All articles with Defence category http://www.paconsulting.com/rss/industries/defence.rss Companies operate with global supply chains, driven by the need to grow market share and to reduce the cost base. Organisations are forced in their supply chains to deliver cost, service and cash flow improvement as well as differentiation and to cope with complexity and risk by innovatively managing resources and assets. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/putting-the-supply-chain-at-the-heart-of-your-fitness-strategy/ 522 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:39:50 GMT 20111130123950 Tue, 26 May 2009 23:09:43 GMT 20090526230943 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:39:50 GMT 2011113012123950 PA is helping the UK MOD to procure military capability to protect its forces on Afghanistan http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/helping-uk-mod-procure-a-uor/ 1116 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:41:14 GMT 20120416094114 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:22:58 GMT 20090609162258 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:41:14 GMT 201204160994114 Supply Management asked Ed Savage for his comments on overcoming problems caused by delays and cost overruns on procurement projects for the Minstry of Defence. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/supply-management-is-the-battle-being-won-an-article-on-defence-procurement-28-april-2009/ 1169 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090428000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:56:33 GMT 20090610115633 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:53:29 GMT 200907141315329 The 2009 Defence Acquisition Workshop, also known as Shrivenham 4 gave senior leaders and influencers in the defence community the opportunity to discuss the challenges facing acquisition, and in particular, effective industry engagement in TLCM. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/events/2009-defence-acquisition-workshop/ 1171 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:13:12 GMT 20100922171312 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT 20090610120000 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:13:12 GMT 201009221751312 Key steps to establishing effective partnering between the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and industry as a critical enabler for defence acquisition, and the implementation of defence reform and the defence materiel strategy. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/delivering-defence-reform-and-the-defence-materiel-strategy-effective-partnering-in-uk-defence/ 1194 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:54:15 GMT 20110823125415 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:26:35 GMT 20090610142635 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:54:15 GMT 2011082312125415 Network Enabled Capability (NEC) and Network Centric Warfare (NCW) continue to evolve, particularly with a fresh focus on achieving more tangible outcomes. In parallel, the rate of technological improvement and innovation in the private sector seems to increase year on year, offering new opportunities and the potential of realising earlier seemingly distant aspirations. Edited by PA Consulting Group, NECWORKS aims to bring together insight and experience in NEC and NCW from military, industry, academ http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/necworks/ 1258 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:44:18 GMT 20101019094418 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:39:40 GMT 20090611093940 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:44:18 GMT 201010190994418 PA Consulting Group, the leading international management, systems and technology consultancy, has completed a seven month study of radio spectrum enabling the MOD to forecast its future demand in terms of military capability needs and how these may evolve over time. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/identifying-future-military-radio-spectrum-for-mod/ 1417 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:21:28 GMT 20120518102128 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:08:28 GMT 20090612180828 Fri, 18 May 2012 10:21:28 GMT 2012051810102128 There are risks and advantages to speeding up tender times. Ed Savage describes five ways to make it work http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/supply-management-going-faster-five-ways-to-successfully-speed-up-tender-times-5-march-2009/ 1573 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090305000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:04:32 GMT 20090615180432 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:10:26 GMT 200907081751026 General Sir Mike Jackson and Giles Beattie, from PA Consulting Group, examine the lessons that can be learned from the MoDs recent and successful delivery of a large number of UORs. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-director-learning-the-lessons-from-successful-uor-delivery-1-january-2009/ 1835 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090101000000 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:19:05 GMT 20090624111905 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:54:59 GMT 201004300885459 The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters before the shooting begins. Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. Nick Burton of the pa consulting group outlines how innovations in logistic it networks are making life easier for the operational commander. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/understanding-nec-uk-ministry-of-defence-what-can-nec-do-for-logistics-april-2009/ 3246 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090401000000 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:08:53 GMT 20090730150853 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:36:16 GMT 201003121533616 The UK MODs CSIS Integrated Project Team (IPT) was responsible for delivering around 40 programmes to deliver critical support go front-line military operations through a few core service contracts. These contracts were coming up for renewal and needed to be extended. However, the systems were planned to be phased out in the near future, the customer was seeking a better service and the budget had been reduced. Negotiating with the incumbent service provider was the only solution. