This course is designed for anyone who is preparing to serve on a planning staff or participate in the planning process above wing level. It will provide students with knowledge of National Level Planning Concept, levels of planning, and plan development. Objective: At the end of this course, each student will be able to identify guidance, define roles and responsibilities at planning levels above the wing and understand the concepts of plans development

This online course is presented from the perspective of logisticians preparing to assume their first unit command or leadership position and for other base-level logistics personnel with significant budget duties. It supplements, but does not replace training for additional duty Resource Advisors. It highlights both key fiscal law concepts and important procedural/practical issues unit commanders/leaders typically face.

This online course will provide students with foundational knowledge of Air Force working capital funds. It is designed for logisticians who are preparing to serve in a Working Capital Fund activity or in a role where they will interact with Working Capital Funds frequently.

This course is designed for Air Force logisticians. This course will describe Army logistics and how being aware of its functions helps Air Force logisticians better understand our sister Service. We’ll cover how the Army is organized, how it is supported by DLA, and how Army logistics supports operations using the logistics estimate process.

Working with the United States Marine Corps USMC can be daunting and a bit challenging. This eLearning course can help prepare you to interface with or support USMC forces. You will learn about how the USMC is structured, how they deploy and ultimately how to logistically provide support to or gain support from the Marine Corps.

This course is designed for Air Force logisticians who are preparing to serve in a joint activity or in a role where they will interact with the Naval Supply system frequently. It will provide students with foundational knowledge of the Navy and the Naval Supply system.

This course is designed for Air Force logisticians who are preparing for an assignment serving with multinational partners or readying for deployment as an advisor or staff in a multinational environment. The course will provide students with knowledge of multinational operations relationships, multinational logistics concepts, multinational logistics levels of support, and challenges one might encounter in a multinational environment.

This online course will help students explore inventory control and learn about inventory control concepts, as well as the roles and responsibilities for those involved in inventory and how to manage and control inventory.

This online course can help take some of the guesswork out of how Theater Logistics works. The course will cover topics like theater organizations, joint theater concepts and processes that will help make you a better theater logistician. The course focuses on Core Logistics functions and other topics that will help you start to prepare your tthinking for the many challenges of a Combatant Command Staff or other similar organization.

This course is designed for Air Force logisticians involved in any phase of weapon system sustainment. This course is highly conceptual and will cover the subject from an enterprise perspective, starting with understanding weapon systems as delivery mechanisms for military capabilities and continuing through Enterprise Life Cycle Management, Enterprise Sustainment, and Enterprise Maintenance. A broader understanding of these topics will help Air Force logistics readiness and aircraft maintenance officers develop as professional logisticians.

In this course, we discuss the structure, inputs, and processes of Air Force depot maintenance organizations as well as their operational strategies. A broader understanding of these topics will help Air Force logisticians operate in positions assigned to or supporting depot organizations.

This course is designed for Air Force maintenance and logistics officers and civilian equivalents, as well as SNCO’s who are assuming duties on a MAJCOM logistics staff as an action officer, to better understand and more effectively participate in programming and budgeting processes at that level.

This online course will help students to learn concepts that will enable them to safely and effectivly manage the distribution of materiel. The course is designed to shape day-to- day management of the distribution process, influence possible command policies, and identify the need for constant safety evaluation in Distribution Operations.

This course is designed for Air Force logisticians who have recently or are about to assume duties involving leadership of supply and distribution activities associated with aircraft maintenance intermediate repair shops, or management of the shops themselves. Its purpose is to prepare those logisticians to more effectively support Air Force readiness by enhancing their understanding of how and why intermediate repair is incorporated in the logistics and sustainment engineering system. It reviews conceptual foundations of intermediate repair in logistics and sustainment system design, DoD and Air Force implementation policies, theoretical underpinnings of echelon and network approaches, and current Air Force initiatives with respect to integration of Air Force repair efforts.

This course is designed for Air Force Logisticians. In this course, we will discuss the roles and responsibilities of the Defense Logistics Agency DLA as well as how DLA conducts business.

This online course will prepare you for Air Force Deployment Planning operations and will include topics such as: 1. Systems 2. Tools 3. Policies Upon completion of this course, you will have a broader understanding of deployment planning to help you communicate your plan, collaborate with fellow logisticians, and tackle some of the challenges that you will face as you participate in day-to-day operations.

This course, formerly known as Topics in Production Excellence: Organizational Culture, prepares leaders overseeing operations in areas such as flightlines, backshops, munitions storage areas, aerial ports, and storage and distribution centers, to have a basic understanding of the close relationship between organizational strategy and organizational culture and the need for congruency. In that vein, this course provides a basic understanding of the different components of an organization’s culture, and walks through the relationship of the organization and the environment it operates in.

