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LOG 304 Advanced Life Cycle Logistics Management. Presented by Michael “Bo” Gourley Performance Learning Director, Sustainment 2 November 2007. Emerging Topics Supply Chain Management Interoperability, Standardization & Commonality Product Support in Evolutionary Acquisition
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LOG 304Advanced Life Cycle Logistics Management Presented by Michael “Bo” Gourley Performance Learning Director, Sustainment 2 November 2007
Emerging Topics Supply Chain Management Interoperability, Standardization & Commonality Product Support in Evolutionary Acquisition Systems Engineering Operational Logistics Business Case Analysis Best Value Performance Metrics RTOC PBL Performance Agreements Management and Oversight (Leadership) Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) LOG 304 Current Topic Areas
Spiral 3 (2003) Reengineered the exercises but still heavily instructor-centric (800+ slides) Added Research Paper (Mandatory but NOT evaluated) Spiral 4 (2004) Reduced number of slides and added objective & subjective test Spiral 5 (Sep 06-Feb 07) Eliminated Objective/subjective test. Evaluated “Research Paper and Brief” Added Leadership/ Management evaluated exercise Re-wrote PBL lesson and Exercise to include PBA and eliminated PBA as a separate Lesson Re-wrote BCA adding “Best Value” and eliminated “Best Value” as a separate lesson LOG 304 Update History
FY07 LOG 304 Offerings 670 graduates
Student Still Say LOG 304 is Great • Of the 70 DAU courses, LOG 304 ranked 7th in student overall satisfaction! 0.0 – 7.0 scale • Of the 40 courses that had at least 100 students, LOG 304 ranks 3rd! 6.75 FY07
Good, but can be even better! Objective-based, not competency-based Not Life Cycle-focused Duplication of LOG 201 and LOG 235 content Some content better suited for a future LOG 206 Material in not adequately integrated Still too instructor-centric Not yet a true capstone Logistics course So Why Change a Good Thing?
Next step in the Executive-level Logistics course: LOG 350 Enterprise Life Cycle Logistics Management Course will experience “spontaneous evolution” Stephen J. Gould: Abbreviated/Punctuated Equilibrium