Conference Day One: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

7:45 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Morning Keynote Sessions

8:00 Keynote: GSA Support For DoD Logistics Goals

• GSA’s role in the formal partnership designed to improve supply chain management for our armed forces
• Initiatives that assure each organization’s performance aligns with mutually shared expectations
• Determine information technology requirements to enhance warfighter support capabilities and implement solutions approved by the ESC

James Williams
Commissioner
Federal Acquisition Service

8:45 Keynote: USMC Strategic Direction

• Logistics Objectives to Support the Evolving Needs of the Warfighter
• MARCORLOGCOM Strategic Plan and Objectives
• Cross-functional support with other Logistics Command Centers and Staff Departments
• Leveraging industry partnerships for success

Maj Gen Willie Williams
Commanding General
Marine Corps Logistics Command

9:30 Keynote: NATO Life Cycle Management And Asset Tracking Initiatives

• Status and Direction of NATO Standardization Agreements (STANAG)
• Improving Item Management by standardized identification and common data exchange (STANAGs 2290 and 4661(1))
• Life cycle management guidance and policy development

Robert Leibrandt
Deputy, Unique Identification Policy Office
OSD

11:00 Keynote: DLA’s Strategic Vision And End-To-End Logistics Support

• DLA Strategic Planning Objectives through 2013
• Extending the Enterprise to provide worldwide response and integrated, best value supplies and services
• Extending service capabilities to meet warfighter demand

Maj Gen Arthur Morrill
Vice Director
DLA

11:45 Keynote: Lean Six Sigma Implementation Initiatives For Continuous Process Improvement At The DoD

• Process improvement policy and strategic goals
• Plans and programs to increase organizational effectiveness and reduce waste

J.D. Sicilia
Director, DoD Lean Six Sigma Program Office
OSD

Track A: Asset Visibility and Supply Chain Management	Track B: Performance Based Logistics	Track C: Business Process Modernization
1:30 Contingency Operations And Supply Chain Management— LOGCAP III Integrated solutions for network optimization Systems engineering approach to reduce inefficiencies Bruce Stansky President KBR Government and Infrastructure	1:30 C-17 Integrated Life Cycle Support Celebrating ten years of PBL success Agility: the value of a non-transactional relationship Making depot partnering a win-win Affordability as a strategic imperative Billy Mitchell Deputy Director, C-17 System Support Manager USAF Richard "Skip" Whittington Director, C-17 GSP Business Development Boeing	1:30 Business Process Improvement Initiatives At The US Army Creating a culture of continuous process improvement at the DoD Increasing agility and “lean” organization structures Enabling enterprise solutions Ronald Rezek, SES Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Army and Director of Continuous Process Improvement US Army
2:10 Exclusive Warfighter Panel This is your exclusive opportunity to hear directly from the warfighter. This unique session will be led by logistics officers and senior NCOs to discuss the day-to-day challenges of military logistics. Take the time to hear the concerns of the warfighters you support and ask questions in order to develop innovative solutions that meet the needs of the modern military. Panel will be moderated by: Capt William Slack USMC, Officer in Charge, Remote Storage Activity MARCORLOGCOM Panelists include senior NCOs and logistics officers returning from a rotation in Iraq and Afghanistan this summer
3:00 Networking & Refreshment Break
3:30 Direct Sales Partnering With The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) DLA value proposition Examples of performance based logistics solutions to meet warfighter needs Why buy DLA? H.E. Rowland Defense Supply Center Richmond	3:30 Contracting Tools And Successful Solutions To Support PBL The Coast Guard’s Aircraft Repair and Supply Center will discuss their initiatives to maximize asset operational availability while reducing inventory management costs and depot Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul labor (MRO) costs How the USCG implemented an industryleading commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) software solution to enable vastly improved demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimization for their 5.5 million part numbers Results, real-life impact, and lessons learned Danny Hale Deputy Chief, Industrial Operations Division United States Coast Guard Ted Anderson Vice President Marketing Click Commerce	3:30 Business Enterprise Integration For DoD Installations And Environment Real property inventory requirements Real property unique identifier Defense Installation Spatial data infrastructure Carole LeBlanc PhD Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)

Afternoon Keynote Session

4:10 Afternoon Keynote: Adaptive Logistics-Global Sustainment For The Battlespace

• Intelligent agent technology and cognitive decision support tools to drive key aspects of sense and respond logistics
• Rapidly change planned or ongoing logistics operations in response to changes

Lori Lindholm
Lockheed Martin

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6:00 End Of Day One

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