SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- 14th Annual TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium, March 15-17, 2005
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2005
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- USA-SNOTE-050304-001
- Archive Date
- 5/3/2005
- Description
- The 14th Annual TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium, 'Connecting the Logistics Enterprise to the Warfighter'. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This event is sponsored by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) with administrative support provided by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Michigan Chapter SCOPE AND OBJECTIVE: The 14th annual TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium will be held March 15-17, 2005. It will be held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dearborn, MI. This Logistics Symposium brings together government and industry personnel to discuss and explore issues relevant to the constant changes in the logistics environment. This forum provides an environment for networking and enhancing lines of communication. AGENDA: The symposium agenda is provided below in this message. The Department of the Ar my is in a major transformation. This transformation impacts every area of the Army including soldiers, equipment, training and warfare. It is a process that will transform the current armed forces to a lighter modular force. The transformation represents the future full spectrum force-organized, manned, equipped and trained to increase strategic responsiveness across the entire spectrum of military operations from major theater wars to homeland security. The Army is also supporting operations in Iraq. Thi s campaign will require enduring commitment. The Army supports the DOD Joint Forces with campaign-quality combat support, and combat service support necessary to conduct sustained land warfare. It is vital the Army deliver its forces at the right place an d time to defeat any adversary and control any situation across the full range of military operations. Representatives from the government and industry will discuss the future of the Army, Logistics across a Joint & Combined Environment, Current to the Fut ure Force Initiative, Sense and Respond Logistics, Network Centric Warfare, Performance Based Logistics (PBL), Strategic Logistics, Strategic Alliance Partnerships and the Common Logistics Operating Environment (CLOE). There will also be briefings on the f ollowing initiatives: Logistics Support for Operation Iraqi Freedom-Lessons Learned, Reliability, Maintainability & Supportability (RMS), Transportation Infrastructure, Defense Logistics Agency-Factory to the Foxhole-Supply Chain, Improving Weapon System E ffectiveness through Performance Based Logistics (PBL),Use of the Armys Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements and Training (SMART) in the Life Cycle, Communicating Maintenance Data throughout the world, TMDE Strategies, Unit of Action (UA) and Unit of Employment (UE), Special Operations, Implementing Life Cycle Management, Logistics Re-Supply from Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF), Lean Six Sigma, Acquisition and Sustainment of Products and Services, Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics, Deeply Cou pled Computing and Transformation Technologies. An on-site service will be provided to enable attendees to download speaker presentations to their laptops. A CD will be mailed to all attendees who request them after the event. INVITATION TO BRIEF: If your company/organization wants to send a person to g ive a briefing please contact the TACOM Chairperson, Ms. Cherice Carter, 586-574-4175, carterch@tacom.army.mil. SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVE: Address a broad range of logistics issues and explore technologies that will transform the U.S. Army for the 21st Century. THE SYMPOSIUM WILL: review and demonstrate emerging technology; showcase world-class products and services; identify needs for new management tools, re?search and products; review management and technical solutions now in design and development. WHO SHOUL D ATTEND: the Government and Industry community; logisticians, inventory specialists and engi?neers; maintenance and supply managers; commercial product support providers; liaison officers; researchers and product development representatives; production, p rocess and information system specialis ts; everyone interested in successful DOD logistics operations. REGISTRATION: The early registration fee is $325.00. After March 4th the registration fee is $375.00. Payment will be made upon registration. The fee includes: Continental Breakfasts, Receptio n, Buffet Lunches, Bev?erages, Refreshments, Morning and Afternoon briefings, Exhibits, and the NDIA-Michigan Chapter Hospitality Suite. A receipt will be provided upon request. The point of contact for payment is Ms. Jennifer Prikopa, (586) 246-7239, fax (586) 775-0130, e-mail, LogisticsSym@comcast.net. Send your completed registration form with the fee to: NDIA Michigan Chapter, 14159 Edison Dr., Warren, MI 48088, Attn: Jennifer E Prikopa. REGISTRATION FORM: Early Registration Fee-$325.00(After March 4th ) Late Registration Fee - $375.00. Name, Company/Organization, Street Address, City, State, Postal Code, Telephone, Fax, E-Mail Address:, Citizenship, Visa/Passport, Paid By: Check, VISA, MC, AmEx, Name on Credit Card, Expiration Date, Credit Card Number, Phone Number of Cardholder. Send your completed registration form with the fee to the address, e-mail or fax below: NDIA Michigan Chapter, 14159 Edison Dr., Warren, MI 48088, Attn: Jennifer E Prikopa, Phone (586) 246-7239, Fax: (586) 775-0130, E-Mail: Logi sticsSym@comcast.net. Make checks payable to NDIA Michigan Chapter. PLEASE USE ONE REGISTRATION FORM FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING. HOTEL INFORMATION: The Hyatt Regency is located at 600 Town Center, Dearborn, MI 48126, telephone (313) 593-1234, fax (313) 982-6884. A block of rooms has been reserved. The rates are $107.0 0 for government and $113.00 for industry. To ensure the discounted rate, please make reservations early and ask for the TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium reserved room block. These rooms will be held until March 11, 2005. EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES: TACOM a nd NDIA-Michigan Chapter invite you to exhibit. This symposium continues to be a world class event because of the commitment from government and industry representatives. If your organization or company is involved in some aspect of logistics, you should t ake this opportunity to exhibit your products and services. As we did last year, we expect to sell all exhibition space. Each 8' x 10' booth will include back and side drapes, a draped table and two chairs. The fee is $1,050.00 for the entire symposium. This fee will include the availability, on a first come, first served basis, of a business meeting room for exhibitors. Six-foot draped table tops will be available for $325.00 and poster displays for $100.00 for the entire symposium. Outdoor exhibits ar e also $1,050.00. Typically, outdoor exhibits are made up of stationary displays and vehicles. However, there is indoor space reserved for outdoor exhibits that meet NDIA-MI's space allocations and the hotels weight restrictions. Such indoor space requ ests will be handled on a case-by-case basis. All exhibition space is allocated on a first come, first served basis. Electricity, telephones and drayage must be arranged through TurnKey Productions, LLC, the general contractor for this symposium. Charges will be payable directly to TurnKey Productions. Details will be available in an update to this brochure, on the NDIA website, and from TurnKey Productions. EXHIBIT RESERVATIONS: Please contact Mr. Maury Moser to reserve exhibit space. Email: moserm@gdls. com, telephone (586) 825-7154, fax (586) 825-4403. EXHIBITOR PAYMENTS: NDIA-Michigan Chapter is offering exhibitor representatives a choice of two discounted registration fees. The fee of $230.00 will cover symposium sessions, meals, snacks and the recepti on. Each booth or outdoor (and indoor vehicle) space exhibitor can register up to two persons at $230.00 each. A discounted fee of $190.00 will cover meals, snacks and the reception but no symposium sessions. Each booth or outdoor (and indoor vehicle) spac e exhibitor can register up to two additional persons at $190.00 each. Each tabletop exh ibitor can register one person for $230.00 and one additional person for $190.00. All other exhibitor representatives are subject to the registration fee of $325.00. 