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Show HILL TOP TIMES 20 Friday, August 29, 1986 sister AlCs Tinker hifs recordat in cosfl avoidance The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Tinker AFB, Okla., is claiming to have the Department of Defense record for Value Engineering cost avoidance savings. Value Engineering proposal which An will provide a cost avoidance of more than $8 million was recently validated at Oklahoma City ALC. The proposal, made by Larry Smith of the Materiel Management Directorate, concerned the screening of excess engine struts for reuse. The $8 million pushed the center's cumulative cost avoidance to more than $1 billion for the period from fiscal 1981-8Program officials said this is a Department of Defense record for any department of agency. ... The $1 billion is a combined figure that reflects savings from both the Value Engineering Program and the Value Engineering Change Proposal program. The VECP program is the formal technique by which contractors may voluntarily suggest methods for producing an item, or performing a job more effectively and economically. For their innoin-hou- se 6. vation, the contractor shares with the government in any resulting savings. Under the basic Value Engineering Program, government employees make the cost avoidance proposals. Recent changes to the Air Force suggestion program's cash award policies allow employees to submit their Value Engineering proposal for a cash award after it has been validated. , Nat Davis, Air Force Logistics Command's Value Engineering Program manager, said the suggestion program change definitely motivated employees to look more carefully for ways to save money. Mr. Davis is with the Directorate of Reliability, Maintainability and Engineering Policy at AFLC Q AFB, Ohio. He added that people at San Antonio ALC, Kelly AFB, Texas, received more monetary awards in 1985 for suggestions resulting from the Value Engineering program, he said. Jim Cobbs, chief of the Product Improvement Section in the Materiel Management Engineering Division at Tinker, said that of the $1 billion Oklahoma City ALC has accumulated, less than 5 percent was recorded under the VECP program. "The vast majority of savings have been through our headquarters, government Wright-Patterso- n employees' innovations and proposals," he said. According to Mr, Davis, the Value Engineering Program has really come alive in the last few years, although it dates back to the mid 1960s. "In the last five years, the program has seen cost avoidance savings of some $2 billion," he said. "So, when you talk about the Tinker program alone topping $1 billion, you're looking at a big piece of the overall program." Cost avoidance savings for proposals topped $281 million command-wid- e for fiscal 1985, he added. Mr. Smith's proposal involved screening excess engine struts to determine which can be repaired using the fewest components. The work with the struts began in 1983. His proposal resulted in about 10 percent of the total being used to support the Management of Items Subject to Repair Program. Components of the remaining 90 percent -.. in-hou- se J-5- 7 were reclaimed for repair. The struts became excess 5 due to the reengine program. The Value Engineering Program is enjoying much emphasis at Oklahoma City ALC. About 200 center personnel have received training this year to teach them how to use it. (AFLC News Service) KC-13- Criterion takes the hassle out of auto insurance. lbs 0 gee QisrnaaE) etiio f CBP 5788 South 1900 West Roy, Utah BOOK 1901 1 12 Bed GMC Ton Short $3875 1901 Monti Carlo Landow $4500 Loaded with Extras. SALE tWnnn 3 I 80 trrrn OU2) "Amid snow I take off wnth tine Cntarioini Crowd!"'' get into my car, I like to feel free as And safe, secure and worry-fredoes that for me and Criterion protected. takes the hassle out of auto insurance. Here's why I chose Criterion,'' Low and drive away. Convenient budget terms. "When a bird 1900 Sunbird M650 2 Dr., Clean $11 75 Your Choke. . . 1976 Pinto ,TSG.raBd $509 e. down-payme- Fast-actio- . I n, nt ay claim service. O Protection everywhere in the U.S.A. and Canada. deductibles. Offices near most military bases. Famous Criterion dependability. Phone or come in today for a free rate quote. Money-savin- g ,. on Call: 773 0595 1977 North Main Street Layton of (Corner Antelope Dr. and North Main St.) . 1974 Grcnd Torino J ' (15) f.loro To Chooso From J OOl f INSURANCE COMPANY 3LA CEICO AffiliaitTg J |