PURPOSE: The Introduction to Acquisition Logistics is a forum for entry-level DoD personnel assigned to acquisition logistics functions. It is designed for acquisition logistics personnel and Integrated Logistics Support Managers. Participants gain an ability to comprehend logistics support policy, support performance requirements and practices applicable to acquisition programs during the various defense systems life cycles. The course provides an analysis of the role of the acquisition logistics in the life cycle process, the system engineering process, and the role that ILS-plans and products play in these two processes. Presentations cover ILS related subjects such as life cycle costing, reliability, maintainability, availability, material acquisition processes, logistics support analysis processes, logistics relevant test and evaluation, and technical information management. Guest lecturers from government and industry discuss real world examples of developing and executing support for DoD programs and policies. Case studies offer the student an opportunity to address weapons system logistics problems; apply ethical principles; devise theoretical and pragmatic solutions; and experience the dynamics involved in the development of sound acquisition strategy.

PURPOSE: Provides the student with a broad based understanding of the logistics activities involved in the acquisition/modification of systems and equipment. The course design enables students to gain an understanding of the wide range of early logistics activities necessary to support the design, production and deploying of systems and equipment. It provides insight into the methods of identifying mission deficiencies, the acquisition process and the elements of logistics. It exposes the student to some of the logistics tools and techniques used in the acquisition cycle to improve system readiness and supportability (i.e., Logistics Support Analysis, Configuration Management, Financial Management, Contractor Support, Lessons Learned, Contracting, etc.). The main thrust of the course is for students to realize the importance of the interface between logistics support planning and the systems engineering process.

Selection Procedures: A request for waiver with justification is permitted.

Note: This course will be replaced by the new DAU course LOG 101 in FY 95.

PURPOSE: This course is designed to prepare program/project managers for basic management level task accomplishment in a program office. The course provides the upgrade education requirement for AFSC 63XX. Oriented at further developing and enhancing the professionalism of program/project managers and program analysis. Builds on the overview of acquisition management which the student has from SYS 100, the System Acquisition School or Acquisition Fundamentals Course and from his or her work experience in an acquisition job. Structures the content in three management functional areas: planning, executing, and controlling. Interwoven through the course are practical SPO processes such as generating a POM, writing a SOW, using cost estimating resources, analyzing contractor performance and developing planning networks. The course emphasizes exercises, problems and simulations to ensure comprehension of skills and information.

PREREQUISITES: Satisfactory completion of AFIT course SYS 100, SYS 123, SYS 223, SYS 100 Equivalency Exam, SAS 001, or AETC's Acquisition Fundamentals course. A minimum of two years acquisition experience after completion of the educational prerequisites. Assignment as a program/project manager, program analyst or civilian equivalent. An Air Force officer 0-3 or above, AF civilian GS-9 and above or AF personnel grades E-6 through E-9 with 99501 reporting identifier.

Special Requirements: Students selected for this class must bring and be able to operate a basic functions portable calculator.

Note: This course will be replaced by the new DAU course ACQ 201 in FY 95.

PURPOSE: This course will give people experienced in systems acquisition an update of current acquisition and sustainment topics in preparation for increased management, integration, and supervisory responsibilities. SYS 400 is designed for program managers or functional support specialists performing as middle managers in an Air Force system program office. The course will focus on a wide variety of current topics relating to system acquisition and program management. These topics will include current issues in acquisition, sustainment, logistics, Air Force policy and initiatives, program management, and other related functional areas. The presentation format will include group exercises, guest speakers, student presentations, and guided discussions based on individual student experience and requiring active student participation. This course will encourage a free exchange of ideas to improve student understanding of their roles and responsibilities as middle managers and the issues they will face in acquisition.

PREREQUISITES: Satisfactory completion of AFIT "Acquisition Planning and Analysis" (SYS 200), or Systems Acquisition School "Intermediate System Acquisition Management" (SAS 006), or DSMC "Intermediate Systems Acquisition" (PMT 201), or DAU ACQ 201, or certified at Level II under DoD 5000.52-M criteria. An Air Force officer, captain and above, or Air Force civilian, GS-12 and above with at least eight years of active federal service, including a minimum of sic years of acquisition experience. A minimum of two years of acquisition experience following completion of SAS 006, SYS 200, DAU ACQ 201, or equivalent DSMC specialty course. Assigned as a middle manager in an Air Force program office, functional support office or staff position where interaction with a program office is required, or a duty AFSC of 61SX, 63AX, 62EX, 33SX, 64PX, 25LX, 65FX, or civilian equivalent. Bachelor's degree.