This course, formerly known as Topics in Production Excellence: Production Systems, prepares leaders overseeing operations in areas such as flightlines, backshops, munitions storage areas, aerial ports, and storage and distribution centers, to have a basic understanding of a strategic approach to production that optimizes operations. In that vein, this course provides a general introduction to Input-Process-Output model, standards and abnormality flowcharts, leadership behaviors, operating systems, and key unifying processes.

This course, formerly known as Topics in Production Excellence: Achieving Alignment, prepares leaders overseeing operations in areas such as flightlines, backshops, munitions storage areas, aerial ports, and storage and distribution centers, to have a basic understanding of the relationship between organizational alignment and the organizational change process. Toward this objective, the course looks at strategic drift, “Big Opportunity Statements”, and how to push successful change in an organization.

This course, formerly known as Topics in Production Excellence: Leading Systematically, prepares leaders overseeing operations in areas such as flightlines, backshops, munitions storage areas, aerial ports, and storage and distribution centers, to have a basic understanding of the tools needed to lead systematically using leadership systems, leadership behaviors and productive meetings. This course covers topics on building a cohesive leadership team, team dysfunctions, defining and communicating goals, and implementing productive meetings.

This course is comprised of five modules. These modules describe logistics, its environment and the four logistics processes of acquisition, distribution, sustainment, and disposition. It is designed for new accessions and new practitioners in the logistics career fields. The course objectives are to provide new accessions and those new to logistics with a basic knowledge of logistics organizations processes and practices to orient new personnel in the logistics career fields and assist them in becoming productive logistics practitioners and to assist new logistics practitioners in understanding basic joint and AF doctrine.

This course is designed to further the professional capability of military and civilian personnel as entry level employees assigned to the Department of Defense Depot Maintenance System. Depot maintenance business processes are examined to include Core, 50/50, DSOR, partnering, environmental management, depot maintenance workload process and material support. Also, depot maintenance aircraft, depot maintenance exchangeables and other current depot issues will be discussed. Student centered exercises will emphasize problem analysis, decision making, and forecasting.

This is a web-based course providing an introduction to process improvement methodologies Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints and Benchmarking.

In this course, we will discuss the concept, policies, and responsibilities of the LRS Quality Assurance Program contained in DAFI 20- 112. Upon completion of this course, each student will understand the standardized method used to evaluate a unit’s compliance with Air Force, command, and local directives/policies. This course fulfills the requirement to qualify as an LRS QA Evaluator.

The course uses a variety of methods to explain and illustrate the relationships and inter-dependencies of logistics to its various components. Informal lectures, case study exercises, student presentations, and small group exercises are used to provide students with an understanding of acquisition, sustainment, distribution, supply chain management, the Air Force’s Enterprise Logistics Strategy and the associated Enterprise Logistics Information Systems, governance, contingency operations, and disposition.

This course is designed to further the professional capability of military and civilian personnel as mid-level managers assigned to the Department of Defense Depot Maintenance System. Industrial maintenance management practices, operations, production management principles and analytical techniques are examined for suitability to enhance support of operational and combat forces. This course focuses on contemporary production management techniques to aid managers in problem solving, constraint resolution, decision making and demand forecasting.

This course is designed to further the professional capability of military and civilian personnel as mid-level managers assigned to the Department of Defense Depot Maintenance System. Industrial maintenance management practices, operations, production management principles and analytical techniques are examined for suitability to enhance support of operational and combat forces. This course is centered on student focused exercises which emphasize team work, problem analysis, resolution, decision making and forecasting.

Provides base-level aircraft and munitions maintenance managers and logisticians with a survey of concepts and techniques from production operations management and related disciplines, with emphasis on identifying and defining issues, quantitative analysis of alternative courses of action, and effective communication of proposals and related costs and benefits up the chain of command. The course stresses practical application to actual challenges confronting base-level maintenance and logistics managers. Although several mathematical techniques are introduced, the course is specifically designed for managers who may not have any previous math background. Topics include group decision-making dynamics, continuous process improvement methods, capacity requirements planning, general scheduling theory, project management, systems management, basic statistics, and basic reliability and maintainability calculations.

This is a theater logistics-focused course that addresses the roles and responsibilities of logisticians deployed to support the competition continuum.

The course includes informal lectures, guided discussions, videos, learning exercises, and a logistics exercise at the end of the course.

This course is designed to further the professional capability of military and civilian personnel as upper-level managers assigned to the Department of Defense Depot Maintenance System. Foundational concepts of industrial operations management will be discussed to include strategic planning and execution. Students will study current operational methodologies for strategic planning, forecasting and forming a business case analysis. Additionally, project scheduling and post project execution analysis will be explored.

