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Show 8 Jan. 27, 1994 Hilltop Times O Continued from Pag 2 working very closely with the community to try to turn these two around." The AFMC strategy to avoiding the BRAC process altogether, Lyles said, is to have all service d depots evaluated in a comparison on the basis of cost efficiency and quality. "We know that we and the other four AFMC depots are the five best depots in DOD," he said. "We would rather see all services' depots evaluated together and choose the ones that are the weakest, the ones that are the least efficient, least productive, and make those the ones closed and their workloads moved to the strong depots. . ."That's the strategy we have and our commander (Gen. Ronald W. Yates) is aggressively working this within the Pentagon and Congress, where we have the leeway; to do so. v , ; "We now have the support of the governor and the entire congressional leadership of Utah and they are working toward the same strategy," he said. Lyles said that if this fails and the closure process proceeds, Ogden ALC win defend itself on its merits, "and that's still something that is very, very ;:,V: ' positive.; " If we are forced into the BRAC process, we cannot afford to let down in terms of morale, emphasis, performance or any of the other things that have made us a success," he said. To help with this, Lyles said an internal group called BRAC '95 has been set up to make' sure community awareness is maintained and to make sure the center is looking at the right indicators. ."We need to make sure we don't fall off in perfor;. mance and that we maintain the high level of emphasis that we have today," he said. RIF "The RIF (reduction in force) decision I announced last week had nothing to do with the BRAC," the commander said. "It is a business de head-to-hea- inter-servicin- g, .' " ; :l'V-::;"vv:,.:- O-- ' cision that is based on our current workload vs. the ' number of people on the payroll." that the potential RIF of Lyles worst-casscenario. He the was 1,100 employees said there is a good possibility that if enough emincentives and if more ployees take the early-ou- t workload comes to Hill, this number can be substantially reduced, or even eliminated altogether, as happened in 1991. e . sissippi." Vision for the future y-';- To achieve all of the center's goals, Lyles asked that vision workers to keep focused on the mission providbe will we the is premier fighter "My aircraft depot in DOD," Lyles said. "In addition to ing the highest quality products and services to cuswe now have the tomers at an affordable price, in war or peace. the work we do on s and FA-1and we're "In order to make that Vision a reality, we have already, doing excellent Navy exto has make sure we don't lose the emphasis on the are far the what that things beyond Navy v in their own in the past; perienced depots things that have made us successful," he said. For "Next year, we're hoping the Navy is going to example, he said, the center will have to offer up their 4 fighter work, and we've already Remember the mission and continue the excelF-4- F-16- s, 8, F-1- lent performances of the past; Renew the emphasis on total quality, process improvements and costs; Find a better way to get the word out about the great things that are going on at Hill AFB; and, . Keep a positive attitude. ; "This base can defend itself on its merits, so all we have to do is keep doing our jobs," he said. "We have to keep focused on the fact that the future is '.-really now; "What you did yesterday and what we're doing today are going to be the keys to success, and more importantly, the keys to keeping this center alive for the future." . ; kUBtor's note: Question-and-answsessions were held at the end of each of the three briefings, but due to the length and importance of the information in this article, the questions and answers will be printed in forthcoming issues of the Hilltop ' Times. : MAJOR ISSUES 1994 & BEYOND :v QUALITY AIR FORCE QUALITY AIR FORCE ASSESSMENT PATTERNED MALCOLM BALDRKSE QUALITY AWARD AFTER ' FOCUS ON BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS TO QUALITY 4 COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR MAKING SENSE OUT OF QUALITY THEORIES, TOOLS AND APPROACHES RESHAPE MANAGERS' THINKING AND BEHAVIOR SEVEN MAJOR AREAS - LEADERSHIP - . 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