Defense Logistics Planning and Sustainment Course

Name: Defense Logistics Planning and Operational Sustainment Training Course
Availability: InStock

Plan supply, inventory, maintenance, movement, sustainment risk, and readiness through an integrated defense logistics approach.

Defense Logistics Planning and Sustainment Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Tashkent, Zanzibar, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and more
Next session: 8 – 12 November 2026, Tashkent
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Defense Logistics Planning and Operational Sustainment Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for defense logistics officers, military supply-chain planners, maintenance support managers, procurement liaison personnel, and readiness analysts, who leave with a Defense Logistics Support Plan. Participants integrate defense logistics planning, operational sustainment planning, military supply support, maintenance readiness planning, and defense inventory management with movement, contractor coordination, risk, and performance decisions. Agile Leaders Training Center presents defense logistics planning and operational sustainment.

Who Should Attend

Personnel responsible for translating operational demand into logistics requirements
Teams responsible for supply support, inventory positioning, and replenishment decisions
Functions responsible for maintenance supportability and equipment readiness
Personnel responsible for transportation, deployment, and distribution coordination
Analysts responsible for logistics risk, performance, and readiness reporting

The course assumes participants can interpret operational requirements and logistics data, and it leaves classified planning, weapons instruction, country-specific doctrine, and procurement law outside its scope.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and sectors that coordinate readiness, supply, maintenance, movement, and contracted support.

Defense logistics and sustainment functions
Public-sector emergency support and civil protection logistics
Supply and inventory management departments
Maintenance and equipment support functions
Transportation and distribution coordination units

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze mission demand and logistics requirements.
Apply supply and inventory support methods.
Build maintenance and movement arrangements.
Prioritize sustainment risks and alternate support.
Evaluate readiness and logistics performance.
Build a Defense Logistics Support Plan.

Course Agenda

Day 1: Frame Defense Logistics Requirements

Mission Demand and Support Requirement Map
Defense Logistics Stakeholder and Responsibility Matrix
Supply, Movement, and Maintenance Integration Model
Readiness Baseline and Constraint Register
Logistics Planning Assumption Log

Day 2: Plan Supply and Inventory Support

Demand Forecast and Consumption Profile
Inventory Positioning and Stock-Level Model
Replenishment and Distribution Network Map
Critical Item and Shortage Prioritization Matrix
Asset Visibility and Inventory Control Dashboard

Day 3: Integrate Maintenance and Movement

Maintenance Readiness and Supportability Plan
Spare Parts and Repair Pipeline Map
Transportation Capacity and Route Assessment
Deployment and Redeployment Movement Schedule
Supply-Maintenance-Transport Synchronization Board

Day 4: Manage Sustainment Risk and Performance

Operational Sustainment Risk Register
Contractor and Provider Coordination Matrix
Contingency and Alternate Support Plan
Readiness and Logistics Performance Scorecard
Support Rehearsal and Decision Review

Day 5: Practice Defense Logistics Planning

Suggested Exercise: Build a Mission Demand Profile
Suggested Exercise: Position Critical Inventory
Suggested Exercise: Synchronize Maintenance and Movement
Suggested Exercise: Test a Sustainment Disruption Scenario
Capstone Exercise: Complete a Defense Logistics Support Plan

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities based on operational demand, inventory, maintenance, movement, and sustainment disruption scenarios.

Suggested activity: convert mission demand, stakeholders, assumptions, and readiness constraints into a support requirement map.
Suggested activity: forecast consumption and position critical inventory across a replenishment and distribution network.
Suggested activity: synchronize spare parts, repair capacity, transportation, and deployment movement on one decision board.
Suggested activity: test sustainment risks, alternate support, contractor coordination, and performance measures through a disruption scenario.

FAQs

Who suits defense logistics planning training, and what does it assume?

Defense logistics planning training suits personnel responsible for supply, inventory, maintenance support, movement, contractor coordination, and readiness analysis. It assumes experience interpreting operational requirements and logistics information.

How does defense logistics planning differ from commercial supply-chain training?

Defense logistics planning connects mission demand, readiness, maintenance, movement, deployment sustainment, and contingency support. Commercial supply-chain training generally focuses on market demand, customer service, cost, and commercial distribution.

What is operational sustainment planning?

Operational sustainment planning aligns supply, maintenance, transportation, services, providers, and contingencies with changing mission demand and readiness requirements.

How is maintenance readiness integrated with defense inventory management?

Maintenance readiness is integrated by linking failure demand, repair pipelines, spare-parts availability, technical capacity, transportation constraints, and readiness priorities in shared planning and performance controls.

Conclusion

Participants take back a Defense Logistics Support Plan. It combines mission demand, supply support, inventory positioning, maintenance readiness, movement, contractors, contingencies, risks, and performance measures. The plan changes disconnected logistics activity into a coordinated basis for sustaining operational readiness and making support decisions.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Tashkent	Week 45, 2026 8 – 12 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Zanzibar	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Amsterdam	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Frankfurt	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Paris	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Johannesburg	Week 49, 2026 6 – 10 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Manama	Week 50, 2026 13 – 17 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
London	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Geneva	Week 51, 2026 20 – 24 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€6,200
Istanbul	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Jakarta	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Chicago	Week 01, 2027 10 – 14 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€12,000
Abu Dhabi	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Munich	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Doha	Week 03, 2027 24 – 28 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,500
Berlin	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Cairo	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Amsterdam	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Vienna	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewDefense Logistics Planning and Operational Sustainment Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for defense logistics officers, military supply-chain planners, maintenance support managers, procurement liaison personnel, and readiness analysts, who leave with a Defense Logistics Support Plan. Participants integrate defense logistics plann…

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Defense Logistics Planning and Sustainment Course