Managing a Program is difficult - You worry
about schedule, cost, and meeting the warfighter's performance and readiness
needs. The last thing you want is an
obsolescence issue and you can't buy what you need... But it happens!
Obsolescence issues are inevitable and it doesn't matter where you are at in
the lifecycle. On February 15, 2017, Ms. Robin
Brown, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Lead, and
Mr. Ethan Plotkin, CEO, GDCA, shared lessons learned on how to
facilitate the implementation of proactive obsolescence management throughout
the DOD/Industry in order to minimize readiness, schedule, and cost impacts.