Wednesday, May 16, 2007

8:00am – 9:15am     Welcome & Keynote Address

Keith F. Snider, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business & Public Policy

Daniel Oliver, VADM, USN (ret.), President, Naval Postgraduate School

The Honorable Delores M. Etter – Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition

9:30am – 11:00am     Panel 1 - Plenary Panel: Desired Characteristics of the 21st Century Defense Industrial Base

Chair: Jacques S. Gansler, Director, Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise, University of Maryland, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-056.pdf

Discussants:
Rear Admiral Michael S. Roesner, Supply Corps, United States Navy, Commander, Naval Inventory Control Point Mechanicsburg, Philadelphia

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-154.pdf

Robert H. Trice, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-058.pdf

Pierre Chao, Senior Fellow and Director of Defense Industrial Initiatives, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-059.pdf

11:15am – 12:45pm     Panel 2 - Crossing the Valley of Death: Technology Transition

Chair: Robert W. Baker, Deputy Director, Plans & Programs, Office of the Director, Defense Research & Engineering

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-060.pdf

Stronger Practices Needed to Improve DoD Technology Transition Practices

Michael Sullivan, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-061.pdf
 

Crossing the Technology Transfer Chasm: Network Externalities, Coordination Games and Lessons Learned from ACTDs

Peter Coughlan, Nicholas Dew and William (Bill) Gates, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-062.pdf

Development vs. Deployment: How Mature Should a Technology be Before it is Considered for Inclusion in an Acquisition Program?

Michael J. Pennock, William B. Rouse and Diane L. Kollar, Tennenbaum Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-005.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-063.pdf

    Panel 3 - The Evolving Defense Industrial Base

Chair: Lenn Vincent, RADM, USN (ret.), Industry Chair, Defense Acquisition University, former Commander, Defense Contract Management Command and Commandant of Defense Systems Management College

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-064.pdf

Discussant: Stan Z. Soloway, President, Professional Services Council and former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Reform)

An Empirical Analysis of the Patterns in Defense Industry Consolidation and their Subsequent Impact

Nayantara Hensel, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-006.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-065.pdf

Strategic Sourcing – Is There a Role for Mid-Size Companies in the Industrial Base Supporting the Federal Government Market Space

David A. Drabkin, US General Services Administration

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-007.pdf

 Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-066.pdf

    Panel 4 - Organizational Behavior in Acquisition Organizations

Chair: Kenneth E. Miller, Special Assistant for Acquisition Governance and Transparency to the Secretary of the Air Force

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-067.pdf

Self-Leadership and Creativity Differences In Line and Supervisory Defense Acquisition Employees

Trudy C. DiLiello and Jeffery D. Houghton, Defense Acquisition University

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-008.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-068.pdf

Acquisition Community Team Dynamics: The Tuckman Model vs. the DAU Model

Pamela Knight, Defense Acquisition University

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-009.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-069.pdf

The Relationships Between Work Team Strategic Intent and Work Team Performance

Thomas R. Edison, Defense Acquisition University

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-010.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-070.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm     Panel 5 - Open Architecture, Open Business Models and Collaboration for Acquisition

Chair: William Bray, Program Manager Integrated Combat Systems, PEO IWS

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-071.pdf

Discussant: Nickolas H. Guertin, Deputy Director Naval Open Architecture

AEGIS and Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) Platforms: Using KVA Analysis, Risk Simulation and Strategic Real Options to Assess Operational Effectiveness

Thomas Housel, Johnathan Mun and Eric Tarantino and Maj Scott Uchytil, USMC, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-011.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-072.pdf

Measuring the Value Added of Management: A Knowledge Value Added Approach

Thomas Housel and Valery Kanevsky, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-012.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-073.pdf

    Panel 6 - Contracting for Support of Military Operations

Chair: RDML Kathleen Dussault, USN, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition and Logistics Management)

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-074.pdf

Discussant: Jeffrey P. Parsons, Director of Contracting, Office of Command Contracting, Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command

Contractors on the Battlefield: When and How? Using the US Military's Risk Management Framework to Learn from the Balkans Support Contract

Victoria A. Greenfield, U.S. Naval Academy and Frank Camm, RAND Corporation

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-013.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-075.pdf

Contractors Supporting Combat Operations: A Failure of Imagination

Richard L. Dunn, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-076.pdf

    Panel 7 - Complexity and Collaboration in Acquisition Organizations

Chair: Dr. Robert Buhrkuhl, Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-077.pdf

Discussant: Lt. Col. Lawrence S. Ryder, USMC, Deputy Program Manager, Joint High Speed Vessel, PEO Ships

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-078.pdf

Application of a Network Perspective to DoD Weapon System Acquisition: An Exploratory Study

Nancy Roberts and Ryan Mantz, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-014.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-079.pdf

