
Web series hosted by Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon System Sustainment (WSS) featuring best practices and lessons learned in delivering affordable readiness. Each event includes audience Q&A.
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Here you will find useful content related to Product Support Management and Life Cycle Logistics to include resources such as training, articles and reports, videos, job support tools, events, blogs, and our integrated Product Support Guidebook suite.
Encourage you to start or participate in community discussions to collaborate with peers and subject matter experts across DoD.
This multi-disciplinary list of professional organizations and trade associations is provided as a public service for the defense acquisition workforce; inclusion of non-DoD organizations, associations, and institutions does not constitute an endorsement by either the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) or the Department of Defense (DoD), nor should this list be considered all-inclusive. For additional information, see “Relations with Non-Federal Entities”.
NOTE: Playlists are curated collections of courses and related learning assets centered around a specific topic. Playlists differ from credentials in that the latter also include a capstone activity (such as an immersive scenario or exercise) and an overall credential assessment. To view the list of 18 deployed Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) credentials, navigate to the iCatalog here.
Life cycle logisticians are responsible to the program manager and product support manager to develop and manage effective and affordable product support solutions to meet the Warfighter's readiness and capability requirements. They plan, develop, and execute product support strategies spanning the product life cycle, pursuing two primary objectives: (1) ensuring systems are designed, maintained, and modified to reduce the demand for logistics; and (2) ensuring effective, efficient, and affordable product support. They achieve these objectives by optimizing system supportability, suitability, reliability, availability, maintainability, affordability, and mission capability. Life cycle logisticians leverage the 12 Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements to influence system design, deliver effective and timely product support capabilities, and achieve best-value product support solutions.
We are periodically asked whether we offer the workforce a "professional reading list" of books that product support managers (PSM) and other life cycle logistics professionals might want to consider reading or having as important references on their bookshelf. The answer is yes!
Intended to assist logistics professionals and product support managers interested in broadening their professional knowledge and expertise, this professional reading list, which was updated in March 2024, is organized into six top-level categories consisting of:
Logistics Engineering & Designing for Supportability
Including this updated "Life Cycle Logistics Professional Reading List", the DAU professional reading program offers the defense acquisition workforce three professional reading lists:
These resources and references are intended to support the professional development of the defense acquisition workforce and to augment the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps professional reading programs as well:
For both our civilian and military acquisition professionals, as well as our life cycle logistics leaders, future leaders, and those who aspire to become leaders, we encourage you to “hit the books”! As former President Harry S. Truman once famously said:
Readers of good books, particularly books of biography and history, are preparing themselves for leadership. Not all readers become leaders. But all leaders must be readers.
Disclaimer: The books listed here are provided for informational purposes to enhance the professional development of the defense acquisition workforce. Inclusion should not in any way be considered as endorsement by the Defense Acquisition University or the Department of Defense. This list should not be considered as complete or all-encompassing and under no circumstances is meant to endorse the views or works of any particular book, author, organization, or publisher. Users are encouraged to conduct their own verification of the information prior to its use. Reliance on or use of the information provided herein is solely at the user's own risk.
The links below are provided as a public service for the defense acquisition workforce; inclusion of non-DoD organizations and institutions does not constitute an endorsement by either the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) or the Department of Defense (DoD), nor should this list be considered all-inclusive.
In addition, DAU has established strategic partnerships with nearly 100 colleges and universities, including many of the institutions listed here. These partnership arrangements allow DoD defense acquisition workforce members to transfer DAU course work toward college and university degrees and certificates. While each partnership is unique, the objective of this partnership program is to provide opportunities to maximize academic accomplishments by receiving credit for DAU courses toward an undergraduate, graduate, or certificate program offered by a strategic partner. To help find a program that suits your needs, DAU maintains an online interactive DAU Strategic Partnership page. Here you can search for specific partnership programs.
Clicking on the name of a university listed at this DAU Strategic Partnership site will take you either to the university's webpage where you can view the degrees and certificates offered, or (if the university is part of what had previously been a University Alliance® agreement with DAU) to the BISK University Alliance website to view certificates, baccalaureate degrees or graduate degrees available, including institutions that offer supply chain management, distribution, strategic sourcing, or logistics programs.
