The Acquisition Handbook

More InformationWhere can you find out more?If you are a new arrival in a customer area or IPT already working under Smart Acquisition, thenyour line manager or IPT Leader will be happy to explain more about the acquisition process.This handbook forms part of the AMS. The AMS is the established Knowledge ManagementSystem of the defence acquisition community. It provides a ‘one-stop shop’ for all constraints,authoritative guidance, additional information, best practice and user expertise supporting thewhole-life management of defence capability acquisition. The AMS contains more detail on all thesubjects covered by this handbook. It is replacing or incorporating existing instructions and hasbeen endorsed by the Acquisition 3 Star Group.Key AMS features are:••it is designed to be used by all involved in defence capability acquisitionit includes simple route maps explaining the business processesit is designed to be ‘user-friendly’it supports different ways of getting to what the user needsit provides links to a wide range of acquisition principles, business processinformation and standards.it is updated monthly.At present, the AMS is available to staff on most of the MOD’s intranets, at Abbey Wood (onDAWN), Main Building and Ensleigh (on CHOTS), Foxhill (on NAVYNET), Andover (on QWEB),Wilton (on LandWeb), Brampton, Wyton and Yeovilton (on ES(Air)Net) , Paris (PAAMS), Munich(NETMA) and many other sites and organisations. Please ask your team colleagues or your ITsupport staff about how to access the AMS from your site.The AMS is available to all on the Internet at www.ams.mod.uk and is available to Industryintranets via CD-ROM (contact 01225 449025).Queries regarding Smart Acquisition within Industry should be directed to the Secretary of theDefence Industries Council.44