ILI and ILG Training Curriculum Assessment 14 February 2006

1. ILI and ILG Training Curriculum Assessment 14 February 2006

2. Background and Objectives • The logistics curriculum analysis was conducted to support both AF/ILGF and AF/ILI’s education and training efforts. • The objectives of the assessment were to: • determine if existing education offered to the logistics community supports eLog21 near-term education needs • determine where changes to internal curriculum are needed to better align with the Air Force future logistics environment • determine where duplication exists; identify the specific curriculum that best meets the Air Force’s needs • The future goal is to have a Sustainment Curriculum portfolio that contains the entire logistics curriculum available to logistics personnel in a centralized location.

3. Approach Conducted Data Collection Analyzed Data and Documented Findings Review Findings with ILI and ILG Produce Final Deliverable • Assessed curriculum offered through Air Force education institutions to determine if it is up to date and aligned with AF vision based on the Combat Support AF CONOPS and the eLog21 Campaign • Assessed curriculum to determine if it could be leveraged for the eLog21 near term education needs • Determined duplicative curriculum offered through Air Force education institutions • Assessed quality of similar curriculum offered through external education institutions to determine best curriculum • Reviewed syllabi, lesson plans, and content provided by instructors • Contacted former students and reviewed course evaluations, where possible • Conducted site visits: • AFIT • LOGTECH: Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology

4. Curriculum Reviewed: ILGF Requested

5. Curriculum Reviewed: ILGF Requested *Due to the disparate geographic locations of Logistics Readiness personnel, the Change Management team also conducted a high-level review of SCM curriculum offered by universities outside the Mid-Atlantic region (this was outside the original scope). The universities include: University of Florida, University of Denver, Stanford University, Arizona State University, Weber State University, University of California, and National University in San Diego, CA. The Change Management team also conducted a high-level review of SCM curriculum offered at Wright State University due to its proximity to Wright-Patterson AFB.

6. Additional Curriculum Examined

7. Additional Curriculum Examined

8. High- Level Findings/Recommendations

9. Logistics Personnel Career Path and Specialization

10. eLog21 Near Term Education Needs

11. Curriculum Offered through Air Force Education Institutions

12. Curriculum Offered through Air Force Education Institutions (cont’d)

13. Curriculum Offered Through Army Education Institutions

14. Curriculum Offered Through DAU

15. Curriculum Offered Through Universities

16. Curriculum Offered Through Universities (cont’d)

17. Curriculum Offered Through Universities (cont’d)

18. Recommendations Summary • Create and communicate selection criterion for determining which Logistics Readiness personnel attend specific training and map courses to career paths. • Determine if SCM certification is a requirement for Logistics Readiness personnel, as well as the broader logistics community. • Explore enabling Logistics Readiness personnel to specialize in the SCM (officers and civilians) or Joint areas (officers only). • Send Logistics Readiness personnel to the University of Tennessee for SCM education; work with the University to include a session with Air Force specific content, as well as to devise a more cost effective approach to training Air Force Logistics Readiness personnel (e.g., volume discount). • Continue to offer the Army Logistics Management College JCL to Logistics Readiness personnel. • Revise the Army Logistics Management College FDSCM course content to improve the level of detail. Reevaluate the course after one year to ensure the content provides the necessary depth. • Merge LOG299 and ELROC into one course. • Require coordination between LOG 299, ALROC, and ELROC instructors to ensure consistency between similar content. • Continue to offer the LOGTECH Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology course to Logistics Readiness personnel, as well as the broader logistics community. • Discontinue LOG 492 and develop a true SCM course offered by AFIT.

19. Recommendations Summary (cont’d) • Update AETC and AFIT courses in the current Sustainment Curriculum portfolio database being developed by AFIT, as well as LOG 199, 299, ALROC, and ELROC to better reflect the Air Force vision and logistics transformation. • Include the Air University Contingency Wartime Planning course in the curriculum made available to the Logistics Readiness career field, as well as the Sustainment curriculum portfolio AFIT is compiling. • Ensure consistency in LOG 499 offerings (simulations/exercises and tours). • Revamp AFIT’s 99 series course material (e.g., provide students materials ahead of time, ensure presentations are detailed enough with notes, etc.). • Leverage content from AFIT, DAU, and APICS to support eLog21 near-term education and training needs. • Include DAU examined courses in the Sustainment Curriculum portfolio. • Do not send Logistics Readiness personnel to Ohio State University - no additional benefit is offered over the University of Tennessee or Penn State. • Examine the University of Maryland’s Executive Education SCM curriculum in more detail once it is completed (only if an agreement is not reached with the University of Tennessee). • Examine the University of Florida, University of Denver, Arizona State University, and Stanford University curriculum in additional detail to determine which curriculum best meets the needs of Logistics Readiness personnel not located in the Mid-Atlantic region.

20. Appendix Detailed Findings/Recommendations

21. Findings/Recommendations: Career Path and Specialization

22. Finding/Recommendations: eLog21 Near Term Education Finding: APICS, DAU, and AFIT have curriculum that should be examined in additional detail to determine specific content that could be leveraged for future eLog21 web-based training course development.

23. Finding/Recommendations: eLog21 Near Term Education (cont’d)

24. Finding/Recommendations: Alignment with the Air Force Vision and Logistics Transformation Finding: Certain internal Air Force curriculum offered to the Logistics Readiness career field requires updates to better reflect the Air Force vision being driven by logistics transformation. Should AFIT and AETC choose to update course content, coordination is needed with AF/ILI on specific wording.

25. Finding/Recommendations: Alignment with the Air Force Vision and Logistics Transformation (cont’d) Finding: Courses included in Sustainment Curriculum portfolio that AFIT is building require updates to better align with the Air Force vision and logistics transformation. To determine where specific content updates are needed within the actual course, a more in-depth review of the curriculum is needed.

26. Finding/Recommendations: Alignment with the Air Force Vision and Logistics Transformation (cont’d)

27. Finding/Recommendations: Internal Duplicative Curriculum Finding: Duplicative content exists between LOG 299, ALROC, and ELROC

28. Finding/Recommendations: Internal Duplicative Curriculum (cont’d)

29. Findings/ Recommendations: AFIT Curriculum

30. Findings/ Recommendations: DAU Curriculum

31. Finding/Recommendations: University Curriculum

32. Finding/Recommendations: University Curriculum (cont’d)

33. Finding/Recommendations: University Curriculum (cont’d)

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