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Recently, DND and the CAF have placed a lot of emphasis on DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS (DDD). For me, I see data as more of a service to informed decision-taking, and towards justifying/substantiating decisions. The DDD thrust reminded me of one of my own uses of data to support TWO decisions – mine and my bosses, as suggested in the picture. In the late 1990s, I was a Lieutenant-Colonel running one of the smaller Directorates within the new Land Equipment Programme Management Divi

Recently, the subject of when a part becomes obsolete came up… and I had to explain my answer of … it depends on your perspective … as:  A manufacturer might consider the item obsolete when they no longer make it  A buyer might consider the item obsolete even later when they cannot but it – from the OEM or 3 rd party providers  A supply chain might consider the item obsolete even later when it is no longer held in their warehouses.  An equipment team’s engineers a

Going through annual performance review cycles had me remembering a conversation with Martin Passfield; one of Pennant Canada's consultant contractors (and an avid model aircraft enthusiast). Martin was talking about his time working at General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada as an ILS Manager. His Program Manager came around and said they were instituting a new performance bonus regime and asked "what would be a good metric for an ILS manager like you". Martin thought a mom