LOG 399 is one of the Logistics Professional Development Program (LPDP) courses and features presentations provided by guest lectures focusing on strategic logistic concepts and capabilities within the Department of Defense. The course covers joint and USAF strategic logistics capabilities and concepts, along with strategic logistics issues particular to the student audience when the course is offered on-site. Participants are presented with logistic concepts, best practices, challenges, and solutions in the strategic logistics environment. The students are presented with strategic logistic capabilities and processes at defense agencies and combatant commands. The course provides students with an overview of the functions of the Defense Department’s strategic logistics organizations and how these defense commands facilitate the projection of military power by sustaining forces over great distances.

BLUF: Selection to attend this course is through your applicable career field development teams (DTs). Reach out to your career field manager (CFM) at AF/A4L Force Development to inquire about approval to attend the course.

The Advanced Logistics Readiness Officer Course (ALROC) is the 21R career field’s senior leader developmental special program for the USAF Logistics Readiness Officer community, as well as for joint officers and allies and partners. The 13-week special program is sponsored by Headquarters Air Force A4, Directorate of Logistics, Engineering & Force Protection (HAF/A4L), administered by AFIT’s School of Systems and Logistics and hosted by Army Sustainment University at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia.

ALROC equips 21Rs to lead, plan and advocate for joint logistics at the operational and strategic level. Upon completion of the course, graduates are vectored to fill one of over 120 key O- 5 and O-6 billets across the Joint Staff, HAF, NATO, C-MAJCOMs and Combat Support Agencies and are awarded a special experience identifier.

BLUF: Targeted students for this course will be selected by their respective career field development teams (DTs). Career field managers (CFMs) at AF/A4L Force Development will direct selectees to apply for each offering. All other applicants will be denied without AF/A4L approval first.

This course prepares students for strategic leadership positions at the O-6/GS-15 levels, with major emphasis on enterprise-level logistics competencies. It enhances students' critical thinking skills about challenges they'll face in multiple positions as senior logisticians. The course includes a comprehensive analysis of topics such as: financial management/working capital funds, supply chain management, depot maintenance/workload/sustainment, PPBES/programming, life cycle logistics, joint logistics planning, nuclear enterprise logistics, and current issues impacting senior logisticians. Uniform is OCPs for military and Business casual for civilians.

SYS341 is an intensive 40-hour, instructor-led course that includes eight small-group exercises in which attendees apply principles learned in the class to a representative case study weapon system. This course provides students assigned as Security Control Assessors and Representatives (SCA/SCAR), weapon system program office Information System Security Managers (ISSM), weapon system engineers, developmental and operational (DT/OT) testers and Mission Defense Team (MDT) members with the knowledge required to conduct architectural analyses to identify cybersecurity threats to weapon system designs and to assess and mitigate the cybersecurity vulnerabilities associated with those designs. The focus of SYS341 is on weapon systems in the sustainment phase of the system development lifecycle. Course Objectives: 1. Know core requirements of cyber risk assessments and authorization packages 2. Assess the cybersecurity mission risk to a weapon system 3. Build an acceptable authorization package

This 4-hour MS Teams instructor-led workshop introduces the generations that make up today's Operational Logistics Organizations including Maintenance, Logistics Readiness, Aerial Port, Munitions and discusses the trends for how each generation prefer to communicate.

“This course introduces fundamental Theory of Constraints (TOC) concepts managers use to increase performance within their organization. Topics include Principles of Flow, Flow Improvement Techniques, and Five Focusing Steps (constraint-based approach to process improvement). The course will also highlight how TOC principles have been applied across the Air Force. No prior TOC training is required to take this course. The course is offered virtually as a 3- hour synchronous, instructor-led class via MS TEAMS. For units desiring dedicated Theory of Constraints instruction, please contact the Course Director to reserve dates for a dedicated virtual offering of the course.

This course addresses fundamental Theory of Constraints (TOC) concepts, tools and techniques used by managers to increase performance within their organization. Topics include Principles of Flow, Five Focusing Steps (constraint-based approach to process improvement), Work-In-Process (WIP) control, and application of TOC to better manage production (Drum-Buffer- Rope) and project management (Critical Chain) work systems. The course will also highlight how TOC principles have been applied across the Air Force. No prior TOC training is required to take this course. The course is offered virtually as a synchronous, instructor-led class via MS TEAMS in two separate three hour sessions (typically consecutive days). For units desiring dedicated Theory of Constraints instruction, please contact the Course Director to reserve dates for a virtual course or to host on- site education (Note: on-site instruction includes hands on simulations and exercises, and typically includes 8 hours of class time).