Team Defence Information

Chief of Defence Logistics Support invitation to assess Support Priorities and Key Risks
2024-03-19 10:30 - 12:30 UTC | Dassault Systemes, 12 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 0NW, United Kingdom
Chief of Defence Logistics Support invitation to assess Support Priorities and Key Risks
Through our engagement with Rear Admiral Andy Kyte, CDLS, we have agreed that an event to consider the Support imperatives, MOD’s priorities, and the resulting risks.
This event is an in-person event to be held 19th March at Dassault Systemes, London 10.30 – 12.30.
The event will include a scene set by Admiral Kyte, a private review of assumed risks, discussions on matters arising, and capture of your insights via SharpCloud tool.
A key output is that Admiral Andy and Industry will have a collective view of the 2024 priorities, challenges, and risks.
If you have any questions surrounding this event please contact Steve.
If you have any questions regarding registration please contact Kelly

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AdM as a Service Challenge Working Groups
2024-03-19 09:00 - 16:30 | Advanced Manufacturing Park, University of Sheffield, Knowledge Transfer Centre, Brunel Way, Catcliffe, Rotherham, S60 5TZ
The next Additive Manufacturing as a Service Challenge Face-to-Face Working Group Event will be held on Tuesday 19th March 2024 at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Knowledge Transfer Centre . The event is kindly hosted and sponsored by Kaizen PLM and Siemens.
Please do not delay registering as the number of spaces is limited to 150 attendees and the spaces will be offered on a first come, first served basis. The registration will close on 6th March 2024.
The aim of the event is to discuss priorities for 2024, review the annual report conclusions and present the successful Spiral 2 parts.
The agenda for the day is as follows:
09:00 Arrival – Tea & Coffee ​
09:30 Welcome & Housekeeping​
09:35 Agenda, CDLS welcome, and Objectives for the Day​
09:45 Annual review survey ​
09:55 Executive Group Welcome & priorities for 2024​
10:15 Kaizen PLM & Siemens presentations​
11:15 Coffee break​
11:45 Overview of successful Spiral 2 proposals​
12:00 Stalls: Spiral 2 Stalls part 1​
13:00 Lunch + tour *
14:00 Stalls: Spiral 2 Stalls part 2 ​
15:00 Working Group Meetings​
16:00 WG Co-Chair Summaries & Wrap up​
16:30 Close
*Please note there is a limited number of spaces available for the shop floor tour. PPE is required for the tour and safety shoes are mandatory. The AMRC can provide some PPE and safety shoes, however if you have your own pair then please bring them. The shoes should have as a minimum requirement a sole plate with a toe cap and have slip resistant thread.
The event address is: Advanced Manufacturing Park, University of Sheffield, Knowledge Transfer Centre, Brunel Way, Catcliffe, Rotherham S60 5TZ
Parking is available on site on a first come first serve basis.
If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact Kelly . If you have any questions about the event, then please contact Edit or Stu.

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JISCOT Meeting - 18 March 2024
2024-03-18 13:45 - 16:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The Mission of the Joint Information Standards Co-ordination Team (JISCOT) is to co-ordinate, for the UK, the MOD and Industry representation in the identification, development, deployment and maintenance of a coherent set of standards to meet the needs of UK Defence from this global activity within the scope of Team Defence Information (TD-Info) activity.
Our next meeting will be taking place virtually using Microsoft Teams, and In-Person at the Team Defence Office in Rudgeway on 18th March 2024. The meeting will begin at 13.45
The venue for those attending in person is the Team Defence Information Office, 6a Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Gloucester road, Rudgeway, BS35 3QH.
If you have any questions please contact Kelly.gough@teamdefence.info

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Industry Customers Engagement Forum (ICEF)
2024-03-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual – MS Teams
Industry Customer Engagement Forum – regular Industry Engagement meeting, hosted by MOD, to address issues affecting Industry-based consumers of MOD-provided services.
For further information, please contact Tony Butler

