SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- 14th Annual TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium, March 15-17, 2005
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2005
- 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-050224-002
- Archive Date
- 4/25/2005
- Description
- The 14th Annual TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium, The theme this year is 'Connecting the Logistics Enterprise to the Warfighter'. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This event is sponsored by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) with administr ative 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, M I. 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 communicatio n. AGENDA: The symposium agenda is provided below in this message. The Department of the Army 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 tr ansform 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 m ajor theater wars to homeland security. The Army is also supporting operations in Iraq. This campaign will require enduring commitment. The Army supports the DOD Joint Forces with campaign-quality combat support, and combat service support necessary to c onduct sustained land warfare. It is vital the Army deliver its forces at the right place and 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 Future 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 following initiatives: Logistics Support for Operation Iraqi Freedom-Lessons Learned, Reliability, Maintainability & Supportability (RMS), Transportation Infrastruct ure, Defense Logistics Agency Factory to the Foxhole Supply Chain, Improving Weapon System Effectiveness 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, Acq uisition and Sustainment of Products and Services, Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics, Deeply Coupled 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 give a briefing please contact the TACOM Chairperson, Ms. Cherice Carter, 586-574-4175, Carterch@tacom.army.mi l. 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; i dentify needs for new management tools, re?search and products; review management and technical solutions now in design and development. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: the Government and Industry community; logisticians, inventory specialists and engi?neers; maintenan ce and supply managers; commercial product support providers; liaison officers; researchers and product development representatives; production, process and inf ormation system specialists; 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: Cont inental Breakfasts, Reception, 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 P rikopa, (586) 246-7239, fax (586) 775-0130, e-mail, LogisticsSym@comcast.net. Send your completed registration form with the fee to: REGISTRATION FORM: Early Registration Fee - $325.00; Late Registration Fee - $375.00; Name; Company/Organization; Street Ad dress; 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: USPS:NDIA Michigan Chapter, 14159 Edison Dr., Warren, MI 48088, Attn: Jennifer E Prikopa, Phone (586) 246-7 239, Fax: (586) 775-0130, E-Mail: LogisticsSym@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 $107.00 for government and $113.00 for industry. To ensure the discounted rate, please make reservations early and ask for the TACOM/Industry Logistics Sympos ium reserved room block. These rooms will be held until March 11, 2005. EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITES: TACOM and 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 take 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 are also $1,050.00. Typically, outdoor exhibits are made up of stationary displays and vehicles. However, there is indoor space reserved for outdoor exhibit s that meet NDIA-MIs space allocations and the hotels weight restrictions. Such indoor space requests 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 Producti ons. 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 disco unted registration fees. The fee of $230.00 will cover symposium sessions, meals, snacks and the reception. 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 m eals, snacks and the reception but no symposium sessions. Each booth or outdoor (and indoor vehicle) space exhibitor can register up to two additional persons at $190.00 each. Each tabletop exhibitor can register one person for $230.00 and one addit ional person for $190.00. All other exhibitor representatives are subject to the registration fee of $325.00. 14th TACOM/Industry Logistics Symposium Planned Agenda: Tuesday March 15th - 0700 Registration Continental Breakfast; 0800 Administrative Ms. Cherice Carter, TACOM Chairperson; 0805 BG William Lenaers, TACOM Commanding General - Opening Comments; 0825 GEN Benjamin Griffin, AMC Commander - Keynote Address AMC Support to the Warfighter (confirmed); 0930 LTG John Curran, Deputy Commanding Gen eral, Futures/Director, Futures Center Training and Doctrine Command - Current to Future Force Initiative (invited); 1015 BREAK EXHIBIT DISPLAY; 1115 LTG Claude Christianson, The Deputy Chief of Staff, G4 - Expeditionary Logistics across a Joint & Combined Battlefield (confirmed); 1200 LUNCH; 1300 BG Robert Radin, Commanding General, Joint Munitions Command - Logistics Support for Operation Iraq Freedom Lessons Learned (invited); Reception in the Hyatt Regency Great Lakes Center, March 15th at 4:30. Wedne sday, March 16th - 0805 Hon Michael Wynne, Acting Undersecretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics - Paving the Way for the Future of Defense Logistics (invited); 0855 GEN Dan McNeill, FORSCOM Commander - Logistics Support for a Modular For ce (invited); 1000 BREAK EXHIBIT DISPLAY; 1100 BG Charles Cartwright, Program Manager, Unit of Action; Mr. Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing Vice President/General Manager Future Combat Systems - Unit of Action - Future Combat Systems Government and Industr y Perspective (invited); 1200 LUNCH; 1300 LTG Robert Dail, Director, J3/J4, Deputy Commander, US Transportation Command (confirmed); Thursday, March 17th - 0805 COL Peter Fuller, Project Manager, Stryker, Mr. Donald Howe, Director Stryker Armored Combat Vehicle GDLS - Stryker Performance in Theater Government and Industry Perspective (confirmed); 0850 Mr. John Garstka, Assistant Director of Concepts and Operations, Office of Force Transformation (confirmed); 1000 BREAK EXHIBIT DISPLAY; 1100 Lean Six Sigma: Mr. Thomas A. Myers, Director of Corporate Assessment at Bellevue University (confirmed); Mr. Michael George, George Group, Author of Lean Six Sigma books (confirmed); 1200 LUNCH; 1300 Strategic Alliance Partnerships Panel: Rear Admiral Linda Bird, DLA (co nfirmed); TACOM Speaker TBD; AM General LLC Speaker TBD; UDLP Speaker TBD; Oshkosh Speaker TBD; GDLS Speaker TBD. AFTERNOON BRIEFING TOPICS: Supporting Sense and Respond Logistics Utilizing the Sea-Based Logistics Assessment Tool (SLAT), Speaker Dr. William Baylis, Northrop Grumman Corp.; Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability (RMS) panel, Dr. Russell Vacante, Ph.D., Program Director, Sector Leadership Defense Acquisition University (DAU) (panel moderator); Transportation Infrastructure panel, Dr. Russell Vacante, Ph.D., Program Director, Sector Leadership Defense Acquisition University (DAU) (panel moderator); Mr. Chris Nozicka, DLA Defense Logistics Information Service (TACOM Support Branch) - DLA Support to the Warfighter; Speaker TBD from DLA-J-4, Factory to Foxhole Supply Chain Having what you need; Improving Weapon System Effectiveness through Performance Based Logistics (PBL) panel, Panel Moderator, Mr. Larry Hill (OASA((ALT)), Panel Members from Defense Acquisition Universi ty (DAU), Army, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Industry; TMDE in the Materiel Release Process, Mr. Mike Carney (TACOM); Logistics Re-Supply from Operation Iraq Freedom (OIF) panel: Mr. Randy McCauley (Chief, Logistics Division PM Combat Systems ); Mr. Barry Crawford (Dir, ILS PM Combat Systems); CW4 Art Dahl, TACOM Readiness; BG(P) Boles, Chief of Ordnance and Commanding General, US Army Ordnance Center and Schools. Sense and Respond Logistics, Mr. Fred Czerner, Synergy Inc., and a Speake r TBD from the US Army Logistics Transformation Agency, Ft Belvoir, VA. Dr. Miranda Keeney, (CLOE Program Director) - Common Logistics Operating Envir onment (CLOE); COL John Wharton, Deputy for the Chief of the Armys Task Force on Logistics; LTC Steven Karl, Maintenance Policy for the Department of Army-G4; Mr. Paul Krumhaus, Office of the PEO for Enterprise Information Systems, Automated Identificatio n Technology (EIS/AIT) RFID/UID; 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 Logis tics 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; Logistics Panel to address the transition of acquisition and sustainment of products and services for the Department of Defense by the use of: Performance-Based Strategies; Logistics Supply Chain Management; Life Cycle System Design and Cost; Industry/Government Best Practice. Panel Moderator, Dr. Ralph Harper Jr. , HarCon, Inc. Panel Members: MG John M. Urias, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command; LTG(ret) Roy E. Beauchamp, Society of Logistics Engineers (SOLE); Mr. Louis Kratz, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics; Mr. Thomas J. Edwards, U.S. Arm y Combined Arms Support Command; Mr. C.M. (Chuck) Huber, Huber Consultants International; Mr. John E. Phillips, Home Depot; Goodrich Fuel & Utility Integrated Mechanical Diagnostics Health & Usage Monitoring System (automated maintenance repair), Spea ker, Mr. Steve Peckham, Moderator LTG (ret) August Cianciolo, Consultant with Spectrum Group; CPU Technologies Deeply Coupled Computing - Advanced Computing Process Technology used in computing Capabilities, Speaker, Mr. Richard Kessinger, Moderator LTG (ret) August Cianciolo, Consultant with Spectrum Group; Caterpillar Defense and Federal Products - Commercial Support Capabilities to Support Recent Deployments to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), Speaker TBD; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOGISTICS SUPPORT TOPICS: Advanced Mobility Hybrid Electric Drive including fuel & weight efficient engines and Highly durable track concepts, Speaker Mr. Dan Herrera (Research Development and Engineering Command TARDEC) (confirmed); Wa ter Purification, Speaker Mr. Jeremy Walker (Research Development and Engineering Command TARDEC) (confirmed); Future Tactical Truck System (FTTS), Speaker Mr. Paul Skalny (National Automotive Center) (invited); Smart Battery System, Speaker Mr. An thony Comito (National Automotive Center) (invited); Rapid Engine removal and replacement, Speaker Mr. Hal Almand (National Automotive Center) (invited).
- Record
- SN00757835-W 20050226/050224212328 (fbodaily.com)
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