14TH TACOM/INDUSTRY LOGISTICS SYMPOSIUM AGENDA: March 15-17, 2005-THEME: 'Connecting the Logistics Enterprise to the Warfigher'. TUESDAY, March 15th - 7:00 Registration Continental Breakfast; 8:00 - Administrative Ms. Cherice Carter, TACOM Chairperson; 8:05 - BG William Lenaers, TACOM Commanding General - Opening Comments; 8:30 - Keynote A ddress: GEN Benjamin Griffin, AMC Commander AMC Support to the Warfighter; 9:30 - BREAK - EXHIBIT DISPLAY; 11:00 - LTG Claude Christianson, Deputy Chief of Staff, G4 - Expeditionary Logistics across a Joint & Combined Battlefield; 12:00 - LUNCH; 1:00 - B G Robert Radin, Commanding General, Joint Munitions Command - Logistics Support for Operation Iraqi Freedom Lessons Learned; 1:45 - Mr. Robert Curtis, Deputy Director of Logistics/Security under the Secretary of the Army, Acquisition & Logistics Projec t Contracting Office - Current Logistics Operations supporting the Iraqi reconstruction. Reception in the Hyatt Regency Great Lakes Center, March 15th at 4:30. WEDNESDAY, March 16th - 7:00 Continental Breakfast; 8:00 - Administrative Ms. Cherice Carter, TACOM Chairperson; 8:05 - COL Peter Fuller, Project Manager Stryker; Mr. Donald Howe, Senior Director, Stryker Program, GDLS- Stryker Performance in Theater; Government and Industry Perspectives; 9:05 - LTC Chris McCurry, CASCOM, Strategic Plans & Operatio ns OIC Current to Future Force Initiative; 10:00 - BREAK EXHIBIT DISPLAY; 11:00 - Mr. Phillip Hodges, Deputy Program Manager, Unit of Action; Mr. Patrick Bennett, Boeing, Director, Logistics Requirements and Readiness IPT Future Combat Systems - Unit of Action - Future Combat Systems Government and Industry Perspectives; 12:00 - LUNCH; 1:00 - LTG Robert Dail, Deputy Commander, US Transportation Command - DoD Distribution Challenges and Initiatives. THURSDAY, March 17th - 7:00 Continental Breakfast; 8:00 -Administrative Ms. Cherice Carter, TACOM Chairperson; 8:05 - Strategic Alliance Partnerships Panel: Rear Admiral Linda Bird, DLA; Mr. Art Siirila, TACOM; Mr. Mark Whalen, AM General LLC; Mr. Greg Potts, UDLP; Mr. Tim Raupp, Oshkosh; Mr. John Goni as, GDLS; 9:30 - COL Louise Terrell, Chief, Retail Integration Division (Defense Logistics Agency) National Inventory Management Strategy - Retail Integration; 10:00 BREAK EXHIBIT DISPLAY; 11:00 - Mr. John Garstka, Assistant Director of Concepts and Op erations, Office of Force Transformation Network Centric Operations; 12:00 - LUNCH; 1:00 - BG Patrick OReilly, PEO CS/CSS, OIF Logistics - Recent Observations from PEO-CS/CSS; 1:45 - Lean Six Sigma: Mr. Thomas A. Myers, Director of the Business Enterpri se Institute?at the University of Alaska; Mr. Michael George, George?Group,?Author?of?Lean Six?Sigma?books; 2:45 - Mr. James Dwyer, TACOM Director, Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC) Closing Comments. AFTERNOON BRIEFING TOPICS: All Breakout Works hop Briefings are on the Hyatt Regency Hotel 2nd Floor. TUESDAY, March 15, 2005-Breakout Workshops: 2:30-4:30 - Improving Weapon System Effectiveness through Performance Based Logistics (PBL) panel, Panel Moderator, Mr. Larry Hill (OASA(ALT)), Panel Member s from Defense Acquisition University (DAU), Army, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Industry. Location Marquis room. Panel Members: Mr. Larry Hill, Army, OASA(ALT); Mr. Randy Fowler, DAU; Mr. Jeff Heron, Navy NAVAIR; Mr. Gil Diaz, Raytheon; Mr. Doug Walker, DLA. 2:30-3:30 - Sense and Respond Logistics, Mr. Fred Czerner, Synergy Inc. LocationDesoto room; 3:30-4:30 - Supporting Sense and Respond Logistics Utilizing the Sea-Based Logistics Assessment Tool (SLAT), Speaker Dr. William Baylis, Northrop Grumman Corp. LocationDesoto room; 2:30-3:30 - Common Logistics Operating Environment (CLOE), Dr. Miranda Keeney, (CLOE Program Director) LocationStanley Steamer room; 3:30-4:30 - TMDE & Special Tools in the Materiel Release Process, Mr. Mike Carney, (TACOM(Wrn)-TMDE) LocationStanley Steamer room. PANEL BRIEFERS: Mr. Joe Harrington (TACOM(Wrn)-TMDE); Mr. Bruce Loeffler (TACOM(Wrn)-TMDE); Mr. Jerry Dziura (TACOM(Wrn)-TMDE); Mr. Eddy Copeland (USATA); 2:30-3:45 - IRRIS - award winning,?robust logistics and emergency response tool, developed as a WEB based solution to support Department of Defense deployment engineering and logistical decision makers, Speaker s: Mr. Philip Krueger (SDDCTEA) and Mr. Todd Smith?(GeoDecisions). LocationPierce Arrow room; 3:45-4:45 - Mr. Chris Nozicka, DLA Defense Logistics Information Service (TACOM Support Branch) - DLIS Support to the Warfighter. LocationPierce Arrow room. WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2005 - Breakout Workshops: 2:00-4:30 - Logistics Panel to address the transition of acquisition and sustainment of products and services for the Department of Defense by the use of: LocationMarquis room; Performance-Based Strategies; Logistics Supply Chain Management; Life Cycle System Design and Cost; Industry/Government Best Practices. PANEL MODERATOR: Dr. Ralph Harper Jr., HarCon, Inc. PANEL MEMBERS: Dr. Ralph L. Harper Jr. CISM, President, HarCon Inc.; COL Lloyd E. McDaniels, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Mr. Anthony E. Trovata, CPL Senior Manager, Advanced Programs Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC, Past President of SOLE The International Society of Logist ics; Mr. Robert S. Kidwell,Vice President/Senior Technical Director of?ManTechs Enterprise Integration Center; Mr. Thomas J. Edwards, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command; Col John F. Wharton, Director of Combat Developments for Combat Service Support US Army Combined Arms Support Command; Mr. C. M. (Chuck) Huber, President, Huber Consultants International. 