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Integration Design Authority - Industry Forum Launch
2024-03-12 10:00 - 12:00 | virtual
​Following the successful briefing on the 30th November by Maj General Robin Anderton-Brown (UKStratCom Capability Director) on the Integrated Design Authority, this virtual event launches and lays out the 2024 agenda for the new Integration Design Authority (IDA) – Industry Forum.
IDA – Industry Forum Operates as a collaborative enterprise aid to the UK achieving an Integrated Force.
The IDA – Industry Forum Launch will be taking place on 12th March 2024 via MS Teams 10.00 – 12.00. Please register your attendance to receive the Teams Link.
The MDI Working Group is now retired, and replaced by this forum and its intent to assist the UK to achieve the ambition and intent of the Integrated Review Refresh 2023.
This is a virtual event open to TD-Info members and non-members.
If you have any questions, please contact Steve.worsnip@teamdefence.info.

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UK Simplified Technical English Working Group
2024-03-11 21:30 - 23:30, 2024-02-19 21:30 - 23:30
The UK Simplified Technical English Working Group (UKSTEWG) is a group of representatives from leading UK organisations and companies that use Simplified Technical English (STE). The main purpose of the UKSTEWG is to understand the UK’s requirement for STE, promote STE in the UK, be a source of information and guidance on STE, and represent UK changes and recommendations to the Simplified Technical English Maintenance Group (STEMG).
If you are interested in joining the UKSTEWG, or have questions about STE, please contact TD-Info here.

CWE Workshop - 7th March 2024
2024-03-07 13:00 - 17:30 | Salesforce Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4AY
TD-Info are holding a Common Workplace Environment (CWE) workshop and question & answer session alongside Christine Maxwell who will be speaking on Secure by Design. This is a chance to engage directly, ask questions and voice opinions. Due to expected interest the session will be held as a hybrid session.
The Common Work Environment Workshop will be taking place on 7th March 2024 13.00 – 17.30. In-person at the Salesforce Tower, London or Virtually via MS Teams.
Session is to help Industry and MOD with implementation of secure by design.
If you have any questions please contact Andy.corbett@teamdefence.info

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Defence Asset Management CoP
2024-03-07 10:00 - 12:00
Under the auspices of TD-Info, the DAMCoP is a standing joint MOD, Defence Industry and the Institute of Asset Management (IAM) community of practice. The IAM is the Asset Management (AM) professional body and will be represented by the IAM SW Branch.
The DAMCoP will offer outputs and information that can be exploited by Asset Management professionals across the whole of MOD and Industry. These outputs will improve day to day practices in Asset Management across Defence as well as informing strategic decisions about professionalization.
The agenda will be released to attendees once the presenters and content have been confirmed.

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Software Enabled Defence Working Group
2024-03-05 10:00 - 12:30 | virtual
The next Software Enabled Defence Working Group Meeting will be held on 5th March 2024 via MS Teams 10.00 – 12.30
Involvement Opportunity.
Following the SED WG on the 16 January 2024, the immediate Issue of the SED IN/ES to MOD Seniors and the Digital Engineering 24 Conference there is now an opportunity to finalise/tune the SED concept and ongoing communication ahead of the SED second two-day MOD/Industry/Academia SED Workshop 19-21 March in London, hosted by IBM.
At this session continued SED concepts thinking, sense making and relating views will be shared and explored with the aim of fathoming fundamental factors, refining compelling core narrative and messaging, and an outline campaign plan to progress SED further linked to impact of the SED IN/ES distributed in January 2024.
Initial requests for offers of briefs for the 19-21 March will be sort.
Ask:

Please support this event with attendee joining virtuallyWe help make the relationship happen and we all want clarity and then successful business from it.
We all need to offer to MOD the collective knowledge ask from industry for a coherent SED approach and strategy :

Headings where Industry require more clarity from the MOD e.g. Challenges (capability requirement), Teaming, Responsibilities in MOD.
A paragraph on your views, needs and approach

Please email to Shaun on shaun.hughes@teamdefence.info Shaun will collate all replies (all anonymous but state if you wish to be quoted).

