Defense Logistics Announces Winners of 2012 Awards Program

December 12, 2012 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
(ARLINGTON, VA) December 12, 2012 - The winners of the 9th Annual Defense Logistics Awards were announced at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4th, during a dinner attended by more than 100 guests at the Marriott Crystal Gateway. Winners of the prestigious awards were given in five major categories. A special honor for Lifetime Achievement in Military Logistics was awarded to John Feng, Deputy Director, Business Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor.

Please see full details on the winners below.

The awards ceremony took place in concurrence with the annual Defense Logistics training event, produced by Worldwide Business Research (WBR). The awards were hosted by Northrop Grumman, IBM, Pratt & Whitney and SAP and the winners selected from a group of finalists in each of the five categories by a distinguished judging panel.

The detailed list of winners are indicated here:

Best Logistics Strategy: A Specific Project Or Military-Contractor Partnership Achieving Logistics Excellence
  • 565th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (USAF)

  • Best PBL Implementation
  • The Boeing Company – USG AH64 Apache Performance Based Logistics

  • Cost Savings And Performance Improvement Award
  • U.S. Transportation Command/Total Supply Chain Process Improvement/ [Distribution Process Owner (DPO) Strategic Opportunities (DSO)]

  • Beyond The Call Of Duty: Logistician Of The Year
  • John H. Hornbrook, Deputy Operations Director, Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka (FLCY)

  • 2012 Logistician Lifetime Achievement Award
  • John Feng, Deputy Director, Business Department, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor

  • "The interest and response to this year's awards program was phenomenal, and we take it as testament to the Defense Logistics commitment to supporting the warfighter," said Jarrett Spagnoli, Executive Director, Defense Logistics. "It's always great to see the collaboration between different DoD services and contractors. Defense Logistics has been working to honor great logisticians since 2004, and I'm proud to see how far we've come in furthering the cause of the joint force."

    To identify these leading programs and initiatives, WBR enlisted a distinguished, unbiased panel of logisticians to accurately and objectively evaluate the awards categories that support the industry. Our judges were:

  • Mark Gajda, Branch Chief, ODASD(MR)
  • Joe Davis, Vice President – Communications, Council Of Logistics Engineering Professionals (CLEP)
  • Luke Gill, President, G Squared Limited

  • About the Defense Logistics Awards:
    The Defense Logistics awards ceremony has been established to honor, recognize and promote the logisticians in the US Department of Defense and the defense industry that have made a significant contribution to military logistics. These logisticians support interoperability and transformation through logistics initiatives/programs/processes.

    About Defense Logistics:
    Defense Logistics is produced by Worldwide Business Research (WBR). Since its launch in 2001, the Defense Logistics mission has remained the same: Full commitment to the warfighter through the advancement of a synchronized, joint-force supply chain. It remains the key logistics program to attend each year.

    About Worldwide Business Research
    WBR, producers of the Defense Logistics conference, is the world's biggest large-scale conference company and part of the PLS group, one of the world's leading providers of strategic business intelligence with 16 offices worldwide. Our conference divisions consistently out-perform their industry sector competitors on the quality of the events we produce and the relationships we nurture with both delegates and sponsors. Every year, more than 10,000 senior executives from Fortune 1000 companies attend more than 100 annual conferences – a true "Who's Who" of today's corporate world. From automotive events in Bucharest to logistics conferences in Arizona and finance summits in Hong Kong, WBR is dedicated to exceeding the needs of its customers around the world. www.wbresearch.com

    For further information on this year's Defense Logistics awards program or information on submitting an award for future programs, contact:

    Shamara Ray
    Program Director
    Defense Logistics
    646-200-7530
    defense@wbresearch.com
    www.defenselog.com