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Show Hffltop Hill INSIDE: AFB, Utah 84056-582- 4 www.hilltoptimes.com Hit Frli:y WASHINGTON In a break from past practice, the Defense Department announced that President Bush will request a $401.7 billion defense budget for fiscal 2005. Normally, this is one of the more closely guarded figures in the Pentagon. It usually is released Page 2 with great fanfare after the president's budget request is delivered to Congress the first week in February. Officials said the number represents about a 7 per- tt'zn Kins Page 2 Ci:s!:i Vol. 63 No. 4, January 29, 2004 O ing war on terror. DoD will make supplemental by Jim Garamone kzzizi hilltop.pahill.af.mil Bush asking $401.7 billion for defense American Forces Prese Service Cc!:n:l Mines cent increase from fiscal 2004. The request doesn't include funds for the ongo bud- get requests for those funds, officials said. DoD Comptroller Dov Zakheim said during a recent Defense Writers' Group briefing that he doesn't expect to make a supplemental request in fiscal 2004. The fiscal 2005 request will fund continuing transformation efforts and the operations and maintenance of today's force. The budget also will focus on pay and benefits for service members and measures needed to recruit and retain the highest quality volunteers for service in the active and reserve forces," a DoD official said. The president three years ago directed that we consider how best to transform this department to ensure our nation has the capabilities and peo "qual-ity-of-li- fe ple needed for the national security circumstances of the 21st century," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in a written release. "We have made significant progress." An official familiar with the budget request's details said the request invests in new intelligence capabilities, strategies and new capabilities to capitalize on influencing situations before war begins and after one ends. DoD officials said the budget capitalizes on the new National Security Personnel System Congress passed last year. The system will allow DoD to more effectively manage its civilian work force. The specific numbers making up the $401.7 billion will be announced Monday. counter-proliferatio- n Silver anniversary rc:!:.i CnwSt vsrlwS Pag$3 security rlxSc Page 4 CCAF cretfss 118 Page 6 . . A-- D Pages File photo from the the first 388th Fighter Wing operational wing In the Air Force to fly the aircraft fly over Weber Canyon. Open house activities marking the 25th Fighting anniversary of the Falcon will be Friday from 8 a.m.-- 3 p.m. in Hangar 37. All , base employees, family members and special guests from the community are invited. See today's Fighter Country supplement for more details. A formation of F-- Gls3-trcr.!.-- :3 -- llSl U MSilfe 1 Page 7 zi ressftss fiw.CXS swsnl Page 7 5 : ON 3 In c:3 Page 8 'i T $ LeMay team Conference promotes Lean effort by Kari Tilton Hilltop Times evaluating In the Spotlight assistant editor Some of Hill's top shops will be showcased Wednesday as part of a unique conference promoting Lean transformation. Nearly 250 attendees of the Shingo Prize Public Sector Manufacturing Conference will tour four of the base's Lean implementation facilities that have successfully transformed their processes, streamlining workloads and cutting work cycle times. Shops on the tour are the Aircraft Brakes Rebuild Facility, of the Commodities Division; the Airborne Generator Rewind Facility, of the Maintenance Directorate's Electronics Division; the Aircraft Gearbox Overhaul and Repair Facilities, of the Power Systems and Manufacturing Branch and the 0 Rebuild Facility, of Hill's Aircraft Division. These shops were chosen because they embraced Lean thinking and made significant, measurable improvements in productivity," said Dr. Ross Robson, executive director of the Shingo Prize for Manufacturing. Conference-goer- s visiting Hill will be broken into smaller groups while employees from each of the featured shops will give an overview of their areas, describing previous work flow challenges overcome using Lean processes. Attendees will also visit a variety of specialized work areas, that best demonstrate elimination of waste and the tools and techniques used to streamline processes. The transformation of these shops has been in progress for the last few years, and the personnel involved in the overhauls are looking forward to highlighting their new and improved processes. This has been a huge undertaking for us," said Kathy Mallis, supervisor of the generator shop's process improvement team, which has been working to implement leaner processes since September of 2001. "We're looking forward to showing off our successes." The four shops have reduced flow time by hundreds of days, and will, ultimately, save a countless number of man hours and dollars. More than 100 Hill employees are signed up to attend the conference and Col. "Maq" Maquet, the base's Transformation Office director, is excited about the opportunity for some additional exposure to Lean principles. The conference will really bring awareness to what Lean is from adminall about and how it fits into our environment here istration to production" Col. Maquet said. "Also, it will teach base attendees, through the various workshops, exactly how to use Lean." The hingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, organized A-1- Aircraft Brakes Rebuild Facility sion Commodities Divi- Reduced flow from 46 days to less than five Reduced work in progress from 460 assemblies to less than 60 Reduced space utilization by 81 percent Airborne Generator Rewind Facility Directorate Electronics Division Maintenance Reduced flow from 63 days to 14 days Reduced process flow by 82 percent Overtime reductions totaling nearly $1,750,000 Reduced backorders by 20 percent Aircraft Gearbox Overhaul and Repair Facilities Power Systems and Manufacturing Branch Reduced flow from 32 days to less than one Reduced work in process by 23 percent Reduced part travel distance by 99 percent Rebuild FacHity Aircraft Division Reduced wing shop flow days by 82 percent Reduced paint and blast process cost by $17,000 per aircraft Annual savings of more than $750,000 Increased labor productivity by more than 20 percent A-I- O and managed by Utah State University's College of Business, is the only award of its kind and has been recognized by Business Week as the "Nobel Prize of Manufacturing." This year's the "Public Sector" award category for conference will roll-omilitary depots, remanufacturing depots and other civilian public organizations. The conference, held at the Eccles Conference Center in event made up of workshops and preOgden, is a three-da- y sentations by industry leaders including representatives from the Air Force, Army and Navy. Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan, the Ogden ALC commander, will participate as a keynote speaker discussing the widespread effort throughout die base to get Lean. Additional Air Force speakers are Nelson F. Gibbs, the assistant secretary of the Air Force and Maj. Gen. Paul D. Nielsen, director of the Air Force Research Laboratory. Conference attendees will also tour AutouYs ASP Airbag Infla-to- r and Module facilities 2003 Shingo Prize recipients. ut ) services by Ray Parr Services Marketing director The 75th Services Division has been nominated to compete in the prestigious Gen. Curtis E. LeMay competition that recognizes excellence in Air Force Services programs. The inspection, which includes a look at every Services-related activity, begins four-da- Sunday. "I am pleased to inform you that Hill AFB Services will compete against Eglki AFB for the 2004 AFMC LeMay nomina- tion," said Thomas Watters, Services director, in an address to Services personnel. The base that wins the Air Force Materiel Command nomination will compete with the best of the Services organizations worldwide for the Air Force-lev- el award. The AFMC inspection team members are Col. Joseph T. Rarer, AFMC director of Services; Chief Master Sgt Cortland Saunders, AFMC Services Enlisted Manager; Ron Miller, Business Branch chief; and Jan Dent, Marketing Branch chief. The Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Award was established by the National Order of the DaedaEans to recognize Air Force Services and Services Programs. "We touch the lives of every single person on Hill AFB," Mr. Watters said. 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