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SME Showcase Event
2024-02-28 12:00 - 13:15
TD-Info are running a series of Showcasing Events on behalf of our members over the coming months, initially designed to help our SME (small to medium sized enterprise) community to demonstrate their organisations’ capabilities. This initiative also aligns to the MOD’s commitment to help and promote the SME community in the Defence sector.
The next event will be held on Thursday 28th February at 12 noon, online via Teams, and will comprise of 4 SME’s presenting an overview of their company and capabilities, to the TD-Info Membership base. Please register your interest in our next showcase at the link to the side of the page (event date and time subject to change.)
If you are an SME interested in getting involved with future showcases, please contact julian.dayment@teamdefence.info and andy.whatman@teamdefence.info
(Please note that this event is only open to our Membership)
Our last showcase:
Recording – SME Showcase 2-20240125_120405-Meeting Recording.mp4
Slide Pack – https://www.teamdefence.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SME-Showcase-25-01-2024.pdf

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Defence Reference Architecture Business Functional Model WG
2024-02-28 09:30 - 12:30 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The Defence Reference Architecture Business Functional Model Working Group meeting will be taking place on 28th February. You can attend this meeting In-person at TD-Info Office or Virtually via MS Teams. The meeting will begin at 09.30.
This working group was started in November last year, to provide Industry with the opportunity to comment on the Business Functional Model that is being developed by the Defence Support CIO’s architecture team. The model provides an important set of requirements for the Business Modernisation for Support workstream, (BMfS).
Although the meeting will be a hybrid meeting we would like to encourage as many as possible to come in person. For those who can’t attend in person you will receive a teams link upon registration.

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Draft Agenda

Natural Capital & Infrastructure Community of Practice Launch
2024-02-22 13:00 - 16:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The Natural Capital & Infrastructure (NC&I) Community of Practice
The topic
Team Defence has defined this in a Defence enterprise perspective as looking and focusing on Natural capital, which is the world’s stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water, and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services and Infrastructure – the basic physical and organisational structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.
How we operate

Our community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a topic and who come together to fulfil both individual and group goals.
Communities of practice often focus on sharing best practices and creating new knowledge to advance a domain of professional practice. Interaction on an ongoing basis is an important part of this.
Our community of practice relies on face-to-face meetings as well as web-based collaborative environments to communicate, connect and conduct community activities.

Why get involved?
Your contribution will enable you to understand the direction of travel from within Defence, shape, influence and assist MOD in its future direction for Natural Capital & Infrastructure. There is also a connection to work as part of a team with equally capable and knowledgeable organisations within Defence and the wider digital community. This is an opportunity for wider industry experience and best practice to be showcased within the Defence environment.
This will enable:

Understanding of how focus areas will interact to realise a future end state.
Articulation of requirements for capability across the enterprise
Development of capability roadmaps
Alignment, pull through and learning from representative capabilities.

Assessment of potential solutions and recommendations for future development

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Agenda

JPDWG - TLS/IPS/ILS Sub Working Group
2024-02-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Virtual – MS Teams
This is the second meeting of the TLS/IPS/ILS sub working group.
The focus of this session will be for attendees across MoD and Industry to feedback on the roles, skills and potential skills for the TLS/IPS/ILS skills area. Once inputs are received per actions from WG001, the forum will look to agree fundamental principles for the skills area and progress agreement of specific roles and skills to align with the Pan Defence Skills Framework.

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Terms of reference

Executive Group Team Meeting
2024-02-21 10:45 - 12:45 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group.
This is a Hybrid meeting to be held on Microsoft Teams, and In-Person at the TD-Info Office, Rudgeway. A supporting slidepack and document suite will be made available prior to the session.

