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Supply Chain Management for the Modern Military
9 March 2017
Supply Chain Management for the Modern Military

Nations in the Central and Eastern European region are going through an intensive phase of modernisation to meet NATO standards and transform equipment support. Acquiring, maintaining and supplying the equipment needs to be managed effectively in order to provide the best quality service to support the military community. In order to improve the supply and sustainment of modern forces new ways of managing fleets and stockpiles of military inventory need to be implemented, technology and innovation embraced and industry best practice harnessed to underpin military capability in the most effective and efficient manner.

Drawing on his extensive experience in support chain management, Brigadier (Retd) Mark Dunn will guide you through how to enhance support chain management to deliver the best resources for armed forces in the region and will explore innovative solutions to the biggest challenges in managing the supply chain.

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Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Dunn

Principal Consultant Defence and Security, Pa Consulting Group

Brigadier (retired) Mark is a member of PA Consulting’s Defence and Security practice specialising in Defence Support Chain Transformation and military logistics. He has 40 years career experience in Defence as both a military senior leader and staff officer. On high tempo operations he commanded Camp BASTION in Afghanistan and the Logistics Bases in Iraq and Bosnia as well as Bicester – the largest and busiest depot in the UK. He has led on supply chain and logistics transformation being the Operations Director during the Future Defence Supply Chain initiative (the outsourcing of the UK Base to Industry) and the UK Strategic Inventory reduction programme, reducing the UK inventory from £40Bn to £28 Bn. He has had management oversight of the UKNCB and attended AC135 contributing to international collaboration in codification, transformation and change. He has a record of achievement in leadership and direction, strategic planning, cost reduction programmes and talent management. He operates effectively in a constant ‘change environment’ leading and managing teams to successful outcomes.

Pa Consulting Group

PA have been working at the forefront of Defence and Security for over 70 years delivering exceptional results and lasting impact for our clients.

Defence and security communities face significant challenges and a period of unprecedented transformational change. Rapidly changing operational commitments, programme performance and organisational effectiveness are all on leaders' minds. Emerging threats create ever greater demands, yet budgets are severely constrained. With these challenges comes huge opportunity. New technologies, relationships, ways of working and organisational structures will enable defence and security organisations to meet, and beat, the expectations placed upon them.

Our services focus across three key areas:
Technology and Innovation:
Product development
Innovation and Technology strategy
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Business Transformation:
Strategy consulting
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Information Technology:
Business design
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We work closely with our clients to bring them the right team, unconstrained by conventional thinking, to deliver exceptional results with lasting impact.
 

Workshop agenda

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9:00

Morning Registration and Coffee

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9:30

Data and its Management. Demand Forecasting v Military Risk

Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Dunn, Principal Consultant Defence and Security, Pa Consulting Group

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10:10

Modern Support Chain management Solutions (Control Towers, Technology and innovation, industry standard practices)

Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Dunn, Principal Consultant Defence and Security, Pa Consulting Group

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10:50

Morning Coffee

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11:20

Performance Measurement and management and a culture of continuous improvement

Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Dunn, Principal Consultant Defence and Security, Pa Consulting Group

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12:00

Support options – Contracting for capability

Brigadier (Ret'd) Mark Dunn, Principal Consultant Defence and Security, Pa Consulting Group

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12:40

Closing Remarks and End of Workshop

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Stroupeznickeho 21
Prague 15000
Czech Republic

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