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Acquisition Logistics -
Acquisition Logistics is everything involved in acquiring logistics support equipment and personnel for a new weapons system. The formal definition is "the process of systematically identifying, defining, designing, developing, producing, acquiring, delivering, installing, and upgrading logistics support capability requirements through the acquisition process for Air Force systems, subsystems, and equipment.
Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics
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Cradle-to-Grave -
Logistics planning, design, and support which takes in to account logistics support throughout the entire system life cycle.
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FLEET (1) -
Freight and Logistics Efforts for European Traffic, a DRIVE project.
Acronym: FLEET
Reference: Professor Derek Urwin, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, U.K., http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~pol028/index.htm
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FCIM is the integration of equipment, software, communication, human resources, and business practices within an enterprise to rapidly manufacture, repair, and deliver items on demand with continuous improvements in the processes. The FCIM initiative is a Joint Service and Agency effort to establish and implement the procedures and processes needed
Acronym: FCIM
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: National Security Industrial Association "CALS Expo '93, Proceedings and Reference"_
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Integrated Logistics Support (1) -
ILS is a management function that provides planning, funding, and functioning controls which help to assure that the system meets performance requirements, is developed at a reasonable price, and can be supported throughout its life cycle. The major goal of ILS is to ensure that all elements of support are
Acronym: ILS
Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics
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Encompasses the unified management of the technical logistics elements that plan and develop the support requirements for a system. This can include hardware, software, and the provisioning of training and maintenance resources.
Acronym: ILS
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine "Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke
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Joint CALS Management Office -
The JCMO was established as a joint (multi) military organization comprised of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in order to implement common (joint) CALS solutions. The JCMO developed the DoD CALS Architecture released in June 1991.
Acronym: JCMO
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Fairfax CALS Shared Resource Center, 1994
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Logist -
To perform logistics functions or processes. The act of planning, organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services. (The verb "to logist." Eg. She logisted the last operation. I will logist the next operation. I am logisting the current operation. We logist the operations. The operations are well logisted.)
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Logistic -
Of or pertaining to logistics.
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Of or pertaining to logistics, logistics-like.
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The science of planning, organizing and managing activities that provide goods or services.
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Logistics (6) -
Logistics is the science of planning and implementing the acquisition and use of the resources necessary to sustain the operation of a system.
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine "Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke______~_}_Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine
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Logistics Support Analysis (1) -
Simply put, LSA is the iterative process of identifying support requirements for a new system, especially in the early stages of system design. The main goals of LSA are to ensure that the system will perform as intended and to influence the design for supportability and affordability.
Acronym: LSA
Reference: Air Force Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Acquisition and Logistics
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A modeling process used to recognize the maintenance, training and the number of people that are required to get the system running and to maintain the system.
Acronym: LSA
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency Included with permission from: HUM - The Government Computer Magazine "Integrated Logistics" December 1993, Walter Cooke
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Logistics Support Analysis Record -
That portion of LSA documentation consisting of detailed data pertaining to the identification of logistic support resource requirements of a system or equipment. n Smith, "An Introduction to CALS: The Strategy and the Standards", 1990.
Acronym: LSAR
Reference: ECRC University of Scranton / Defense Logistics Agency
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Lust-to-Dust -
Similar to "Cradle-to-Grave" but also includes the logistics considerations during the initial planning phase, prior to the acquisition process. Term used in the Canadian Forces.
Reference: Capt A.T. Bard
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