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/saving-the-mod-contract-costs-of-16m/ 3734 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:47:25 GMT 20100212114725 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:25:35 GMT 20090812092535 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:47:24 GMT 2010021211114724 General Sir Mike Jackson and Nick Newman, PA Consulting Group, discuss the key characteristics of the next defence review and how it must be capability-led, resource-constrained. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-management-journal-a-comprehensive-approach-to-the-next-defence-review-autumn-2009/ 4917 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090901000000 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:55:10 GMT 20091006105510 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:57:38 GMT 2010012710105738 HM Naval Base Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe and the Royal Navys only nuclear repair and refuelling facility, came under pressure to reduce its surface ship support costs. Following earlier pilot schemes, the naval bases management team believed that the Lean approach could both deliver short-term savings and provide a basis for sustainable improvement. However, because the skills required were not available in-house, and there was no funding available for external support, any L http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/reducing-the-cost-of-surface-ship-support/ 6669 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:47:47 GMT 20100705164747 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:08:47 GMT 20091211100847 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:47:47 GMT 201007051644747 The UK Governments Defence Industrial Strategy highlighted the need to retain key industrial capabilities in the UK, including the ability to build and support complex warships. Whilst the current warship building programme will stretch industrial capacity in the near term, future demand will be much lower and more variable, threatening the maintenance of key capabilities. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/delivering-a-critical-commercial-agreement/ 6670 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:11:52 GMT 20100212111152 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:25:27 GMT 20091211112527 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:11:52 GMT 2010021211111152 APS, Selex Galileos UK support business and part of the Finmeccanica Group, provides maintenance, repair and overhaul of the avionics for fixed and rotary wing aircraft. Over the five years that APS has been operating, revenue has grown rapidly by 30% per annum. APS now faces the challenge of continuing that growth and moving to the next stage of development. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/developing-a-supply-chain-strategy/ 6707 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:10:56 GMT 20100212111056 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:52:59 GMT 20091214105259 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:10:56 GMT 2010021211111056 General Sir Mike Jackson and Cate Pye of PA Consulting Group set out some of the key components of the forthcoming Strategic Defence Review http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-management-journal-shaping-the-future-of-defence-december-2009/ 7020 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20091201000000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:47:24 GMT 20100104134724 Tue, 11 May 2010 12:30:24 GMT 2010051112123024 DML was a private company supporting the Royal Navys operations in Devonport Naval Base, refitting nuclear-powered submarines a technically demanding job that can take three years and is pivotal to the UKs defence. The relationship between DML and the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) had become increasingly strained as pressure on the national defence budget forced the MOD to push for reduced costs in submarine support. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/reducing-cost-and-improving-partnering-relationships/ 7059 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:56:20 GMT 20111130125620 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:51:24 GMT 20100105155124 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:56:20 GMT 2011113012125620 PA Consulting Group works closely with the Armed Forces, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), European defence ministries, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the global defence industry to deliver defence transformation. Our teams works at the heart of defence in key areas of strategy, policy and change; our expertise includes defence acquisition and the implications of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-thinking/the-uk-strategic-defence-and-security-review/ 7476 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:27:05 GMT 20110726152705 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:29:40 GMT 20100126102940 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:27:05 GMT 201107261532705 SIR The question of a single service ("Armed Forces could become single service," report, February 4) is not a pressing issue for the future of defence. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-daily-telegraph-back-defence-aims-with-resources-5-february-2010/ 7670 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:35:00 GMT 20100205093500 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:28:41 GMT 20100205092841 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:43:20 GMT 201002050994320 Former Chief of the General Staff General Sir Mike Jackson and David Walters of PA Consulting Group consider how the UKs UOR experiences can shape acquisition. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/defence-management-journal-the-true-cost-of-time-how-uors-can-shape-acquisition-may-2010/ 9608 Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT 20100512000000 Thu, 13 May 2010 12:25:02 GMT 20100513122502 Thu, 13 May 2010 17:20:53 GMT 201005131752053