LOG 304LOG 304Advanced Life Cycle Logistics Advanced Life Cycle Logistics

ManagementManagement

Presented byMichael “Bo” Gourley

Performance Learning Director, Sustainment

2 November 2007

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LOG 304 Current Topic AreasLOG 304 Current Topic Areas

• 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)

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LOG 304 Update HistoryLOG 304 Update History

• 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

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LOG 304 Spiral 5 Revision SynopsisLOG 304 Spiral 5 Revision Synopsis

Current LOG 304 Lesson LOG 304, Spiral 5 Changes

Emerging Topics Added State of Logistics Community slides

Supply Chain Management Beer Game

Interoperability, Standardization & Commonality Major Revision; Also added SE provided slides on “Net Centricity”

Product Support in Evolutionary Acquisition No change.

Systems Engineering Update incorporating “V” charts

Operational Logistics Major Revision

Business Case Analysis Remains essentially the same; Integrated essential “Best Value” slides

Best Value Dropped; Integrated into BCA

Performance Metrics No change.

RTOC No change.

PBLRevised to“Blooms level 4” and redesigned the exercise. Integrated “Performance Agreements” into

the exercise.

Performance Agreements Dropped entirely; Material integrated into PBL lesson

Management and OversightMajor revision. Worked with PML to revise content & integrate “Problem Solving” lesson. Added

management/leadership requirement for graduation

Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH) No change.

Assessment Process Dropped objective & subjective tests. Added “Research + Brief” assessment & leadership assessment

KEY

With Few Exceptions, Remains unchanged

Minor Revisions, Updates, Additions

Major Revision, or Deletion/Replacement

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FY07 LOG 304 OfferingsFY07 LOG 304 Offerings

Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Total

CNE 1 1 7

West 1 1 4

South 1 1 6

MA 1 4

MW 3

Total 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 24

670 graduates

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6.756.75

Student Still Say LOG 304 is GreatStudent 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!

FY07FY07

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So Why Change a Good Thing?So Why Change a Good Thing?

• 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

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Course will experience Course will experience “spontaneous evolution”“spontaneous evolution”

• Next step in the Executive-level Logistics course:

• LOG 350

Enterprise Life Cycle Logistics Management

Stephen J. Gould: Abbreviated/Punctuated Equilibrium