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Dress a success
Volume 49, No. 17, September 20, 2007 |
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LOOKING GOOD: The 2006 ADF Clothing Review made 29 recommendations to improve DMO’s practices for procuring clothing and personal equipment. Pictured is LAC Brett Smith from RAAF Base Edinburgh in full Service dress during an official parade.
Photo by AC Glen McCarthy |
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ADF personnel can expect to receive high-quality clothing and personal equipment following the successful implementation of the recommendations of the 2006 ADF Clothing Review.
Early last year, the Federal Government initiated an independent review of the Defence Materiel Organisation’s (DMO) practices for procuring clothing and personal equipment.
The review examined procurement and sustainment practices for ADF clothing and personal equipment, and made 29 recommendations within five areas: organisational reform; governance and probity; business process; industry and commerce; and involvement of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).
Twenty-four of these recommendations have been completed, while the remainder are either well-advanced or on-going.
Major new initiatives from the Clothing Program Review include:
- The creation of a separate Clothing Systems Program Office (SPO) within DMO;
- Implementation of a new information and workflow system for clothing business processes;
- Greater engagement with industry, including the publication of “Threads”, the Defence clothing industry newsletter;
- The publication of the ADF Clothing and Personal Equipment Procurement Plan (CPEPP) 2007-2011; and,
- Engagement with DSTO for assistance with clothing technology and management of intellectual property taking place on a daily basis.
In addition to the clothing review recommendations, reform of clothing procurement has included greater procurement planning, inventory management and staff training to broaden and deepen staff technical and core skills.
The CPEPP aims to assist DMO deliver world-class clothing and personal equipment to the ADF by working with the three Services and industry.
It includes plans for the proposed purchasing of more than $300 million of clothing and equipment, which will be considered by Defence, the Services and the DMO during the next five years. |
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