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Maintainability is the ease with which a product can be maintained in order to isolate defects or their cause, correct defects or their cause, meet new requirements, make future maintenance easier, or cope with a changing environment. The design emphasis on maintainability is to reduce the maintenance burden and Supply Chain by reducing the time, […]

Long-term Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contracts with incentives are the preferred logistics contracting approach for logistics and sustainment contracts. The incentives of these contracts must be tied to outcome performance to fulfill the product support and integrated sustainment chain management responsibilities. The contract should provide support over a specific period of time for a predetermined

A Logistics Demonstration (LD) is part of Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and is used to assess the adequacy of the System Support Package (SSP) and ensure the user has the logistical capability to achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC). Purpose Logistics Demonstration (LD) The purpose of an LD is to evaluate the achievement of maintainability

There are statutory and regulatory requirements in logistics that must be taken into account by the Program Manager (PM). Support strategies must ensure compliance with all statutory and regulatory requirements. These requirements must be considered as an integral and evolving aspect of all Life-Cycle Management decisions. The PM must also follow Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) is an analytical methodology used to determine when an item will be replaced, repaired, or discarded based on cost considerations and operational readiness requirements. For a complex engineering system containing thousands of assemblies, sub-assemblies, components, organized into several levels of indenture and with a number of possible repair decisions, LORA

Note: The Life-Cycle Signature Support Plan (LSSP) has been replaced by the Life-Cycle Mission Data Plan (LMDP) effective 22 January 2013. A Life-Cycle Signature Support Plan (LSSP) is required for validated and approved signature-dependent programs.  A signature-dependent program is a defense acquisition that uses or is comprised of a sensor, system, or process that relies

Item Unique Item Identification (IUID) is a DoD strategic imperative. IUID is an asset identification system instituted by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to uniquely identify assets. Items are distinguished from one another by the assignment of a unique item identifier (UII) in the form of a data string encoded in a 2-dimensional

Logistics documentation support acquisition programs and the program manager information with regards to logistics. Each of these documents contains logistics information that must be drafted, validated, and updated on a regular basis throughout the entire acquisition process. They provide the basis for all acquisition logistics planning and management for a program. Logistics should be addressed

Just-in-Time (JIT) is a production strategy that strives to improve a business’s return on investment by reducing in-process inventory and associated storage costs. To meet JIT objectives, the process relies on signals between different points in the process which tell production when to make the next part and what to order. Since a large inventory

Inventory classification can help a company control its inventory by reducing the amount of stock they have on hand and by increasing the inventory turnover ratio.  Both of which make a company’s distribution network more efficient and lower its overall cost. Usually, inventory items are classified into three categories by following the ABC approach. The