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Show 4 0 Hdluip Times 2002 April 1 1 awarded contract for supply, distribution EG&G ees all the tools available to make their individual transitions as smooth as possible." DDHU is located at Hill AFB, which is also home to the Ogden Air Logistics Center. Depot employees perform key distribution operations that supports the maintenance functions performed by the Ogden ALC. Primary distribution support to the ALC is provided for the Minuteman and Peacekeeper missiles and the Fighting FalEmergency Rocket Communication System; the Force-wid- e Air and the con; depot level overHercules; haul and repair for all types of landing gear, wheels, brakes and tires. Tent repair is another associated function that DDHU performs. The Defense Distribution Depot Hill is a field activity of the Defense Destruction Center, New Cumberland, Pa. The Defense Logistics Agency provides supply support, and technical and logistics services to the military services and to several civilian agencies. Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va, DLA is the one source for nearly every consumable item, whether for comy bat readiness, emergency preparedness or operations. most efficient manner," said Army Maj. Gen. Hawthorne Proctor, director of Logistics Operations, DLA. "It has provided significant savings for the government" In March 1998, DLA announced that most of its distribution private competition. DDHU is depots would undergo public the eighth of 16 sites to compete the process. Hie remaining depots are being competed in phases over a seven-yea- r period scheduled 2004. of in to end the Spring "I am proud of the superior effort and competitive bid put together Team," Air Force Col. Dave Dinning, DDHU by our DDHU commander. "While the decision was to go with a private contractor, I am confident our dedicated work force will push forward to make the transition to the contractor operation seamless to our customers. For many years our employees have provided support to the warfighter. "Over the next six transition months, we have two main goals. First, we will work to maintain the outstanding support for which DDHU is known and ensure the legacy continues with the contractor operation. Second, we will provide our outstanding employ Va. The Defense Logistics Agency announced the distribution that Friday operations of its Defense Distribution Utah out to EG>echnical Sercontracted would be Hill, Depot vices Inc., headquartered in Manassas, Va. The tentative decision was made aft er a detailed study indicated it was more cost effective to convert the operations there to the R)RT BL'LVOIR, -- private sector. This announcement culminates three years of public and private competition using the guidelines of Office of Management and "Performance of Commercial Activities." Budget Circular DDHU was announced for study March 31,1999. The comestablishes federal policy for deciding whether petition process activities within government, to retain recurring, commercial-likor contract them out to a private sector source. The guidance tells how to compare performance and cost related information to arrive at the best overall value for the taxpayer. The competitive sourcing process is another opportunity for Defense Logistics Agency to ensure we continue to provide high quality distribution depot operations to the military services in the A-7- A-7- 6 e F-1- 6 top-notc- 6 C-1- h day-to-da- Benchmarking helps Power Systems Production Branch sored a Honeywell benchmarking trip to by Frances Kosakowsky Ogden to capitalize on our collective strengths." Chief of Internal Information Benchmarking techniques provided some excellent help to three major Power Systems Production Branch processes repair and overhaul of central gearboxes, jet fuel starters, and airframe mounted accessory ) aircraft. drives for "Benchmarking makes a lot of sense," stated Col. Gene Collins, Power Systems Division chief. "No industrial process ever reaches perfection and after you have identified an opportunity for improvement, asking someone else in the same repair business for advice is an inexpensive and quick way to improve a process and foster teaming. We have already returned the favor and spon A-I- F-1- 5 A comparison with an identical power systems repair and overhaul process at Honeywell Inc., an Air Force contractor, showed potential to substantially lower Ogden's depot repair shop's production flow days and rework rates. The contractor's workload mirrors what we do at Ogden. However, their turnaround time is faster than Hill's and the Power Systems Branch went to investigate why. In January, a comparison was made of Hill's flow-darate to that of Honeywell whose time was shorter by 35 percent overall. In February, the Production Fixer and two first line supervisors of the respective workloads, visited the Hon one-thir- d y turn-aroun- d Mr 1PS f 4 r rl'L 1 ! I - VOTED UTAH'S BEST CQMEDT CLUB! All Ages Fri. 4 Sat. 8 410 pm 622-558- 8 I . . and sell the beet things kids outgrow. KiDtoKiD I for more information Oden Call Layton 625-430- 0 CHIP REPAID VKU c Ty O V'Pyli'JlT 3 uTOj Layton mm UWE&l&N Kid stuff Ve buy Street Ogden Wlte9uySC0medy.com 126 iV. Main CALL mmimmam ' - t- 546-412- 5 'OR IN AN EMERGENCY mm R ' ROCK BEFORE DIGGING, 4 Cash for 206 Historic 25lti 1 house material bin levels have been established and more support for weekly requirements has been provided. Shop leaders anticipate that these changes will soon reflect downward trends in the rework rates for the Hill shop. Also, in March, Hill's production facility started using Honeywell's benchmark metrics as the goal to shoot for. There is no resting place, because Honeywell is also hard at work improving their performance using tools like Six Sigma and Lean to stamp out waste and rework. "It may take a year for our numbers to rival Honeywell's, but we are confident that we will match or even exceed their process output numbers," said Art Andreason, production fixer. "oiim4 mora . 5 p step-by-ste- i 11 4 eywell repair and overhaul facility for a look at their processes, detailed, tools, and techniques. Two differences in the Hill process were discovered: The longer flow day rate at Hill was related to material delays; and Honeywell tracks everything by serial number, keeping the parts together through the process since parts integrity often makes reassembly easier and performance more predictable. Carts have been ordered to ensure parts stay together through the whole process. To implement the changes, internal troubleshooting IPTs have been established to revise the work processes and a tiger team was formed to work material problems. In- - Gas i I V"! 476-134773-332- 0 3 ROSE SPECIAL WX 2 Dozen Roses Arranged qq 2tm' TELEPHONE NUMBER WARNING GAS PIPELINE 1 tsr 1 iTTy "V " f i IT MARKS HIGH PRESSURE UNDERGROUND NATURAL GAS LINES OF QUESTAR GAS COMPANY. Stale law requires that if you are doing any excavating, seismic work, road grading, building or other construction, you must notify the appropriate company two working days prior to commencing your project. 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