Tag Archives: PBL

Case Study – Performance Based Contracting Offer Definition and Improvement Activity (PBC ODIA)

Posted on Sat 21 Apr 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

One technique becoming more common during tendering for high value and / or high complexity Defence equipment acquisition and sustainment is a multi-stage tendering process. The later stage of this process takes one or more tenderer (potentially down selected from a … Continue reading →

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Supply Support Performance Measures – Part 1

Posted on Sat 14 Apr 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

“When we talk about ‘smart transportation,’ it is more than moving cargo from A to B. Digitization within transport and logistics means seamless service to our customers, visibility in the supply chain, and driving a more efficient business.” Soren Skou … Continue reading →

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Supportability Performance Measures

Posted on Sat 31 Mar 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

“If you don’t understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.” Edwards Deming In earlier articles I … Continue reading →

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Choosing a Good KPI? (Part 1)

Posted on Sat 24 Feb 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. Albert Einstein One question we often get is what is a good performance measure? While you could simply Google “performance measure” (or more typically “KPI”) … Continue reading →

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Case Study – Setting Performance Levels

Posted on Sat 10 Feb 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

Early in my career at the start of Performance Based Contracting (PBC) as a Reliability Engineer I was asked to check a services contract that was delivering availability for a particular piece of equipment. The buyer was concerned that the … Continue reading →

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Starting a Performance Based Contract (PBC) – Part 2

Posted on Sat 27 Jan 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

In the previous article (see Starting a PBC – Part 1) I looked at the need and benefits of using a transition period when starting a Performance Based Contract (PBC). In this article I will look at key considerations to … Continue reading →

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Starting a Performance Based Contract (PBC) – Part 1

Posted on Sat 13 Jan 2018 by Andrew Jacopino

One routine question when starting a Performance Based Contract (PBC) is whether to implement all aspects of a PBC on day 1 of the contract. Some people, especially buyers, advocate starting all aspects of the PBC immediately, especially the consequences … Continue reading →

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Performance Based Contracting (PBC) Book

Posted on Sat 30 Dec 2017 by Andrew Jacopino

With the imminent start of 2018 many of us are thinking about our New Years resolutions, including me. One of my resolutions is to have finished a Performance Based Contracting (PBC) book by 1st July 2018. Having already worked for … Continue reading →

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Happy 2017 Holidays to all the Performance Based Contracting (PBC) Blog Readers

Posted on Sat 16 Dec 2017 by Andrew Jacopino

At this joyous time of year, we are grateful for the time we can spend with our own friends and family, and we wish you all abundance, happiness, and peace in a New Year filled with hope. Happy holidays!

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Reliability in Performance Based Contracts (PBCs) – Part 2

Posted on Sat 09 Dec 2017 by Andrew Jacopino

In the previous article (see Reliability in PBCs – Part 1) we defined how reliability of a system or service could be used in a Performance Based Contract (PBC) including defining whether we were measuring success or failure, and whether … Continue reading →

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