Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

RAND Forum on U.S. Policy Afghanistan

C-Span.org, 29 October 2009.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/10/29/Terr/A/24975/RAND+Forum+on+US+Policy+Afghanistan.aspx

Performance-Based Logistics: Buying Performance, Not Parts

Steve Geary. Presentation to Supply Chain World conference, 26 March 2006. Hosted on the Commonwealth Institute website.
http://www.comw.org/qdr/fulltext/06Geary.pdf

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Editor’s Comment:

Although this presentation focuses on logistics and maintenance of equipment, it includes useful information pertaining to the tradeoffs between operational ambitions / quality and costs of maintenance of forces that are inherent in “performance based” approaches.