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Show HILL TOP TIMES November 21, 1984 eom flinioysoinids for $5 millimi sygjgesi'ieci eirgeoiJDus 1 1 By Chris Baierschmidt - Ogden ALC Public Affairs i An award for $12,500 didn't change the life of a master sergeant at Hill AFB but it sure did increase his enthusiasm for the Air Force suggestion program. MSgt. Dennis Penrod, of the 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron, made the extra money with his suggestion for using spare parts on F-- 4 aircraft. He got the award with TSgt. Joseph Vujcevic, also of the 2952nd CLSS, who has since been reassigned from Hill. ' Sergeant Penrod explained that the two were on temporary duty to Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz., in October 1984 to find spare parts for an F-- they were rebuilding for a reservist trainer. While there, they noticed Defense and Marketing Office cutting apart old Navy s for scrap iJ "The Navy is getting the F-- 4 out of its inventory but they didn't know the Air Force could use any of the spare 4 on l " f C f' liJf ' & ' n iiiiJ F-4- metal. parts," he said. With that in mind, the two J! MSgt. Dennis Penrod made thousands of extra dollars for his sugfor the same gestion to salvage parts on no longer used Navy aircraft used by the Air Force. Helping him with the suggestion, and also a big winner in the Air Force Suggestion Program, was TSgt. Joseph Vujcevic. F-- Hill leads in 4s on-sit- personnel with The suggestion program is alive and well at Hill AFB. Among the sections leading the way is the Aircraft Division, with an average of 90 suggestions per month in fiscal 1986. This compares to an average of 63 per month in fiscal 1985. Suggestion evaluators there are doing double duty as well in keeping up with the suspenses. Their backlog low with 55 suggestions in the is at an e all-tim- ser- geants found the parts they needed and, also, logged other F-- 4 parts they knew could be used at Hill. They contacted the F-- 4 Systems Management Office here and a team of experts flew down to Davis Monthan to see if the parts could be used by the Air Force. The first e visit yielded almost in $500,000 spare parts. Subsequent (U.S. Air Force Photo) checks netted F-- nose sections, canopies and radomes, afterburner components and just about everything else from ejector seats to flight controls. At the end, there was $5.3 million in reusable parts for the Air Force and a $25,000 award from the suggestion program split between the two ser4 Office or I O geants. "We were shocked," Sergeant Pen-ro- d said. "It just seemed too simple of a suggestion." Acquisition of the spare parts will continue, he said, as long as the Navy has s to dispose. The award makes the men top award winners in the Hill suggestion program. It also made Sergeant Pen-ro- d a firm believer in the incentive grabber and he has since submitted another idea for modifying the F-- 4 droptank. "The program's great," said the sergeant, who banked his award. "It's just too bad that more people don't know about it." , Suggestions worth $1 or $1 million qualify for the program. To get the ball rolling, pick up AF Form 1000 through supply channels or at suggestion boxes scattered throughout the F-4- base. Completed forms can be mailed to DPF, where they are reviewed for eligibility and assigned a suggestion number before being mailed to the office of primary responsibility. For more information, call the suggestion office at Ext. 76901. ideas money-savin- g processing mill for June. Twenty-si- x percent of the directorate's suggestions are being approved with a total savings to the Air Force of more than $1 million. During fiscal 1986, program benefits to the Air Force nearly doubled over fiscal 1985. Participation was also up, as well as the total amount of awards paid to successful contributors. Following is a comparison chart: Average strength Suggestions received Participation rate Suggestions adopted Adoption rate (based on participation) Awards paid Average award Tangible benefits Fiscal 1985 20,302 4.362 21.53 percent 1,217 27.90 percent $246,390 $202 $5,580,462 Fiscal 1986 20,690 4,243 20.50 percent 1,456 34.31 percent $311,646 $214 $11,286,669 Logistics command turns up top bucks in Air Force program of the first-yea- r savings generated by AFLC. "This is a very small cost for such large returns," said Mr. By 1st Lt. Coennie Harmon AFLC Office of Public Affairs Air Force Logistics Command has set another record in leading other commands by bringing more than $125 million in first year tangible benefits to the Air Force and our government. For the past five years AFLC has led the way in Air Force Suggestion Program achievements. This year is no exception. Although AFLC centers (bases) comprise only about 16 percent of the Air Force serviced population, reported savings make up 51 percent of the $246 million the Air Force will report in fiscal 1986 benefits via the suggestion program. "In addition, the command paid suggetion awards to 4,296 civilian and military contributors," said Donald Hurst, AFLC's Suggestion Program manager. According to Mr. Hurst, total awards in AFLC amounted to $1.4 million, which is just 1.1 percent 1 Thanksgiving Basket Hurst. "The Air Force will continue, for several years, to receive benefits on many suggestions long after awards have been given. Just two examples are the repair procedures found for previous throw-awa- y items and the less expensive repair procedures suggested to eliminate previous high-coin-hou- se in-hou- se st contract repair." In addition to a record-settinyear, AFLC has the largest adoptionimplementation rate of suggestions in the Air Force. According to Mr. Hurst, AFLC's adoption rate runs 30 percent of suggestions received. This is higher than the industrial suggestion adoption average of 24.5 percent and higher than the 22 percent reported by the Air g Force for fiscal 1986. "We have noted better quality in suggestions made this past year," said Mr. Hurst. "This is one of the primary reasons for a higher adoption." 3 C Editorials Action Lino . Police Blotter Around the Hill Sports ... . page 6 page 7 page 8 .page 34 page 40 Another reason for a higher adoption rate, according to Mr. Hurst, is due to a directive from AFLC's Directorate of Personnel stating that all suggestions not completely documented with a clear, well understood "problem" and "solution" would not be accepted. They were to be returned for rework or not accepted in the program. "As a result, this gave evaluators better, fully documented suggestions that were easily understood," said Mr. Hurst. The AFLC record in first-yea- r savings is only one of the many achievements noted during fiscal 1986 by the command. "The command's suggestion program experienced a record year and many firsts and it all began with the Air Force Form 100," said Mr. Hurst. "Our best ideas are coming straight from the work place. The people actually doing the work are the most knowledgeable about that work. They are also the most likely source of ideas on how to do it better for less money." (AFLC News Service) c 3 Needy airmen can qualify for the Thanksgiving Basket program at Hill this year. Seven base organizations are contributing money to the program which will give airmen and their families a chance to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal this year. Capt. Steve Tate of the Directorate of Materiel Management and Capt. Donald Fry of the 1365th of the plan. Audiovisual Squadron are such as the Protestant Groups Chaplain's Fund and the Thrift Shop will donate money to the who will convert it to checks for distribution among financially distressed airmen. en |