DISAM Journal articles from June 2000

DISAM Journal archives from June 2000

THE DISAM JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... In July, the Naval Air Systems Command held its annual foreign military sales (FMS) Logistics Process Improvement Team (LPIT) conference, which brings together participants from the Navy, industry, and the nations which use naval aircraft. We...

International Programs and The Naval Aviation System Team.
June 22, 2000... International programs comprise a critical component within the mission, the business, and the processes of the Naval Aviation Systems Team (TEAM). We currently support 45 countries through 1500 foreign military sales (FMS) cases valued at over...

Naval Aviation FMS Logistics Process Improvement Team.
June 22, 2000... The Naval Aviation Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Logistics Process Improvement Team (LPIT) was officially chartered by VADM W. C. Bowes (Commander, Naval Air System Command) and RADM R. M. Moore (Commander, Naval Supply System Command) in August...

The Naval Aviation FMS Logistics Converence.
June 22, 2000... In July 2000 the Naval Air Systems. Command hosted a Foreign Military Sales Logistics Process Improvement Team (LPIT) Conference. The theme of the conference was on supporting foreign military sales (FMS) aviation systems through partnerships....

Technical Data Support for Foreign Military Sales Naval Air Systems Command Customers.
June 22, 2000... The Naval Air Technical Data and Engineering Service Command (NATEC) works in partnership with the various program executive offices (PEOs) and technical data source providers to ensure Department of the Navy (DoN) foreign military sales (FMS)...

FMS Initial Support Team (FIST).
June 22, 2000... Background FMS Initial Support Tracker (FIST) provides NAVAIR program managers, FMS customers, and supporting activity's logistics element managers (LEMs) with an integrated tracking system. FIST enables them to monitor spares, support...

FMS Hybrid Case Reinvention Initiative.(foreign military sales)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Navy International Programs Office (IPO), and the Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) International Programs Directorate have developed procedures for an experimental foreign military sales...

F/A-18 Foreign Military Sales In-Service Support: Supporting FMS Aviation Systems Through Partnerships.
June 22, 2000... The U.S. Navy is committed to providing full life cycle logistics and engineering support to all weapon systems procured through foreign military sales (FMS). To ensure that post-production logistics and engineering support will be available...

Navy FMS eBusiness.(foreign military sales)
June 22, 2000... Introduction The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, International Programs Department entered the electronic commerce age with the unveiling of its eBusiness Suite of applications. These applications are intended to allow the...

The Navy Worldwide Warehouse Redistribution Services Program.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... As we learned from the U.S. Air Force in a previous Worldwide Warehouse Redistribution Services (WWRS) article in the Spring 1998 DISAM Journal written by Lt Col William C. Lee, the concept of the WWRS had been discussed for nearly seven years....

Advanced Distributed Learning.
June 22, 2000... The future of Naval aviation training is directly linked to our success in converting and/or augmenting conventional classroom instructor training with advanced distributed learning (ADL). The foreign military sales (FMS) customer should...

Assessing Logistics Cost Using the FMS Decision Support and Budgeting Model.(foreign military sales)
June 22, 2000... Introduction Recent decline in the Department of Defense (DoD) budget due to changes in the world political environment have decreased the resources available to national defense. During the 1990s, there has been continued pressure from...

Joint Aviation Technical Data Integration Knowledge as a Force Multiplier.
June 22, 2000... The Joint Aviation Technical Data Integration (JATDI) program is the keystone of the joint aviation community's drive to change their business processes by utilizing digital data. Paper-based processes are slow, generate bulky products, and are...

Hornet International Cooperative Logistics Exchange Program.
June 22, 2000... Background The need for an economical and efficient legal means of providing available spare and repair parts from one country to another is essential. Currently, Hornet customers who want to exchange spare parts to another Hornet user...

FMS Reinvention Within the Department of the Navy's Model for Continuing Process Improvement.(foreign military sales)
June 22, 2000... For more than two years, the U.S. security assistance community has been involved in an intensive effort to study how to improve customer satisfaction, reduce costs and improve processes. These efforts have been generally grouped under the...

