JANUARY–MARCH 2 0 1 5


THE HONORABLE HEIDI SHYU Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT))/Army Acquisition Executive


FEATURES 90 NE T BENEFI T


A new way of doing business gets industry into development process earlier


EDITORIAL BOARD


LTG THOMAS P. BOSTICK Chief of Engineers/Commanding General (CG), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


LTG JEFFREY W. TALLEY Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/CG, U.S. Army Reserve Command


LTG PATRICIA E. MCQUISTION Deputy CG/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command


LTG ROBERT S. FERRELL U.S. Army Chief Information Officer/G-6


LTG MICHAEL E. WILLIAMSON Director, Army Acquisition Corps/Director, Acquisition Career Management


LTG ANTHONY R. IERARDI Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-8


MG (DR.) BRIAN C. LEIN CG, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command


MG PAUL A. OSTROWSKI Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the ASA(ALT) (OASA(ALT))


DR. JEFFERY P. HOLLAND Director of Research and Development/ Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


ROY A. WALLACE Assistant DCS, G-1


MARY MILLER Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (DASA) for Research and Technology, OASA(ALT)


THOMAS E. MULLINS DASA for Plans, Programs and Resources, OASA(ALT)


HARRY P. HALLOCK DASA for Procurement, OASA(ALT)


GABRIEL CAMARILLO Principal Deputy, ASA(ALT)


ANN CATALDO DASA for Defense Exports and Cooperation, OASA(ALT)


CRAIG A. SPISAK Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)


NELSON MCCOUCH III Executive Secretary, Editorial Board, USAASC


94 TECHNICALLY SPEAKING


Explaining science plainly can lead to new insight—and a challenge


CONTRACTING


98 SPOTLIGHT: SSG ELIUD TEMBLADOR From the front lines to behind the scenes


100 LEAN THINKING


Applying lean business practices to single-award task and delivery order processing


CRITICAL THINKING


106 ‘WIN IN A COMPLEX WORLD’—BUT HOW? TRADOC CG GEN David G. Perkins discusses meaning and challenges of new Army Operating Concept


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116 SPOTLIGHT: MR. JEFF CHAPIN Seeking big-picture solutions to save lives and reduce costs


118 BBP 3.0 101


With new version, better buying power is here to stay


126 THE LONG VIEW


LIRA decision support tool enables better long-range planning and budgeting


132 OP ENING THE DOOR TO ‘OP EN’ ARCHI T EC TURES


AMRDEC develops new modular approach to foster competition, innovation in guided missiles


138 PURCHA SING POWER


Strategic sourcing identifies collaborative savings opportunities


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Army AL&T Magazine


January–March 2015


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