Pre-conference Focus Day
Contracting For Logistics Capability
Tuesday 3rd June 2008
MAXIMISE YOUR LOGISTICS CAPABILITY WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
The defence industry has the logistics solutions you need – but do you have the commercial expertise and the experience to exploit them?
Outsourcing of logistics functions from support services to supply chain management is now a fact of the modern defence environment but even the biggest, most sophisticated defence organisations can struggle to balance cost, risk and requirement when engaging civilian contractors.
This one day guide to successfully outsourcing logistics processes will give you the tools and techniques you need to ensure you meet your capability requirements within your budgetary restrictions.
- Learn the contracting methodologies of the world’s most advanced forces
- Evaluate the services industry can provide
- Discover advanced tools for effective planning and contracting
- Anticipate and overcome the challenges of working with civilian contractors
- Explore outsourcing strategies tried and tested by national and international agencies
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to ensure contracting and outsourcing success!
08.00 |
Coffee and Registration |
09.00 |
Chairman’s Opening Address
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MAXIMISING LOGISTICS CAPABILITY WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS |
09:15 |
OPENING KEYNOTE: NAMSA: How Employing Contractors Enables NAMSA To Meet The Requirements Of Its New Role As An International Logistics Provider In Multinational Operations
Major General Karl-Heinz Münzner |
UK LOGWAR – Criteria Used By The UK MoD To Analyse The Effectiveness Of Contractors In The Context Of UK Defensive Logistics Capability – UK LOGWAR Air Commodore Julian Young, |
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10:15 |
Coffee and Networking Break |
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LESSONS FOR EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND CONTRACTING |
11:00 |
Increasing The Operational Effectiveness Of a Contractor Logistics Force: Strategies For Managing Contracts and Contractors In Theatre Keith Ernst, * Subject to confirmation |
11:30 |
Anticipating and Overcoming the Major Challenges of Working with Contractors, On and Off the Battlefield Air Commodore Julian Young, Keith Ernst, * Subject to confirmation |
12.30 |
Networking Lunch |
14:00 |
Freeing The Forces To Fight – How Outsourcing Of Material Infrastructure And Hardware Requirements Can Enable Optimised Deployment Of Military Personnel And Resources |
14.30 |
Coffee and Networking Break |
15:00
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International Law Governing Human Rights and Conflict: A Framework For Understanding The Legal Status Of Civilian Contractors In Military Operations And For Making Decisions About Their Deployment Dr Vesselin Popovski |
15:30
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Contractors on Deployed Operations: An Analysis of the Overall Costs and Benefits Professor Matthew Uttley |
16.00 |
End Focus Day |