Team USA - An Integrated Approach to International Aspects of Navy Acquisition To Minimize Cost and Maximize Interoperability.
June 22, 2000... The term "partnering" offers the means to achieve more thorough the combination of talents and resources. Not only does partnering apply to the revolution in business affairs, as a way to maximize efficiency and innovation in the private...

DLA Support for Naval Aviation FMS Customers.(Defense Logistics Agency; foreign military sales)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Headquarters Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has participated as a member of the Naval Aviation FMS Logistics Process Improvement Team since 1995. Several DLA logistics issues have been discussed since that time. Current issues will be addressed...

Security Cooperation: Perspective Is Everything!(Michael S. Davison address)(Transcript)
June 22, 2000... [The following opening remarks were presented to the 2000 Security Cooperation Conference by Lieutenant General Davison, on 10 July 2000.] We have chosen as our conference topic "Perspective is Everything". The dictionary lists one of the...

2000 Security Cooperation Conference "Perspective Is Everything".
June 22, 2000... PLENARY SESSIONS Opening Remarks (Day One) As Lieutenant General Michael Davison, Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, opened the Second Annual Security Cooperation Conference in Crystal City on 10 July, he presented the...

Second Annual Security Cooperation Conference.(Rudy de Leon address)(Transcript)
June 22, 2000... [Remarks delivered by Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy de Leon, to the Second Annual Security Cooperation Conference, July 11, 2000.] Thank you very much for the chance to be here. I want to thank you, General Michael Davison, for the...

Applying "Supply Chain Management" To FMS Logistics Requirements.
June 22, 2000... The sale of weapon systems to friendly foreign governments is an instrument of U.S. foreign policy. It helps contribute to regional stability and provides a means for U.S. forces to conduct joint operations with foreign countries. Proceeds from...

Accounting for Contingency Operations: The Role of Defense Finance and Accounting Service Denver.
June 22, 2000... From United Nations operations in Somalia and Bosnia to the search for John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s plane, the U.S. Department of Defense is actively involved in peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, and disaster relief operations throughout the...

PowerTrack[TM].(internet-based freight payment system)
June 22, 2000... Introduction PowerTrack [TM] is an internet-based freight payment system that allows Department of Defense customers to process invoices electronically. U.S. Bank developed this system for online freight payment and transaction tracking....

Defense Security Cooperation Certificate Program.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... As part of his opening remarks at the 2000 Security Cooperation Conference, Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, Jr., Director, DSCA, announced the creation of the Defense Security Cooperation Certificate program. This initiative is designed...

Unified Command Management of SAO Computer Systems: The EUCOM Solution.(Security Assistance Office; European Command)
June 22, 2000... A number of articles in the DISAM Journal have discussed Security Assistance Office (SAO) and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) computer requirements. "Planning, Designing, and Operating Local Area Networks," (DISAM Journal, Summer 1997,...

SAO Advanced Training Automation Workshop (SAM-TA).(Security Assistance Officer)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... "Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done." Andy Rooney Security Assistance Officers (SAOs) have been using the SAO Training Management System (SAO TMS) for...

Security Assistance Management Course Executive and Industry (SAM-E) Course.
June 22, 2000... The Security Assistance Management Executive and Industry (SAM-E) course is designed to meet the dual educational requirements of U.S. government senior-level security assistance executives and U.S. defense industry personnel involved in...

Change of Director for Defense Security Cooperation Agency.(Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, Jr. succeeded by Lieutenant General Tome H. Walters, Jr.)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... On August 17, 2000, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Franklin D. Kramer presided over the change of director ceremony in which Lieutenant General Michael S. Davison, Jr., USA, was succeeded by Lieutenant General...

TACOM-RI Hosts Twelve FMS Countries at Users' Conference.(Tank-Automotive and Armament Command; foreign military sales)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2000... Last October, 33 representatives from twelve countries descended upon Jumer's Castle Lodge in Bettendorf Iowa for the first FMS M109 howitzer users' conference. These visitors teamed up with 150 CONUS-based U.S. government personnel and ten...