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Show HJIup Times 0March ?003 6 Training availableMarch. Effort challenges needless policies To Transformational training is available throughout Ext. Leslie at Monitor or Unit a contact Wayne Training attend, For a detailed description of each, click on the Process Improvement button located on the Hill Web page. by Col. Michael "MAQ" Maquet Process Ogden ALC Transformation office Over the last few months, I've explained the details of the lYocess Improvement initiatives taking place here. In the Feb. 13 edition of the Hilltop Times, our " article stated: "I want to encourage everyone in the center to get involved in the Culture and accept Continuous Process Improvement as our new way of life. You all have something to contribute to this effort. There are no smarter or more dedicated employees anywhere in the Air Force than right here at Hill AFB. Our customers need us to exceed their expectations and desires and we can do it if we work together. So dust off all those old ideas that you thought you might never get a chance to voice, look around your work area and identify those things you know are inefficient, wasteful, or just dumb, and figure out how to do it better, faster and cheaper. " Today, I'd like to explain the formal process that is in place to improve the way we do our jobs the divestiture process. The divestiture effort is very important to Hill AFB and AFMC in that it allows us to challenge existing guidance or policies that may not make sense or are wasting time, manpower or materiel resources. This effort must also be taken seriously since each divestiture topic will be reviewed and acted on by senior Ogden ALC leaders and possibly the Air Force Materiel Command commander or higher. The divestiture process has three main parts: submission, review and coordination, and approval. Submission: To submit a topic for either divestiture (deletion) or improvement (i.e., change in timing, who accomplishes, how often), any individual can complete a Divestiture template and submit it through their organizational chain of command. If the organizational senior leaders agree that they will support this topic, then it is sent to the Ogden ALC Transformation office to be further processed. Transformation will only process topics ( ; that come directly from a director, deputy, commander, or vice commander. The divestiture template is found by accessing the ; Process Improvement Web site on the Hill home page. Then click T-not- 1 a.m., Bldg. 1279, Room 2 Facilitator Course, today. 4 LEAN Course, today, noon to p.m., Bldg. 1279, Room 2 7-- 1 Improvement Room 6 a.m., Bldg. 1279, Room 6 LEAN Course, March 20, March 27, a.m., Bldg. 127). Room 6 Meeting Dynamics, awards: If someone in your organization deserves recognition for having the attitude, submit them for the award by contacting the Ogden ALC Transformation office at 1 Y-N-ot 'f f TTl ) 7 1 Review and Coordination: The Transformation Office will help the submitter to identify the Center Functional Office and clarify the topic. Transformation will then send the topic out for coordination and comment from other center organizations and the identified Center Functional of fice. All comments will be collected and Transformation will work toward the Quality Management Board, a consensus or resolution is reached before the topic is brought to the Quality Management Board for final action. Consolidated comments will be sent out for a second review to all center organizations before the Quality Management Board to allow each organization to see what others think about this topic. The board will review the topic and decide to act on the topic locally, send it to AFMCTR to be acted on by AFMC headquarters or Air Force headquarters or decide not to send it to AFMC. Approval: Each topic controlled locally will be categorized as "divest," "improve" or "don't divest." If a topic functional office of primary responsibility is AFMC headquarters or higher, the topic will be sent to the AFMC Transformation office. If the functional OPRis AFMC, it will be coordinated and boarded at the next available Transformation Executive Steering Group chaired by the AFMC vice commander. The Ogden ALC Transformation office and the submitting organization are required to attend the steering group video teleconference that addresses each of our topics and supports our position. The senior representative from Ogden at the Transformation Executive Steering Group VTC will be the executive director or vice commander. If the topic functional Ammo & March w Sun., 9-- 5; mri contact Col. Michael "MAQ" Maquet, or Gerritsen, Ext. t, office of primary responsibility is higher than AFMC, the topic-wil- l be sent to the appropriate higher office by AFMCTR and tracked to resolution. After a topic is processed through approval, all center organizations will be notified of the decision and asked to implement the decision as quickly as possible. Results of the divestiture (Process Improveefforts will be maintained on the ment) website and also on the AFMCTR website under DivestiR ture. The value in this process is that we have a direct route to senior leadership at the center and AFMC to address policy and guidance issues. We ask each of you to support this effort and encourage all employees to submit good divestiture ideas. Hie points and Travis of contact are Col. Michael "MAQ" Maquet, Ext. Gerritsen at Ext. 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