Acquisition logistics

Acquisition logistics is technical and management activities conducted to ensure supportability implications are considered early and throughout the acquisition process to minimize support costs and to provide the user with the resources to sustain the system in the field.

Definitions

According to the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (4th edition),

Acquisition logistics. Technical and management activities conducted to ensure supportability implications are considered early and throughout the acquisition process to minimize support costs and to provide the user with the resources to sustain the system in the field.