The Supportability Modelling and Analysis CoP
2024-02-20 10:00 - 15:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
A working group that seeks to identify and promulgate good practice in life cycle cost modelling across the UK Defence sector and contribute to the realisation of the DSCM vision.
This next meeting will now be held as a virtual meeting only using Microsoft Teams. The Agenda for this meeting can be viewed by clicking the button on your right.
For further information, please get in touch with Frank Murphy

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DE&S Digital Engineering Conference 2024
2024-02-07 08:00 - 2024-02-08 14:30 | Aerospace Bristol, Hayes Way, Patchway, Bristol, BS34 5BZ, United Kingdom
‘Now, more than ever, it is vital for the security of the UK that we deliver capability to our front-line users at the speed of relevance. In DE&S, we are growing our ability to exploit end to end Digital Engineering to achieve a step change in how we deliver, operate and sustain equipment. I will be excited to see progress across the industrial base on this truly transformational opportunity in this year’s Digital Engineering Conference. We will share the progress that DE&S is making to establish our Digital Engineering Centre to bring MOD and industry together to harness the latest technologies across our programmes to get those time savings right now.’
Adrian Baguley, DE&S Dep CEO

PLEASE NOTE DE24 IN PERSON TICKETS HAVE SOLD OUT, VIRTUAL TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AND CAN BE BOOKED BY CLICKING THE REGISTER LINK ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE. THERE IS NO ENTRY ON THE DOOR.
Formerly known as the Support Chain Seminar (SCS) the DE&S Digital Engineering Conference takes place under the wings of Concorde, at Aerospace, Bristol again in 2024. We aim to offer an exciting, interesting event, covering updates and case studies from MOD speakers and speakers representing Defence Industry and Academia. DE24 is a hybrid conference, offering both in person and virtual attendance. All ticket holders have virtual access to the live event and post event on catch up for 60 days plus. The conference runs over 1.5 days and includes attendance to the Network Extra Session at the end of Day One. This is an opportunity for further dialogue with like minded individuals with refreshments provided and another chance to visit the exhibition. Iconic Concorde is open for a walk around throughout the event.

DE24 will provide ‘Team UK Defence’ community with first-hand insight into how Digital Engineering is transforming Defence to get capabilities into service much quicker than before. We will hear about the UK’s ambition, the good practice and results from others who are already well ahead of us, how UK MOD is using the Digital Engineering Capability Centre to bring Team UK Defence together, and expose the opportunities for our suppliers to move ahead. We will discuss the key initiatives and strategies, exchange information, strengthen relationships, and set the context for a year of rapid progress and change.
The programme is building with a number of speakers invited including VAdm Andy Kyte, Marc Overton, DE&S NED, Adam Baldrey, DE&S Digital Engineering Team Leader, Prof John Erkoyuncu, Cranfield University, International representation and more.
Tickets start from £300 to £550 for members in person attendance (£200 virtual) and from £450 to £850 for non-members (£375 virtual). MOD personnel can attend free of charge. To book your seat, please click on the register button on the right.
Supporting the event – If you would like to exhibit or sponsor, click on the link buttons to book your stand, package details can be found in the T&C’s.

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Industry Customers Engagement Forum (ICEF)
2024-01-29 13:00 - 15:00 | MOD Corsham, Westwells Road, Hawthorn, SN13 9NR
Industry Customer Engagement Forum – regular Industry Engagement meeting, hosted by MOD, to address issues affecting Industry-based consumers of MOD-provided services.
For further information, please contact Tony Butler

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ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English® (STE) Training Courses
2024-01-29 09:00 - 2024-02-01 12:30
This course is a practical introduction for those who will use STE like technical authors or engineers in any sector including aerospace and defence. The course:

Explains what STE is and the benefits of using STE
Shows the delegates how to use the STE specification
Gives delegates opportunities to use STE in practical exercises.

We can adapt the course to suit your organisation so contact us to discuss this.
The rate for each delegate on the course is: £690.00 + VAT (tax) at 20%
Course length and content
Online delivery: 4 half-day sessions on consecutive days, 9:00 – 12:30 (Maximum 8 people.)
To find out more about our programme of STE training for 2023, delegate rates and how to book, please email Ciaran Dodd.

