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Who will you meet at Defense Logistics 2015? Download the attendee list here to find out!

Defense Logistics 2014 Attendee List Running since 2001, The Defense Logistics training event has become a set date on the calendars of hundreds of logisticians and has proven to be an influential forum of great logistics minds in the U.S. Click the image to the right to view the list of last year's attendees.

Download an exclusive presentation on the state of military procurement processes. Click the image to the left to download. In this exclusive presentation from Defense Logistics, Steve Lubniewski, Vice President of Defense and Intelligence Industry at IBM Global Business Services examines the state of military procurement processes and trends with an eye to 2013, the potential sequester, and more. Click the image to the left to download the presentation PDF.

Controlling Total Ownership Costs and Implementing PBL Jerry J. Johnston, Logistics Management Specialist, US Army Product Management Office for Air Traffic Control Systems & Kurt Kaufman, Program Manager, Rockwell Collins spoke to us recently about army procurement.

HIMARS - One of the Most Successful Programs The Precision Fires Rocket and Missile Systems’ High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a two-time recipient of the Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics award. The award recognizes government and industry teams providing war fighters with exceptional operational capability through PBL agreements. In this presentation, Colonel David J. Rice takes us through the implementation of modernization programs that made the HIMARS program such a success.

In this exclusive presentation from DMS 2012, Mike Stanaland, MV-22 In-Service PSTL, PMA-275 V-22 Joint Program Office, United States Navy, examines joint partnering for improved readiness within Navy Logistics. Stanaland presents an innovative sustainment strategy which utilizies a blend of organic and commercial infrastructure to reduce costs while maintaining readiness and the phased approach that produced results.

In this exclusive presentation from Defense Logistics, Frank Kang, Strategy & Transformation- Operations & Finance and SCM Functional Community, IBM Global Business Services, discusses achieving excellence in supply chain management through visibility, process integration and analytics and close military/industry cooperation.

In this exclusive presentation from Defense Logistics, Rear Admiral Thomas C. Traaen, Commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution and, Commander, U.S. Central Command Deployment & Distribution Operations Center, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, discusses Effects Based Operations and the DLA from the point of view of distribution.

In this exclusive presentation from DMS 2012, Russell Dyreng, Director, Secondary Power Commodity Council, United States Air Force discusses his service's project to revitalize the PBL concept within Air Force logistics. Dyreng examines what to consider when moving to a PBL, presents a case study from within the Global Logistics Support Center and looks forward to what the future holds for USAF logistics.

In this presentation, Mr. Eugene L. Morin, Jr., Program Manager for Autonomic Logistics at the Marine Corps Systems Command shares lessons learned through a CBM implementation at the Command. This exclusive presentation will give you insights as to how CBM can benefit your organization and how the military is implementing condition based maintenance plus as quickly as possible to improve efficiency and reduce costs.