Recently added articles from Navy Supply Corps Newsletter:
A Message from the Chief of Supply Corps.
Mar 01, 2009; ... In February I completed my initial round of visits with a trip to the Pacific Fleet AOR where I engaged several of our logistics counterparts from allied Navies and observed NAVSUP operations across the theater. The bottom line: Our Supply community is making a significant ...
Team studying Supply Corps of the future.
Mar 01, 2009 ... Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Pat Walsh has directed the Supply Corps to perform a 2040 Strategic Vision Study to ensure the functional mission focus and billet structure of the Supply Corps will continue to support the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operation's Maritime Strategy well ...
"Messman Chronicles" added to Navy Professional Reading Program.
Mar 01, 2009 ... "The Messman Chronicles" by Richard Miller is the latest work added by the Advisory Group to the Navy Professional Reading Program "Supplemental Reading List" under the "Naval and Military Heritage" section. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A synopsis of the book from the Navy ...
Navy Supply Corps contracting in the 21st century.(Cover story)
Mar 01, 2009; ... We hope you not only enjoy the articles and profiles you will find in this edition of the Newsletter but more importantly, learn how integral contracting and those that serve as contracting officers, buyers, contracting officer representatives, ordering officers, policy makers and ...
DASN (A&LM): ... focused on the ROI from the middle.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Those of us in the business end of the Navy should be familiar with two annals of theory, Michael Porter's "Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance," and Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." At the time of the last acquisition focused Supply Corps Newsletter ...
A focal point for logistics policy.
Mar 01, 2009; ... The Defense Acquisition University estimates that logistics accounts for up to a remarkable 72 percent of a program's life cycle cost. Therefore, assuring a sound logistics (sustainment) support strategy is critical to a program's success. Supporting the development of a successful ...
The Navy's Business Resource Management Program at Darden School of Business.
Mar 01, 2009; ... I recently received an e-mail from an acquisition intern slated to attend the Navy's Business Resource Management Program (BRMP) at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business that said: Cdr. Ingram, I have been reviewing the information given to us for the ...
The value of NACO internships: three perspectives.
Mar 01, 2009 ... The contracting and "Big A" acquisition profession provides tremendous opportunities for touching every aspect of supply chain logistics, while gaining expertise in a valuable and vital field. One avenue for gaining this experience is through the Navy Acquisition Contracting Officer (NACO) ...
Navy contracting in a joint environment international zone.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Where can Joint military and civilian acquisition professionals work side by side in a forward deployed environment, producing professional results that positively impact not only multi-national coalition forces but host nations and the local civilian population? The Joint Contracting ...
What is the Navy doing in Africa?
Mar 01, 2009; ... The question in the title of this article is actually the second most common question I get from people about my recent Individual Augementation (IA) deployment to the Horn of Africa. The most common question is: "Did you see any lions and elephants in Africa?" As if they are a common ...
Marine Corps contingency contracting and the Navy Supply Corps.(Common Model)
Mar 01, 2009; ... So what does the Supply Corps have to do with Marine Corps contingency contracting, you might ask. Quite a lot, actually. The Supply Corps is the model upon which Marine Corps Contingency Contracting Officer development is predicated. Contracting is a secondary Military ...
Naval Sea Systems Command ... the business of major weapons systems development & acquisition.
Mar 01, 2009; ... In the fall of 1991, I was advised on numerous career opportunities within the Navy. Of the many designators discussed by my NROTC advisor, the Supply Corps was the most appealing given its distinction as the Navy's "business managers." After joining, deploying and gaining ...
If you build them.... they will float.
Mar 01, 2009; ... Supervisors of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIP) is where the weld meets the steel and keel blocks hold the load. We are the contract administrators for Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) ship procurement contracts, providing the on-site contract management responsible for the oversight of the ...
The Growler--NAVAIR, teaming up to reduce risk.
Mar 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "He who will not risk will not win." While John Paul Jones' words above can be energizing in the face of adversity, risk is not necessarily greeted with the same amount of spirit in the acquisition world of cost-performance-schedule where too ...
Who? MSC--that's who!
Mar 01, 2009; ... Who operates a fleet of more than 110 civilian-crewed ships every day in nearly every time zone of the world? Who operates this fleet with a global workforce of more than 9,000--with about 80 percent at sea at any given time? Who has delivered more than 100 million cubic feet of combat ...
Sustaining the contracting workforce.
Mar 01, 2009; ... In October 2008, the Defense Acquisition Workforce welcomed into their ranks five newly appointed contracting officers in a ceremony at the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP), Code 021, in Mechanicsburg, Pa. During the ceremony they received their "warrant," a certificate/authorization ...
COMFISCS contracting flattens its world.
Mar 01, 2009; ... We have all read many business books on ways to improve our operations. But how many of us take what we read and actually apply it? Well, Capt. James (Jim) Barnard, former Lead Contracting Executive (LCE) for Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers (COMFISCS) did just that! ...
Around the fleet.
Mar 01, 2009 ... The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducts high-speed turns during a rudder check. a rudder check. Truman is ...
Knowledge superiority at the right time and for the right cost.
Mar 01, 2009; ... When innovative decision making tools are needed to advance the Navy's 21st century mission, the Space and Naval Warfare Command (SPAWAR) is always at the forefront. The 2.0 Contracts Directorate supports SPAWAR through the negotiation, execution, and administration of quality contracts ...
Building ships better--and smarter.(SC AROUND THE FIELD AND FLEET)
Mar 01, 2009; ... Along the shores of the Kennebec River in Maine there has been a revolution in shipbuilding as Bath Iron Works (BIW), Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Bath, and Sailors from USS Stockdale (DDG 106) worked together to build a ship of top-notch quality and efficiency to serve the nation. When it ...