The logistics of achieving minimum viable capability

Australian Defence Magazine Podcast

In this episode, Grant McHerron and Ben Felton talk with Ron Parrello, the founder of Blue Opal Advisory, about Minimum Viable Logistics (MVL) as an enabler for the ADF’s Minimum Viable Capability (MVC) approach.

We start the discussion by getting an overview of how MVC is utilised to adapt existing technologies to reduce the need to develop new elements and how the current systems in use constrain its delivery. We then dive into how the MVL approach differs from urgent operational requirements, and get some examples of tangible policy and management changes that would need to be made to achieve such an approach, including possible OH&S exemptions.

We wrap up by assessing how MVC needs to be protected from becoming a buzzword, how integration can be ensured with off the shelf solutions, and the timeline involved in rolling out such a capability. Ron's paper on MVL is available through his LinkedIn profile and he welcomes feedback on it.

LINKS:

Contact Ron Parello: www.linkedin.com/in/ron-parrello-16698816/

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