Developing Collaborative Capacity: A Diagnostic Model

Susan Page Hocevar, Erik Jansen and Gail Fann Thomas, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-015.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-080.pdf

 3:30pm – 5:00pm     Panel 8 - Implementing Open Architecture

Chair: CAPT James J. Shannon, USN, Program Manager, Naval Open Architecture

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-081.pdf

Discussant: Thomas (Tom) Huynh, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-082.pdf

Analysis of Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Implementation in Navy Acquisition Programs

Rene Rendon, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-016.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-083.pdf

Software Architecture: Managing Design For Achieving Warfighter Capability

Brad Naegle and Diana Petross, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-017.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-084.pdf

Putting Teeth into Open Architectures: Infrastructure for Reducing the Need for Retesting

Valdis Berzins and Manuel Rodriguez, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-018.pdf 

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-091.pdf

    Panel 9 - Competitive Sourcing Savings: Reality or Illusion?

Chair: Steve Kelman, Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Discussant: Richard F. Sweeney, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (Contracts and E-Business), USMC

Monsters in the Closet:  The Unanticipated and Uncontrollable Impact of Collective Bargaining Agreements in A-76 Sourcing Decisions

Lt. Col. Timothy S. Reed, USAF, 325th Contracting Squadron, Lt. Jenine Cowdrey, USAF and Capt. William Pike, USAF Logistics Management Agency

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-019.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-085.pdf

Does Competitive Sourcing Really Pay?

Allen Friar, Defense Acquisition University

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-020.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-086.pdf

    Panel 10 - Evolving Technologies in DoD Acquisition

Chair: Lorna B. Estep, Deputy Director for Supply, Directorate of Logistics and Sustainment, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-087.pdf

Discussant: Michael A. Schwind, Vice President, Federal Sector, UGS Corporation

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-088.pdf

Optimal Inventory Policy for Two-echelon Remanufacturing

Geraldo Ferrer, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-021.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-089.pdf

B2B Models for DoD Acquisition

Magdi N. Kamel, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-021.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-090.pdf

Thursday, May 17, 2007

8:00am – 9:15am     Acquisition Chair Remarks & Keynote

James B. Greene, Jr., RADM, USN (ret.), Acquisition Chair, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-092.pdf

David Lamm, Associate Professor emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School

Mr. Shay D. Assad – Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

 9:30am – 11:00am     Panel 11 - Strategic Financing of DoD Resources and Budget Policies

Chair: Donald Summers, Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School

Discussants:
E. Sanderson (Sandy) Hoe, Partner at McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP

Jim Hearn, Director for Federal Programs and Budget Process, Senate Budget Committee

The Folly of Consequence-Free Budget Scoring

Gerald S. Koenig, Hannon Armstrong Advisory Services

Paper Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-023.pdf

Presentation Link:    http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-093.pdf

The Budget Scoring Alternatives Financing Methods for Defense Requirements

LT Leonard Leos, USN, LT Paul Rouleau, USN and LT Mark Wadsworth, USN, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-024.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-094.pdf

    Panel 12 - Issues in Outsourcing

Chair: Reuben S. Pitts III, Head, Warfare Systems Department, NSWC Dahlgren Division

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-095.pdf

Discussant: David Lamm, Associate Professor emeritus, Naval Postgraduate School

Outsourcing for Optimal Results: Six Ways to Structure an Evaluation of Alternatives

Francois Melese, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-096.pdf

Alternative Strategies for Managing MK48 Intermediate Maintenance Activity

William Lucyshyn, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-097.pdf

    Panel 13 - Considerations for Acquisition Process Improvements

Chair: Phil Rodgers, Office of Acquisition Resources and Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

An Integrated Portfolio Management approach to weapon System Investments Could Improve DoD’s Acquisition Outcomes

Katherine Schinasi, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-098.pdf

DoD Contract Termination Liability: An Analysis of Special Termination Cost Clause (STCC)

Rene Rendon and John Mutty, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-025.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-099.pdf

 11:15am – 12:45pm     Panel 14 - Capabilities Assessment & Privatization of Defense Acquisition

Chair: G. Frederick Thompson, Professor of Public Management and Policy, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-100.pdf

Improving National Defense Acquisition and Resource Management through Enterprise Organization, Capabilities Assessment, Radical Reengineering, Capital and Longer-Term Budgeting and Privatization/Marketization

Lawrence R. Jones and Jerry L. McCaffery, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-026.pdf

Presentation Link:    http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-131.pdf

Budget Uncertainty and Business Management Reform in the Department of Defense: Some Considerations for Acquisition Management

Philip J. Candreva and Douglas A. Brook, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-027.pdf

Presentation Link:    http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-132.pdf

    Panel 15 - Enhancing Contract Performance Outcomes

Chair: Charlie Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Contracting)

Discussant: Domenico Cipicchio, Department of Homeland Security, Chief Procurement Office, Director, Contract Operations

