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SPARK OF EFFICIENCY 1LT Charles Morgan, with the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment (6-4 CAV), 3rd Brigade Com- bat Team, 1st Infantry Division, throws an M67 fragmentation grenade during skills training in Kun- duz province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2013. Team CCS is exploring potential efficiencies in combin- ing procurements of similar grenade fuzes. (U.S. Army photo by SGT Robert Avila, 6-4 CAV)


qualified producer available, and to ascertain vulnerable second- and third- tier suppliers that need to be protected. Funding is then prioritized for items in those important areas whenever possible. Section 806 is also used to ensure that acquisitions stay within the NTIB for those items on the SPF list. Tese efforts sustain important strategic supplies and capabilities for the security of our nation.


CONCLUSION Team CCS is working with its industrial partners to maintain important capabili- ties and adequate capacity in the NTIB, using some of the tenets of BPP 2.0. Te team does this through a number of strategies including leveraging econo- mies of scale, promoting competition and using Section 806 policies to sustain the health of key industrial


ties. Te approaches cited in this article


are examples of procurement strategies to responsibly manage the impact of reduced budgets on the IB. How the base survives also depends on how adaptive our industry partners are.


Team CCS will continue to assess risks across the NTIB. It will explore and use both proven and innovative


strategies


that help to mitigate the impacts of con- strained resources and maintain strategic technologies in the NTIB that improve the lethality and survivability of our operational forces.


For more information about PM CCS, go to http://www.pica.army.mil/pmccs/ Default.html.


capabili-


MR. GARY L. BARBER is the Prod- uct Director Combat Munitions for PEO


Ammo’s PM CCS, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the New York Institute of Technology and an M.S.


in mechanical engineering


from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Barber


management


research, development and engineering. He is a member of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps (AAC),


MR. RENE MEDINA is the Product


Director Support Munitions for PM CCS. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and an M.S. in technology management from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Medina is Level III certified in manufacturing, production and quality assurance and in program management, as well as a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He is a member of the AAC.


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is Level III certified in program and in systems planning,


BBP 2.0


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