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April 2008
Defence Manufacturers Association
DAS joins the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA). Peter Cook the company Managing Director stated that he welcomes being a member of the leading UK trade association and looks to a long association with the DMA.
February 2008
Systems Dynamics Presentation
DAS helps celebrate anniversary of System Dynamics, a key tool for strategic modelling of complex business and policy issues.
Dave Exelby, Managing Consultant at DAS, was selected as one of three speakers celebrating 50 years of the wide application of System Dynamics to develop strategy for public policy and business. This recognised his 12 years of close involvement in the field both as a practitioner and his active role within the international community promoting the use of Systems Dynamics as a tool to understand complex strategy issues.
The conference was arranged by OR Society and hosted at the London School of Economics.
Dave’s presentation illustrated how System Dynamics has been applied across a wide range of defence issues from defence equipment acquisition, combat modelling of red and blue forces, geo-political policy making and manpower planning.
ISO 9001:2000 Accreditation
DAS is successful in being accredited by UKAS with successful achievement of the ISO 9001:2000 quality standard. Chris Maughan, a Managing Consultant with DAS with responsibility for quality management, stated that he was pleased that the companies’ application for accreditation was successful and that this demonstrates the approach the company was adopting for business planning.
December 2007
Company Investment
DAS commissions a leading UK economist to develop a budget forecasting model to argument it strategic forecasting capability. Carly Hickmott, a Principal Consultant at DAS, stated that the Manchester Economic Forecasting group will provide the company with a capability to explore the defence budgets for the leading international economies
September 2007
New Offices for DAS
DAS moves into new offices at the Chineham Business Park, Basingstoke. David Scullion, Finance Director, stated that the new offices provide a flexible working environment with easy transport links to our key clients. |
