DSI Announces Logistics and Materiel Readiness Summit Benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project to be Held in May

Alexandria, VA, February 27, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Across the Logistics community the challenge exists to sustain forward operating Commands and Organizations with limited resources. Policy leaders are working diligently to create strategies that address the warfighter’s needs and tasking Defense Support Agencies to do more with less. Logistics has evolved significantly since initial operations began in Iraq and Afghanistan. Efficient use of resources and process improvement technologies are no longer simply prudent, but necessary for continued sustainment. Everything from the precise mobility of personnel and materiel to extended asset tracking at forward bases must be leveraged to meet the needs of the Department.

DSI’s Logistics and Materiel Readiness Summit will assemble the most respected minds in the logistics community from Defense Support Activities, operational leaders, key policy-makers, solution providers from Industry and Academia.

Confirmed Speakers Include:

*LTG Raymond Mason, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, G-4, HQ US Army

*Sue Dryden, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness

*Paul Peters, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply Chain Integration

*John Johns, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Maintenance Policy and Programs

*MajGen Charles Hudson, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics Command

*RADM Kathleen Dussault, USN, Director, Logistics Programs and Corporate Operations Division, OPNAV N41

Critical Topics to be Addressed Include:

-Solutions for supporting the warfighter and continued operations in a period of financial austerity

-Ensuring Combatant Commander Readiness across the globe

-Maintenance policy in support of affordable solutions across the supply chain

-Systems innovations to reduce manpower requirements

- Life cycle management solutions and PBL to improve affordability

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