PURPOSE: Develops capability in advanced pricing techniques used in the estimating and analyzing of cost in large procurements. This is the final course for pricing and procurement personnel in the DoD cost and price analysis curriculum. It provides the experienced procurement analyst with the statistical and accounting tools necessary to analyze costs, establish cost estimating relationships, and develop reasonable cost estimates in large system procurements. The course examines statistical analysis, regression analysis, leasing, selected special topics, and computer applications.

PREREQUISITES: Successful completion of QMT 345. First lieutenants and above, or GS-9 and above engaged in the procurement of large systems.

PURPOSE: Provides extensive application of advanced techniques for estimating costs of acquisition and support of weapons systems as well as developing the judgment necessary for selecting appropriate estimating techniques and correctly interpreting the results. This is the final course for costing personnel in the DoD cost and price analysis curriculum. It provides the experienced cost analyst with the mathematical and statistical tools necessary to develop cost estimates for weapons systems. The course covers estimating the cost of an entire weapons system, advanced regression techniques, treatment of uncertainty in cost analysis, forecasting, use of models, estimating operations and support costs, and performing economic analysis. This course will be offered every other FY.

PREREQUISITES: Successful completion of QMT 550--Advanced Quantitative Methods for Cost Analysis. Students with exceptional qualifications may submit a request for waiver from QMT 550 requirement. Request must contain a description of their education and experience. Officers in the grade of O-2 and above or civilian personnel in the grade of GS-9 and above who are engaged in cost analysis or cost estimating.

PURPOSE: To learn how to use Advanced Statistical Process Control Methods to improve the quality of products and services. This is an advanced course in Statistical Process Control. The course is built around a technique called the Analysis of Means (ANOM). AF and other DoD personnel currently using Statistical Process Control will find this course useful.

PREREQUISITES: QMT 090 or comparable courses in Statistical Process Control and involvement in group decision-making processes.

PURPOSE: Provides experience to DoD property administrators and other Government personnel whose duties and responsibilities relate to the management of Government-owned property in the possession of contractors. It provides the student an opportunity for increased understanding of the magnitude, complexity, and importance of the property administration function as an element of the contracting and contract administration effort. This course is an accredited upper-level undergraduate degree course. Students who obtain a successful grade score upon completion will be granted two (2) undergraduate quarter-term credits.

The scope of the course includes planning, organizational and conduct of property administration function with emphasis on critical analysis of management policy and practice at top three levels: top DoD management, management of DoD field activities of all services and DLA, and contractor management. Topics relate to objectives and organization, policy, programs, procedures and problems. Major concerns are objectives and methods of DoD surveillance over contractor efforts to manage government-owned facilities, special tooling, special test equipment and material; with particular emphasis on complex property control systems used in highly diversified industrial operations. Includes analyses of contract clauses related to property management, analysis of systems deficiencies and investigation of contractor liability. Methods of instruction include lecture-discussion and small group discussions with emphasis on student participation. Individual and group study of problems is required, with written analysis and oral presentation expected of each student. In addition to resident course offerings, this course is offered in the on-site mode.

PREREQUISITES: Military and civilian personnel serving as experienced property administrators or industrial property management specialists, or supervising or managing a Contract Property Administration effort. Primary candidates are GS-1103, grades 9-13 with over 2 years in the property field or a related area. Candidates must have completed PPM 151 at least one year before admission to PPM 300. Waiver requests will not be considered. DAU mandatory students Level II.

PURPOSE: Develops the more advanced skills and understanding of regression analysis as used in the estimation of complex system costs. This is an advanced course in the DoD curriculum for cost analysis, and provides an in-depth study of regression analysis as applied systems cost estimating and analysis. Topics covered are single and multiple input linear (Y=a+b*X) and multiplicative (Y=a*Y*b) relationships, with the emphasis on evaluating whether the relationship provides reliable cost estimates. Selected special topics in cost analysis are also presented. Case problems are used with each topic, as student applications of the methods learned. Both the topic presentations and the student case problems emphasize analyzing computer output, and making cost estimating decisions based on this analysis.

