Collaboration and Trust | Steps to Improve Collaboration and Trust Between Industry Partners

In preparation for a potential National Education Seminar presentation, NPMA member Brandon Kriner asked the following question in our NPMA Asset Management Facebook Group: “What steps could be taken to improve collaboration and increase trust between government and contractor representatives with regards to managing government property?” What happened next was an eye opening and insightful… Continue reading Collaboration and Trust | Steps to Improve Collaboration and Trust Between Industry Partners

Building Supply Chains For the 21st Century

National Defense Magazine (January 2022) article titled “NDIA Building Supply Chains for the 21st Century” touches on three key challenges companies – whether Defense Industry or Commercial – are facing during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Supply of critical raw materials often sourced from geopolitical adversaries that may cut off our access at a moment’s notice.… Continue reading Building Supply Chains For the 21st Century

A Real Crisis Underlying DoD’s FIAR

If you’re an asset management professional working in or with the Department of Defense, there’s a good chance you are well aware of the looming Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) audit deadline quickly approaching. A big part of this initiative is to get all DoD’s Government Property on the book, reconcile them so they are… Continue reading A Real Crisis Underlying DoD’s FIAR

Free Business Webinars

Free Business Webinars This Week Here’s three FREE business webinars you can take advantage of this week. Whether you want to learn about closing the sale, small business record keeping, or marketing to Federal agencies and Primes, these webinars will help your business grow. Closing the Sale Tuesday May 17, 2016 from 1:30 PM to… Continue reading Free Business Webinars

All About Them Metrics

If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Manage It– Peter Druker, Management Thinker What are Metrics? Google says metrics are : The use or study of poetic meters; prosody. That’s not what I had in mind. The second definition is a little more fitting. A method of measuring something, or the results obtained from this.… Continue reading All About Them Metrics