The Cultural Revolution

Dean T. Kashiwagi, Arizona State University and Nathan Chong, US ARMY Medical Command

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-028.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-133.pdf

Incentive Contracts: The Attributes that Matter Most in Driving Favorable Outcomes

Robert L. Tremaine, Defense Acquisition University

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-029.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-134.pdf

    Panel 16 - New Dimensions in Acquisition Management

Chair: Lieutenant General Joseph L. Yakovac, Jr., USA (ret.), former Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology

Capabilities Centric Acquisition: A System of Systems View of Acquisition Management

Colonel Raymond D. Jones, USA, Aviation Project Manager, Modular Brigade Enhancements

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-030.pdf

Lessons from Army System Developments

Richard G. Rhoades, The University of Alabama In Huntsville and William A. Lucas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-031.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-135.pdf

Too Little Too Soon? Modeling the Risks of Spiral Development

John Dillard, Naval Postgraduate School and David Ford, Texas A&M University

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-032.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-136.pdf

 1:45pm – 3:15pm     Panel 17 - Topics in Cost Estimating & Analysis

Chair: Russell A. Vogel, Executive Secretary of the OSD Cost Analysis Improvement Group

Discussant: Robert Flowe, Senior Cost Analyst, OSD Cost Analysis Improvement Group

Applying Insights from Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to Improve DoD Cost Estimation

Raymond (Chip) Franck, Diana Angelis, Francois Melese and John Dillard, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-033.pdf

Presentation Link:    http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-138.pdf

Managing Uncertainty and Risk in Public-sector Investments

Richard Suter, RS Consulting

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-034.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-137.pdf

Dynamic Cost-Contingency Management: A Method for Reducing Project Costs While Increasing the Probability of Success

Edouard Kujawski, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-035.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-139.pdf

An Enterprise Model of Rising Ship Costs: Loss of Learning Due to Time between Ships and Labor Force Instability

Richard L. Coleman, Sector Director, Northrop Grumman Cost/Price Analysis Center of Excellence, Jessica R. Summerville, Bethia L. Cullis, Eric R. Druker, Gabriel B. Rutledge, and Peter J. Braxton, Northrop Grumman

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-036.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-140.pdf

    Panel 18 - Modeling & Simulation in Support of Acquisition

Chair: Daniel A. Nussbaum, Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Simulation Based Acquisition Revisited

Michael F. McGrath, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-141.pdf

An Innovative Approach for Training Acquisitions - Part II

Fred Hartman, Deputy Director, Readiness and Training, and Director of the Joint Assessment and Enabling Capability, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Presentation Link:    http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-142.pdf 

An Open Strategy for the Acquisition of Models and Simulations

Rudy Darken, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:    http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-143.pdf

Application of Systems Engineering Principles in Curricular Design

David H. Olwell, Jarema M. Didoszak, Jean M. Catalano, Naval Postgraduate School and LCDR Joseph Cohn, USN, Medical Service Corps

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-144.pdf

    Panel 19 - Acquisition of Services

Chair: Stuart A. Hazlett, Deputy Director for Strategic Sourcing, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy

Enterprise Challenges Facing the Strategic Sourcing of Services

Stuart Hazlett, Deputy Director for Strategic Sourcing, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-145.pdf

The Commander of Naval Installations and the Acquisition of Services

Thomas Trump, Assistant Deputy Commander for Contracting Management, Naval Supply Systems Command

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-146.pdf

Performing Quality Assurance and Effectively Administering the Strategic Sourcing of Services

COL Anthony Incorvati, Chief, BTA Division and Strategic Sourcing, ITEC4, Army Contracting Agency

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-147.pdf

Essential Elements to Successful Execution of Strategically Sourced Services

Randall McFadden, Director, Acquisition Management and Integration Center

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-158.pdf

Delivering to the Warfighter

Dale Huegen, Deputy Chief, Command Acquisition, USTRANSCOM

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-159.pdf

Managing the Service Supply Chain in DoD: Implications for the Program Management Infrastructure

Rene Rendon and Uday Apte, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-037.pdf

Presentation Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-150.pdf

 3:30pm – 5:00pm     Panel 20 - Military Logistics and Maintenance: Beyond Lean and Six Sigma

Chair: Dale L. Moore, Deputy Corporate Deployment Champion NAVAIR AIRSpeed.

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-151.pdf

Lean Six Sigma Implementation for Military Logistics to Improve Readiness

Keebom Kang and Uday Apte, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-038.pdf

Presentation Link:   http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-152.pdf

Beyond AIRSpeed. How Organizational Modeling and Simulation Further Reduced Engine Maintenance Time

Lt. Col. Joel J. Hagan, USAF, Capt. William G. Slack, USMC, Roxanne Zolin and John Dillard, Naval Postgraduate School

 Paper Link:  http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2007/NPS-AM-07-039.pdf

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