Department of the Air Force LCL Educational Opportunities
DAU offers a range a range of fast-paced, no-cost, online product support webinars keep you current on the issues that matter to Defense Acquisition professionals. These virtual events provide opportunities learn from and engage directly with DAU life cycle logistics faculty, senior DoD and Industry product support leaders, and acquisition and sustainment experts while earning Continuous Learning Points (CLP). Attend live sessions or view videos of past events!
Logistics LIVE!
A monthly webinar series to learn about DoD Product Support and Sustainment. Each session features three segments: Life Cycle Logistics News, a guest speaker, and an open office Q&A forum featuring logistics professionals. Keep current on logistics news while connecting with other logistics professionals.
This series provides you with enlightening and informative insights and perspectives from DoD Sustainment leaders and subject matter experts. Session format is presentation and/or moderated discussion, followed by live Q&A.
Parts & Material Management Proven Processes Series
This webinar series provides a cross-functional forum for promoting, shaping, and coordinating government and industry approaches to effective DMSMS and parts management. This series leverages subject matter experts to increase your knowledge, awareness, and ability to support your program effectively.
Has it been a while since you earned your advanced/level III certification in Product Support? This Webinar Series focuses on what's changed between the old DoDI 5000.02 and the DoDI 5000.91 for Product Support. Come to one or come to all nine 90-minute lessons.
Hosted by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Product Support, this webinar series features on a wide range of career development and talent management featuring special guest panelists. Join us to hear mentoring tips and ask questions of Department of Defense leadership!
Featuring U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) innovations and initiatives, this webcast series is intended to inform defense acquisition, technology, and logistics professionals on a variety of timely, engaging and relevant product support and sustainment topics.
This multi-disciplinary engineering & technical management-led series provides a fast-paced, interview-style discussion on the principles of digital acquisition and design. DAU experts are joined by practitioners from the field who share lessons-learned and best practices.
This webinar series will help you understand how Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) is being applied in the DoD and how it can be adopted to modernize weapons systems, increase materiel readiness, and enhance warfighter innovation & capability.
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) unveiled a new civilian career talent management process designed to be more flexible in developing both civilian leaders as well as growing technical expertise/competence. The new “Civilians We Need” dual-track civilian career model, which distinguishes paths for both enterprise leaders and functional experts, was created to enhance retention as well as to promote greater diversity. Some DAF civilians desire to become functional experts or leaders, and others desire to become enterprise leaders. The DAF needs and values both. This memorandum includes two attachments: (1) Detailed Career Roadmap for Life Cycle Logistics (LCL) Cross-Functional Experts/Leaders; and (2) Logistics Development Team Vectoring Criteria for LCL Cross-Functional Experts/Leaders.
According to the introduction, "this Guidebook is designed as a resource for both civilian and military members of the life cycle logistics (LCL) workforce, individuals who are interested in LCL positions and senior logisticians across the AF. It includes a variety of items of interest including a career roadmap, suggested LCL broadening and training activities, and a discussion of the Product Support Manager (PSM) position, its responsibilities, and its implementation within the Air Force. It provides information on how Life Cycle Logisticians (LCLs) can best develop themselves professionally, how they can become PSMs, and options for attaining leadership positions. This Guidebook places emphasis on the PSM position because AF leadership considers it an important aspect of the logistics workforce due to its critical integration components and leadership responsibilities." This document provides an excellent overview of the Air Force life cycle logistics workforce, responsibilities, expectations career progression, and professional development. Career field members from other Services and Defense Agencies are also welcome and encouraged to peruse this excellent resource for information about this defense acquisition workforce functional community.
This 2007 DUSD(L&MR) memo identified the initial Life Cycle Sustainment Outcome metrics that became the Sustainment KPP and KSAs (and have since been modified). The memo also identified 14 "enablers" for achieving these outcomes.
This report, signed by HON Christopher J. Lowman, ASD(Sustainment), summarizes the results of Phase I of the DoD Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) framework development. It includes a first-ever coordinated DoD SCRM Taxonomy that enables the DoD's cross-functional supply chain risk enterprise to speak in common terms when identifying, assessing, and mitigating supply chain risks. The taxonomy includes 12 risk categories and 126 sub-risk categories. The report also includes definitions for Supply Chain Resilience, Supply Chain Risk Management, and Supply Chain Security.
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