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Show NEWS Nov. 8, 1991 Hilltop Times 13 Quality, cost, competitiveness keys to future by Boss Day Vg San Antonio Air Logistics Center I KELLY AFB, Texas (AFLC-AFSNews Service) The structuring of Air Force Materiel Command is proceeding well, competition for work by air logistics centers could improve, and Air Force Logistics Command isn't about to rest on its quality laurels. Gen. Charles McDonald, AFLC commander, addressed these issues and many more during a recent three-davisit to San Antonio Air Logistics "I've already laid plans to compete Major AFMC facilities j' and installations v "vyy C J Cu n Ft Cm.r I pi I i "'Jimiim!i ri rr "in mp-- . . . fiscal year. McDonald said that the command is well on the road to completing selection of test programs for integration at the field level, a "marriage" of program offices with system program managers. "Twelve of the 21 candidate programs have been selected (as of press time)," the general said. "And we think we'll have time to learn the II sZ XX J J 1 Jw' j Lgf f. mit f Hiioium tn i mm btaMMAFBCtM Or fmm fm V fmK r Cmm iMkrvmmtn "-- CM ' TnurWI "iiir" m Unm' j nj l J I ittmm Cnm mmF. 0 t fjT before we do the necessary lessons same thing with the remaining 650 or so programs that we can define within the two commands today." The bottom line, according to McDonald, is that AFMC integration has not had any major problems to . . date. Another new program, work load competition, however, needs some polishing, the general said. This year, each air logistics center competed for one work load program. Of the five programs, two were won by the centers. "We're still learning about how to do competition," McDonald explained. "We're quite adept at issuing requests for proposals and evaluating the input. We know how to do source selection." The general gave the command a "B" across the board on how quickly it has been able to respond to requests , WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT DB. 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"I think the principal reason we lost was in the area of overhead and the cost of manpower," he said. "That tells me we need to do further streamlining in certain areas of our operation." In addition to streamlining, the general said the command's current efforts in the quality arena will also contribute to a more competitive work load stance. "The issue here is not gaining more work load," he explained. "The issue here is saving the Air Force and the taxpayers money." With quality playing a major role in work load competition and other command efforts, McDonald made it clear that AFLC was not about to rest on its laurels, namely the recent President's Award for Quality. mm J for it again," the general said. "Under the ground rules we can't do that for five years. But we can compete as smaller units within the command for the Quality Improvement Prototype Award." Looking into the future, the general saw similar problems occurring this year as occurred last year in regards to the military budget. He views the fiscal 1992 budget a workable one despite a drop in real purchasing power. If he sees the fiscal 1992 budget as "manageable," however, the general is far less optimistic when it comes to fiscal 1993. "The reality is that the support structure today is larger than we need," said the general. "We are going to have to do some major surgery on the '93 budget to bring it into balance." McDonald stressed, however, he is totally opposed to using a reduction in force (RIF) as the scalpel with which to perform this operation. "In my view a RIF is wrong, and I've stated that many times," he said. "We need a revision, a fundamental overhaul of our civilian personnel policy at a national level, something that's long overdue." 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