SME Showcase Event
2024-01-25 12:00 - 13:15
TD-Info are running a series of Showcasing Events on behalf of our members over the coming months, initially designed to help our SME (small to medium sized enterprise) community to demonstrate their organisations’ capabilities. This initiative also aligns to the MOD’s commitment to help and promote the SME community in the Defence sector.
The next event will be held on Thursday 25th January at 12 noon, online via Teams, and will comprise of 4 SME’s presenting an overview of their company and capabilities, to the TD-Info Membership base. Please register your interest in our next showcase at the link to the side of the page (event date and time subject to change.)
If you are an SME interested in getting involved with future showcases, please contact julian.dayment@teamdefence.info
(Please note that this event is only open to our Membership)
Our previous SME showcase:
Recording – SME Showcase-20231026_120128-Meeting Recording.mp4
Slide Packs:
Aerogility
Anzen
Whitetree
Epscot

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Information Security Forum
2024-01-25 11:00 - 15:30 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The purpose of the Information Security Forum (ISF) is to provide better ways of working securely across Team Defence by identifying key issues and agreeing on common approaches to resolution by sharing good practice, collaborating on accreditation standards, providing a practical (and compliant) interpretation of Government policy, and sharing event and near-miss data.
The ISF collaboratively develops guidance, influences policy and communicates key messages to members and, where appropriate, broader stakeholders on Information Security and Assurance matters.
This meeting will be held In-person at TD-Info Offices and virtually using Microsoft Teams. Group members will be sent the link to join the meeting.
This is a closed group, however if you wish to participate or would like further information please contact Andy Corbett

Defence Modelling & Simulation Office (DMSO) - Industry Engagement Workshops
2024-01-23 10:00 - 16:00 | MOD Shrivenham, Defence Academy, Faringdon Rd, Shrivenham, Swindon, SN6 8LA, United Kingdom
Please note – Expressions of Interest and security details must be submitted before 15th December.
Register Interest – Link
Submit Security Details – Link
A new TD-info supported MOD Defence Modelling and Simulation Centre (DMSO) industry engagement workshops has now been announced.
The Defence Modelling and Simulation Office (DMSO) – sits within UK StratCom Joint Warfare with pan-Defence responsibilities. DMSO provides improved coordination and coherence of MOD M&S activity to promote both VfM and improved M&S capability across the Defence Enterprise. It ‘champions’ the role of Modelling & Simulation (M&S), informs and advocates policy, and exploits opportunities for greater cost-effectiveness and consistency through the sharing of M&S knowledge and resources. DMSO will promote and create partnerships with Industry, Academia, OGDs and International Partners to secure these aims.
An industry wide investigation and advice task into the DMSO Defence Synthetic Environment Programme (DSEP) will look at: What should a pan-Defence M&S Ecosystem be? What should it deliver? How should it deliver?
DMSO are seeking a comprehensive view from industry on how to increase the use and effectiveness of M&S across Defence from R&D through to Operations. What does MOD need to do to enable industry to deliver more effectively and to be more agile.
DMSO are looking for an industry perspective across three different levels using focused workshops at this event on:

Workshop on Strategic Development – Partners To design, build, integrate and deliver the solutions & components for a cohesive pan-Defence M&S ecosystem delivered via DSEP.
Workshop on Service Partners – Vendors who can provide M&S data, components, services, and applications to meet current and future needs.
Workshop on Solution Partners – Companies and end users who should benefit from DSEP to deliver more effective solutions into Defence, whether that’s R&D, T&E, Training or Operations

Register for your chosen workshop via the links to the side of the page

Why get involved?
Your contribution will enable you to understand the direction of travel from within Defence, shape, influence and assist MOD in its future direction for Modelling & Simulation.
There is also the opportunity to work as part of a team with equally capable and knowledgeable organisations within Defence and the wider digital community.
This is an opening for wider industry experience and best practice to be showcased within the Defence environment.
This will enable:

Understanding of how focus areas will interact to realise a future end state.
Articulation of requirements for Modelling & Simulation capability across the enterprise
Development of capability roadmaps
Alignment, pull through and learning from representative Modelling & Simulation capabilities.
Assessment of potential system solutions and recommendations for future development

Demonstrate and influence the current and future state of Modelling & Simulation within MOD and industry partners:

