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• What is Integrated Logistic Support?
• What are the Objectives of ILS?
  • Influence the Design
  • Develop the Support Resources Requirement
  • Acquire the Appropriate Support Resources
  • Provide the Required In-Service Support at the Optimum Whole Life Cost
• What are ILS Elements?
• Developing the ILS Team
  • The Integrated Logistic Support Manager Role
  • Developing Skills in ILS
  • Line Manager’s Guide to ILS Blended Learning
  • The ILS Training Programme
• Tailoring ILS at each Project Stage
  • Integrated Logistics Support Plans: Deliverables and Milestones
• Developing an ILS Strategy
  • Developing an Integrated Logistic Support Plan
  • Developing an ILS Element Plan
  • Developing a Supply Support Plan
• Developing a Logistic Support Analysis Strategy
  • Developing a Logistic Support Analysis Record
• Templates and Further Information

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Developing an Integrated Logistic Support Plan (ILSP)

What is an Integrated Logistic Support Plan?

The Integrated Logistic Support Plan (ILSP) is the MOD statement of the total ILS Programme for the project, and is the implementation plan for logistic support. It includes the requirements, tasks, interfaces and milestones for the current phase and plans for the succeeding stages. It should provide all necessary support inputs to other project documents and papers. It will contain supportability goals, support strategy and all associated plans.

The ILSP is a live document that is maintained throughout the project life and will form part of the Support Concept document. It should include subordinate plans covering specific project activities and to define all interfaces between the delegated authorities. The MOD Integrated Logistic Support Manager (MILSM) should produce an ILSP for all projects.

How to develop the Logistic Support Plan

The ILSP should be initiated as soon as possible. Initiation will evolve and should be updated regularly and re-issued at key stages in the project lifecycle. It continues into the in-service life of the equipment as the management policy document.

There may be a significant amount of activity associated with ILS. In order to understand how each of these ILS elements will be achieved, the ILSP should take account of:

• Operational and organisational requirements.
• Reliability and Maintainability requirements as specified in the User Requirement Document (URD) or System Requirements Document (SRD), Use Study and/or Technical Specification.
• Summary of Procurement Strategy, the ILS strategy and the disposal strategy.
• The support strategy paper, including any logistic constraints and strategic support considerations which may influence the in-service support concept.
• Logistic Support Analysis (LSA) strategy.
• Programme management, including resourcing, statement of work, risk and milestones.
• Training, manpower and skill requirements.
• Assessment and evaluation criteria.
• ILS element plans.
• Plans to ensure continuity of supply after production lines are closed.
• Arrangements to deploy the equipment and its support and to transfer responsibility to the Equipment Support Manager (ESM).

Change History

Change History

1 September 2008

Minor editorial changes and new link to LSA Guidance in JSP 886.