Modern support strategies for military systems now encompass a wide range of internal and contracted support options. Support must be carefully designed so that operational requirements can be met, while minimizing system downtime and life cycle support costs. The ILS Management course examines:

• How to determine support requirements
  
• How to optimize the “division of responsibility” between internal military maintenance and contracted maintenance
  
• How to design a detailed maintenance program
  
• Methods and timelines for the production of required support products and processes.
  

The course also examines the timing and methods for support acquisition in the context of overall project management and the acquisition cycle.

Topics include:

• ILS concepts and definitions
  
• Logistics Support Analysis core tasks, and an alternative strategy for COTS products
  
• Transition to in-service support
  
• Reality-based exercises, presented in episodes to support teaching points.
  

The course is suitable for project managers, systems engineers and ILS practitioners. The course content provides the broad overview required for management, identifies the interfaces that need to be established and maintained with systems engineering, and illustrates the analysis and support product creation processes that ILS practitioners need to be aware of.

For more information, call (613) 271-2303, or e-mail Bern Hough.