Logistics: The Military Departments' Implementation of Performance- Based Logistics in Support of Weapon Systems

摘要

Who Should Read This Report and Why. DoD civil service, uniformed officers, and Government contractors who are responsible for implementing performance-based logistics (PBL) should read this report. This report discusses the status of the implementation of PBL in the Military Departments. PBL is the DoD preferred approach for implementing product support. PBL is a strategy for weapon system product support that employs the purchase of support as an integrated performance package designed to bring higher levels of system readiness. PBL delineates outcome performance goals of weapon systems; ensures that responsibilities are assigned; and provides incentives for attaining those goals for the overall life-cycle management of system reliability, supportability, and total ownership cost. DoD Directive 5000.1, The Defense Acquisition System, May 12, 2003, provides policies that apply to all acquisition programs. According to the Directive, program managers are required to develop and implement PBL strategies that optimize total system availability while minimizing cost and logistics footprint. The Directive also requires that program managers become the single point of accountability for accomplishing program objectives for total life-cycle systems management, including sustainment. The Fiscal Year 2003-07 Defense Planning Guidance requires that each Military Department submit a plan that identifies its implementation schedule for applying PBL to all new weapon systems and all Acquisition Category I and II fielded systems.