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MN3365 Acquisition Logistics and Program Sustainment

ADVANCED ACQUISITION PROGRAM. This course focuses on the logistics and sustainability planning for new major weapon systems in each phase of the DoD acquisition process. It links logistics and sustainability planning, in the early stages of system development, to the effects on the system's total ownership cost. The course describes sustainability planning and management through the Systems Engineering Process and supportability analyses techniques. The course addresses the following specific subject areas: Designing for Life Cycle Cost and Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV); Logistics Supportability Elements; Supportability analyses; Logistics Open Systems; Software Support Planning; Supply Chain Management; and Post-Production Support Planning.

Prerequisite

MN3331 or permission of instructor

Lecture Hours

2

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

The students will be able to:

  • Understand and evaluate acquisition logistics functions and documentation over a system’s lifecycle.
  • Assess the sustainability aspects of commercial and developmental items (NDI), out-of-production parts, and diminishing manufacturing resources.
  • Evaluate the affordability of program alternatives in terms of life-cycle cost (i.e. total ownership cost (TOC)).
  • Identify the policies and procedures for international cooperation and sales (potential and actual) on a program acquisition strategy and funding required for an international program.
  • Evaluate adaptation of existing US maintenance support concepts to fit culture and requirements of potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers.
  • Demonstrate leadership in a program management office (PMO) environment by utilizing effective interpersonal, managerial, and organizational skills.
  • Given a NDI scenario, evaluate design changes and their impacts on system supportability.
  • Given a significantly modified commercial end item, analyze the supportability requirements to deploy the item to DoD users. 
  • Given a scenario in which a complex commercial item experiences a potentially catastrophic single-point-failure, analyze how this situation came about from HSI, training, maintenance planning, FMECA perspectives.