2:00-4:30 - Science and Technology Logistics Support Topics: LocationDesoto room. Advanced Mobility Hybrid Electric Drive including fuel & weight e fficient engines and highly durable track concepts, Speaker Mr. Dan Herrera (Research Development and Engineering Command TARDEC); Logistics of bottled water in current operations, COL (ret) Terry Clemons (CASCOM); Water Purification, Mr. Jeremy Walker (Resea rch Development and Engineering Command TARDEC); Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS), Mr. Paul Skalny (National Automotive Center); Smart Battery System, Mr.?Wsewolod?Hnatczuk (National Automotive Center); Rapid Engine removal and replacement, Mr. George Loewen (National Automotive Center); 2:00-3:15 - Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability (RMS) panel, Dr. Russell Vacante, Ph.D., Program Director, Sector Leadership Defense Acquisition University (DAU) (panel moderator); LocationStanley Steamer room. PANEL MEMBERS: BG US Army (RET) Phil Mattox, Senior VP, WFI?Wireless Government Services; Mr. Charles White, Professor of Logistics and Intermodal Transportation; US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY, and Senior Research Fellow at the Tuck Graduate School of Business at Dartmouth College; Dr. Michael L. Avery, Northwestern College, Assistant Professor of Business & Economics; Provisional Board of Directors, TRANSLOG International; 3:15-4:30 - Transportation Infrastructure (Logistics) panel, Dr. Russell Vacante, Ph.D., Program Director, Sector Leadership Defense Acquisition University (DAU) (panel moderator); LocationStanley Steamer room. PANEL MEMBERS: Mr. Marvin Roush, Professor of Reliability Engineering, University of Maryland; Mr. John B. Bowles, Associate Professor, University of South Ca rolina; Mr. Edward Herger, Logistics Consultant, Quantech Services Corp., Product Support and Life Cycle Logistics Consultant for the Electronic System Center (USAF) Acquisition Center of Excellence; 2:00-3:00 - Mr. Paul Krumhaus, Office of?the Product Ma nager, Joint Automatic Identification Technology (PM JAIT) - Radio Frequency Identification and Unique Identification requirements and opportunities impacting the TACOM community; LocationPierce Arrow room. 3:00-4:15 - The United States Army Battle & Command Simulation and Experimentation Office, Use of the Armys Simulation and Modeling for Acquisition, Requirements and Training (SMART) in the Life Cycle, How M&S can improve the Logistics Planning and Reduce Total Ownership Cost and how this relates to the Warfighter. Speaker, Ms. Leah Treppel, SMART Team Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. LocationPierce Arrow ro om. THURSDAY, March 17, 2005 - BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS: 3:00-4:30 - Lean Six Sigma Workshop, Speaker-Dr. Normand Frigon, VSE Corp.; Presentation and workshop on the Lean Six Sigma (Process Improvement and Streamlining). Location-Desoto room. 3:00-4:00 - Caterpillar Defense and Federal Products - Commercial Support Capabilities to Support Recent Deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), Speaker Mr. James Garrison, Customer Support Manager for Caterpillar Defense and Federal Products. Location-Pierce Arrow room. 3:00-4:30 - Goodrich Fuel & Utility Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics Health & Usage Monitoring System (automated maintenance repair), Speaker, Mr. Steve Peckham, Moderator LTG (ret) August Cianciolo, Co nsultant with Spectrum Group. Location-Marquis room. CPU Technologies Deeply Coupled Computing - Advanced Computing Process Technology used in computing capabilities, Speaker, Mr. Richard Kessinger, Moderator LTG (ret) August Cianciolo, Consultant wi th Spectrum Group. LocationMarquis room. 3:00-4:00 - Dr. Brent Carman, PhD, Center for Strategic Alliance, Topic 'From the Range to Reality The Virtual Sniper'. Location-Stanley Steamer room.
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