PREREQUISITES: Successful completion of QMT 345 or equivalent. Students with exceptional qualifications may submit a request for waiver from QMT 345 requirements. Request must contain a description of their education and experience. First lieutenants and above or GS-7 and above who are engaged in cost analysis or cost estimating.

PURPOSE: This course is specifically designed for the new MAJCOM and Air Staff action officers who write or review Mission Need Statements or Operational Requirements Documents. The course's target audience also includes AFMC's development planners and AFOTEC's operational test managers and analysts. The course objective is to enhance the effectiveness of personnel directly developing the definition, validation and refinement of operational needs and requirements. Each class member should understand the requirements generation process and how it fits with both the planning, programming and budgeting process and the acquisition process. The focus of the course is (a) to review the basics of defense management, the planning process and the basics of the mission analyses needed to identify and validate mission needs and operational requirements; (b) the preparation and coordination of mission need statements and operational requirements documents needed for the acquisition of a system solution; and, (c) a review of the DoD acquisition process and Biennial Planning, Programming and Budgeting System and how they are influenced by the requirements process.

PREREQUISITES: The targeted grade/rank structure is E-7 to E-9; 0-1 to 0-5 and GS-7 to GS/M 14.

Security Clearance: Secret.

PURPOSE: Teaches the concept and management of the USAF Technical Order System in accordance with Air Force policies as primarily related to acquisition. Air Force policies and responsibilities will be discussed in relation to the preparation, review, acceptance, and dissemination of technical orders (TOs). The course will develop the TO acquisition concept from its inception and also discuss the various types of TOs, role of the major Air Force commands in implementing an effective TO system, industry's role in preparation of TOs, validation and verification of TOs, and the numerous other actions necessary to ensure that TOs are available to Air Force users on a timely basis. The DoD Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS) Concept along with Air Force Automation of Data will be discussed. This is not a course in how to set up and maintain a TO library.

PREREQUISITES: Students should have an actual or anticipated assignment to a responsible position in MAJCOM, AFMC, System Program Office/Project Office, or in support of activities for managing the acquisition of TOs. Nominees should have demonstrated potential for managerial development and have a basic understanding of the Air Force Technical Order System. Preference is given to civilian GS-7 to GS-12; military, first lieutenant through lieutenant colonel and E-6 through E-9.

PURPOSE: This course provides detailed coverage of the management practices, including case studies applying these practices, used to facilitate the successful management of the technical side of an acquisition program. It is intended to enhance the management effectiveness of personnel accomplishing various functions which require the application of CM (such as project management, engineering, and logistics). It provides students with details about the principles and techniques of CM, an understanding of typical CM events and documentation, and an appreciation of the CM activities and responsibilities accomplished by other management functions. Case studies/simulations (which utilize statements of work, contract data requirements lists, specifications, and design and manufacturing documents) are used to reinforce the understanding of many of these key CM events. (The events covered relate primarily to the development and production of weapon systems hardware and software.)

PREREQUISITES: Education: Must have completed SYS 028, LOG 204, or AMEC 12. Experience: At least 4 months in an acquisition position. Grade: 0-1 -- 05, GS-7 -- GS-14.

PURPOSE: This course provides maintenance managers and supervisors with a background of executive skills which can be applied to the management functions that support operational units. Practicing maintenance managers are exposed to the latest concepts in management science and provided a vehicle for further development and application of these skills within the professional environment. The course emphasizes comprehension of current management theory and provides opportunities through seminars, informal lectures, guided discussions and exercises, to apply theory and technique to current management problems confronting base-level maintenance managers. Students are exposed to the latest trends within the maintenance field. Current maintenance topics include; DoD and Air Force maintenance policy, maintenance management information systems, reliability-centered maintenance, the logistics environment, repairable support division, statistical concepts, reliability and maintainability theory, quality concepts in aircraft maintenance, scheduling and planning activities, conflicts in management, and general systems theory.

