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Show HILL 12 news TOP TIMES November 13. 1987 no i--i 0 J Directorate of Contracting and Manufacturing members mean Ogden ALC Public Affairs " 66 By Chris Baierschmidt Office It's war! Or, at least, that's the battle cry being heard all across the Directorate of Contracting and Manufacturing. It's a war against delinquent deliveries. Commandered by Eva Ugarkovich, deputy director, and spearheaded by Ramona Allison, deputy chief, contract management division, the program seeks to knock down the rate of items arriving behind schedule. "A big problem has been paper flow," said Col. James Boyd, director of contract management division since his arrival in June from an assignment in the Philippines. "We want to get rid of the paper problems and get down to the deliveries which are late for other reasons." Although the war just started three months ago, early reports show that Ogden Air Logistics Center rose in September to number one in e deliveries among the five ALCs in Air Force Logistics Command. That was the first time in a year for surpassing the previous top contender, San Antonio ALC, Kelly AFB, on-tim- Texas. Mrs. Allison was handed the task almost the day she arrived at her job on a career broadening assignment from the Directorate of Materiel Management. "I was welcomed here at about the same time I was handed a preliminary report on delinquent deliveries," she said. "I was told it was the number one priority." We got the visibility to the contractors. They know we're serious, which was not so obvious to them before. We're going to beat this. Col. James Boyd V : Directorate of Contracting and Manufacturing -- 99 ; ; points for improving deliveries to an AFLC goal of 85 percent There's still a ways to go, confided Mrs. Allison, but they are getting there. Tops on the list was the paper shuffle. So, contracting computer experts sat down withauGeneral Dynamics people and developed an tomated package which, among other features, has a program for accepting contractor paper electronically. That one program alone can save days in delay from a push of a few buttons over postal delivery. list was to identiAlso high on the 1 with the greatest contractors volume fy the high to a conferwere invited delinquency rate. They The report identified 16 on-tim- e. 6-st- op ence on base where Maj. Gen. Robert P. McCoy, commander, Ogden ALC, dehVered a message-lo- ud and clear on the importance of timeliness. conference included tips on paperThe well as as a firm reminder that action can work, one-da- y to command lead business-ju- mp who are against contractors and will .be. taken , , T7 iL J inexcusaDiy late wiui umcrs. r ur trample, 1 government can, withhold payments, drop the contract value or, in an extreme case, default the contract. "We got the visibility to the contractors," said Colonel Boyd. "They know we're serious, which was not obvious to them before." A second plan of attack was the creation of special forces teams to manage contractors of critical items and first articles. Mrs. Allison secretly calls them her SWAT teams because of the special work attention given to tracking all aspects of the contractor's performance. In turn, the team becomes accountable for the delinquency rate of its specific contractors. Team members are becoming expert in expediting both types of contracts, and have even fostered a friendly competition to see which can stay on top of the internal progress reports. Gen. Alfred G. Hansen, AFLC commander, was so impressed with the idea during his visit here in October that he sent for more information once he returned to headquarters. There's more to the program, such as concerted efforts to clean up the backlog of over delinquent deliveries. 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