As development partners
As data, application and or service providers
As end users for capability delivery

Workshop on Strategic Development

Workshop on Service Partners

Workshop on Solution Partners

AdM as a Service Inventory Management Working Group (IMWG)
2024-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | virtual
The aim of the IMWG is to identify IM issues that would prevent Project TAMPA Spirals proceeding & facilitate wider pan MoD/Industry progress and engagement on AdM IM issues.
Agenda for the IMWG below, thanks.
Attendee list
Notes & Actions from last meeting(s)
Updates: NATO Codification Committee, Local Manufacturing Policy, Obsolescence Management Policy, Procurement Policy
Industry feedback on AM projects (lessons learned, issues, experiences etc.) – please feed in any points.
Project TAMPA – Update & LFE
AOB
DONM

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Executive Group Team Meeting
2024-01-17 10:45 - 12:30
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group.
This is a Hybrid meeting to be held on Microsoft Teams, and In-Person at the TD-Info Office, Rudgeway. A supporting slidepack and document suite will be made available prior to the session.

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Software Enabled Defence Working Group
2024-01-16 10:00 - 12:30 | virtual
SED INDUSTRY WORKING GROUP – UPDATE AND EVENT REGISTRATION
Involvement Opportunity.
Following the SED WG launch on the 31 Oct 2023 there is now an opportunity to start to shape the scope of the SED activity.
We will be holding a Virtual meeting on 16th January 2024.
At this session initial SED concepts thinking, sense making and relating views will be shared and explored with the aim of fathoming fundamental factors, compelling core narrative and messaging, and an outline campaign plan to progress SED further.
This in turn will provide lead into a second two-day MOD/Industry/Academia SED Workshop 19-21 March in London, hosted by IBM. For initial requests for offers of briefs has been:
Ask:

Please support this event with attendee joining virtually – Select the register button to receive the MS Teams link.We help make the relationship happen and we all want clarity and then successful business from it.
We all need to offer to MOD the collective knowledge ask from industry for a coherent SED approach and strategy:

Headings where Industry require more clarity from the MOD e.g. Challenges (capability requirement), Teaming, Responsibilities in MOD.
A paragraph on your views, needs and approach

Please email to Shaun on shaun.hughes@teamdefence.info Shaun will collate all replies (all anonymous but state if you wish to be quoted).

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JISCOT Meeting - 11 January 2024
2024-01-11 10:00 - 12:00 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The Mission of the Joint Information Standards Co-ordination Team (JISCOT) is to co-ordinate, for the UK, the MOD and Industry representation in the identification, development, deployment and maintenance of a coherent set of standards to meet the needs of UK Defence from this global activity within the scope of Team Defence Information (TD-Info) activity.
This meeting will take place virtually using Microsoft Teams, and In-Person at the Team Defence Office in Rudgeway.
The venue of those attending in person is the Team Defence Information Office, 6a Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Gloucester road, Rudgeway, BS35 3QH.

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Joint Professional Development Working Group
2023-12-15 09:00 - 09:45 | Virtual – MS Teams
The JPDWG has held 2 meetings to establish the scope and activity to deliver against developing a Skills Framework for Support.
Addresses are requested by 13th Dec to:

provide their agreement to the terms of reference for the Working Group
allocate resource for the Working Groups to deliver against the plan of work set out in the terms of reference
share their own skills frameworks to the group for comparison and development.

The timeline for activity is below and is challenging, but it is expected that for most areas there will be existing frameworks that can be used for comparison and agreement making the ask less onerous. Ideally the members of the sub working group should be subject matter experts or people who develop / maintain these skills frameworks as part of their normal day job.
Timeline

A common taxonomy describing all the roles (by end mid Jan 24).
A definition of the knowledge, skills, experience, and behaviours required for each role for up to seven proficiency levels (Awareness, Foundation, Working, Practitioner, Experienced practitioner, Expert, Strategist) (by end March 24).
A definition of the development pathways to move between the skill levels, highlighting accreditation and training routes aligned with Industry and professional standards (by end March 24).
A definition of career pathways to show how to progress and build capability (by June 24).
A definition of knowledge, skills, experience, and behaviours needed for the future. (tbd)
A risk register highlighting skills shortages now and predicted for next 5 years. (ongoing)
A communications plan targeted at different stakeholder groups for highlighting the skills profiles and development opportunities (by Feb 24).
A maintenance plan for all artefacts to remain current (by end Feb 24).
To develop and deliver an outreach programme for schools to attract leavers to the sector. (commence Jan 24 onwards).