PREREQUISITES: Primary consideration will be given to Air Force personnel: O-1 (fully qualified) through O-4; E-6 through E-9; and GS-9 through GS-13, or wage grade scale equivalent. Nominees currently assigned or pending assignment to base level maintenance positions in communications/electronics, missile, aircraft or munitions career field will have priority for course attendance. One year of maintenance experience is required. Personnel in other logistics related career fields or levels of assignment who desire to attend will be approved on a case-by-case basis. Students must be high school graduates and some undergraduate college experience is desirable. Students are required to bring calculators to support various course requirements.

PURPOSE: To provide program office personnel with the basic methodologies for analyzing the performance measurement data reflected on Cost Performance Reports (CPR) and Cost/Schedule Status Reports (C/SSR). The objectives of the course are for each student to:

a. Understand the concept and basic mechanisms for measuring performance.

b. Understand how CPR and C/SSR reflect performance measurement data.

c. Understand the basic techniques for analyzing contractor performance and representing contract/program status.

d. Forecast impact of performance by generating revised estimates of cost at completion.

SYS 363 consists of lectures, discussions, and individual and group exercises in three subject areas. The "Basic Concept" area includes presentations on the performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) and the mechanisms for measuring performance to this baseline. The "Reports" area includes an in-depth presentation of the formats and performance data reflected on the CPR and C/SSR; a case exercise is employed to give students practice in extracting meaningful information from the performance measurement reports. The "Measuring Performance" area includes presentations on basic analytical methods and status presentation techniques; data interpretation and the potential for data distortion is also taught. This third area also teaches forecasting techniques and the group exercise requires students to analyze contractor forecasts and generate Estimates at Completion (EAC) of their own. NOTE: This course does not include a discussion of the Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria (C/SCSC).

PREREQUISITES: This course is designed for military officers, civilian personnel in grades GS-7 or higher, and NCOs in the grade of E-6 through E-9 whose duty includes performing analysis of Cost Performance Reports or Cost/Schedule Status Reports. Potential students must be in a program control or other program office utilization duty assignment. A background in cost or price analysis, auditing, or financial or program management is suggested and all students should have a mathematical under-standing of algebra and simple graphing methodology. Students who have previously completed SYS 360, Evaluation of C/SCSC 361, Surveillance of C/SCSC, or SYS 362, C/SCSC, should not apply for SYS 363 since the concepts taught in SYS 363 are also taught in each of the other three courses. This course is intended to aid those who must work with CPRs and/or CSSRs but who do not get involved with the contractor's performance measurement system for generating these reports. Students should bring portable calculators to class.

PURPOSE: This course provides all logisticians with a broad overview of the logistician's wartime roles and responsibilities. It provides an introduction to strategies, concepts, and techniques employed by the logistician in wartime to support combat operations.

The course includes topics such as: a review of previous war logistics efforts and lessons learned; current procedures such as depot surge, two-level maintenance, lean logistics, aircraft battle damage repair, prepositioning, and their impact on logistics; logistics C2; joint service logistics; contingency contracting, sustainment operational requirements; and humanitarian assistance operations and the challenge it presents for logisticians. Students complete a simulated force planning exercise, conduct case studies of logistics efforts in select wars, and participate in group discussions of current and future concerns for the logistician in the combat arena.

PREREQUISITES: 1Lt/Capt, E6 through E8, and civilians (GS-9 through GS-12) assigned to operational logistics positions at joint and unified commands, major/intermediate command headquarters, and wing/base level.

PURPOSE: This course is the consolidated DoD overhead management course. It provides a sequence of instruction that is appropriate for PCOs, ACO, contract administrators, contract negotiators, price analysts, and auditors. It provides a sequence of instruction that is appropriate for contracting officers, buyers, price analysts, auditors and surveillance personnel. The course emphasis is on understanding the overhead process, with emphasis on rate development, final rate determination, pricing applications, cost accounting standards, cost principles, cost monitoring, and contract administration. Selected legal decisions are used to help link the theoretical concepts to the daily workday experience. This course is also available as an on-site course.

PREREQUISITES: Available to those individuals needing an increased knowledge of the Contractor Overhead Management area. It is recommended that students new to the "overhead" subject area review the indirect cost chapter of the most recent edition of the Armed Services Pricing Manual.