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DLA PROCUREMENT TRENDS. Sustaining EngineeringLegacy systems stay in service longerConventional systems increasingly stressed by age and heavy deploymentReplacing components not intended as ?parts"Old components replaced in new technologyCommercial Procurement PracticesStrategic Supplier Allia
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2. INNOVATIVE DLA Metalcasting R&D is a venue for “out-of-the-box” solutions
Context of “parts for legacy weapon systems”
Increasingly “engineered components”
DLA Metalcasting R&D addresses the paradox: High capability product form
-vs-
Hard-to-procure product form
3. DLA PROCUREMENT TRENDS Sustaining Engineering
Legacy systems stay in service longer
Conventional systems increasingly stressed by age and heavy deployment
Replacing components not intended as “parts”
Old components replaced in new technology
Commercial Procurement Practices
Strategic Supplier Alliances (SSA’s)
Enterprise integrated software (BSM)
5. Life-Cycle Costs
6. AMC’s Capabilities
12. Industry Leader Examples