AFLCMC IPS Element Training: WISM PHS&T Week 2 (12 NOV 2024)

Week 2 Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Shipping (PHS&T) Integrated Product Support Element (IPSE) training to life cycle logisticians and other acquisition and sustainment members from throughout Air Force Life Cycle Management Command (AFLCMC).  Bob Hannah reviewed week 1 related terms and data definitions and covered cradle-to-grave planning, working with functional teammates, and resources.  Reference IPS Element Guidebook Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements Guidebook, pp. 163-182. Training focused on influencing system design early and throughout as an enabler for affordable readiness; how activities within the PHS&T IPSE are critical for synchronization and tailoring of the other IPSEs and for collaboration with other functional areas (e.g., Engineering); guidance and best practices for planning and execution of contracting instruments and agreements to actuate product support activities; and the essential role of the Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) in driving codified planning and activities from system cradle to grave.   Charts for all four weeks of PHS&T training are included in the attachments.