The activity will be broken down into disciplines to form sub working groups, the current working assumption is the following groups will be established subject to agreement and change:

Material Accounting: All roles whose primary function is associated with developing, implementing and maintaining material accounting policy for inventory.

Driving: All roles involved in driving & operating of vehicles of all types

TTLS / ILS / IPS: roles providing advice on the delivery of integrated logistic strategic planning and support arrangements. These include planning, delivery and operation of in-service support, equipment modification, understanding repair procedures and resolution of design and maintenance issues.

Postal and Courier: roles involved in receipt, sort and despatch of mail, handling of special delivery, postal courier and escorting mail. Assessment of delivery costs and post office counter sales.

Supply Chain Management / Inventory Management: roles involved in the provision of logistic services to meet specialist equipment needs, including introduction of In-Service support, equipment modifications equipment safety, understanding of repair procedures.

Transportation and Movement: roles involved in the provision of transport and movement services including planning, coordination, management of physical driving/operating equipment.

Warehouse Ops / Storekeepers: roles involved in the warehousing function, including Mechanical Handling Equipment (MHE) operations, packaging, receipts, returns and issues, storekeeping, stocktaking, storage and distribution.

Energy – to be defined.

These groups will be formally established on 15th Dec at the next meeting and will require resource assigned to each group to test viability for development and refinement of timeline.
Please contact Leyton Lark for further information.

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Terms of reference

TD-Info Town Hall Meeting
2023-12-14 10:00 - 15:00 | Active Conference Centre, Thornbury Active Lifestyle Centre,Alveston Hill, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 3JB, United Kingdom
The Team Defence Executive Team operate monthly sessions which will look to support and mature opportunities and guide the broad portfolio of Team Defence Activities so they align with the strategic direction and focus set by the Team Defence Strategy Group.
Please arrive by 10:00am for an 11:00am start.
This meeting will be held as a Hybrid meeting and will take place at the Active Conference Centre in Thornbury as well as online. The online details will be sent to all those who register.
Please be aware, this event is open to TD-Info Members only. Please register using your member organisation email domain.

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Agenda

Lead Sponsors Forum
2023-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Appian, 20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY
The Lead Sponsors Forum reviews TD-Info’s performance against agreed strategic goals and helps define its future agenda.
Lead Sponsor Forum members are senior figures invited to join from TD-Info’s membership. This meeting is by invitation only.
Hybrid Meeting – Teams details to be sent out prior to the event.

Defence Support Business Functional Model WG
2023-12-13 10:30 - 12:30 | TD-Info, 6A Pinkers Court, Briarlands Office Park, Bristol, BS35 3QH, United Kingdom
The next meeting of the Defence Support Business Functional Model Working Group takes place on Wednesday the 13th December in the TD-Info Offices. This working group was started in November last year, to provide Industry with the opportunity to comment on the Business Functional Model that is being developed by the Defence Support CIO’s architecture team. The model provides an important set of requirements for the Business Modernisation for Support workstream, (BMfS). There has been a hiatus since our last meeting in March of this year so please take this opportunity to reengage in this important work.
Terms of Reference are being drafted for review and acceptance at the meeting, which will start a 10:30 and finish at 12:30 followed by lunch. Please see the draft agenda for the meeting. You will appreciate that there is a lot to be getting on with and Industry’s involvement is very important.
Although the meeting will be a hybrid meeting we would like to encourage as many as possible to come in person. For those who can’t attend in person you will receive a teams link upon registration.

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Draft Agenda
