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09 September 2008
James O Colson, US Army will present at PDT Europe 2008

Using the DEX concept of PLCS to integrate between other standards in use at US Department of Defense.

US Army has a large need for standardized product data but at the same its operation and size present a huge challenge to set the long term vision, the strategy and above all to implement what is best short and long term. This presentation will describe the current situation as well as the road ahead.  

James Colson, Chief, Logistics Engineering Division, US Army LOGSA. During his 20 year federal career, Jim has worked on the MIL-STD-1388-2B Software Validation Team, was the Lead Technical Engineer on LOGSA’s Post Fielding Support Analysis Team, was on the GCSS-Army ERP blueprint team, and was the team lead for Life Cycle Logistics related Standards and Policy, including Gov co-chair of GEIA-927, GEIA-STD-0007 & MIL-PRF-49506 groups.  

Jim chaired the Army’s Product Data & Engineering Working Group Standards group.  Jim holds a Masters in Industrial Engineering from Texas A & M, he also holds Bachelors Degrees in General Engineering (EE) and in French Language & Literature from Idaho State. Jim holds DoD level 3 certification in Life Cycle Logistics.