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Show COMMENTARY -> TIMES 4U November 1,2007 Lean is not mean Work in Iraq BY CHIEF MASTER SGT. DONNA KNEVITT flMES H 388th Fighter Wing w,-.-ki\ Hilltop Times Editorial Staff: Lee Carter.,. Standard-Examiner publisher AndyHowell Standard-Examiner managing editor Tom Busselbcrg Hilltop Times? editor Mitch Shaw Military at'fain reporter Deadlines; Editorial and new* items are due by noon on the Friday prior to the Thursday print date. To submit news items e-mail hilitoplimes&siandard.net or coll 629-5250. For advertising, coll 625-4300. The Hilltop Times is published by Ogden Publishing Corp. in cooperation with Hill Air Force Base. Ogden Publishing is a private company in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force and is solely responsible for the content and advertising. Contents of the Hill Top Times are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense or the Air Force. 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ILL AIR FORCE BASE — Every day people ask me what Air Force Smart Operations 21 is and how it is related to Lean Manufacturing, AFSO21, or how Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century is built on the principles of lean manufacturing. In fact, about 80 percent of AFSO21comes directly from lean principles. The remaining 20 percent or so comes from Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints and Continuous Process Improvement. The aim of AFSO21 is to increase effectiveness and efficiency by improving processes, and eliminating waste from those processes. Co-author James Womack, Ph.D., of Lean Thinking, Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation eloquently explains the goal of lean. "The biggest benefit of lean is that it frees resources by using less human effort, less space, less capital, and less time to provide a given amount of products and services and to make them with fewer defects to precise customer desires, compared with traditional management... by freeing resources, lean management turns waste into available capacity." AFSO21, or lean as it's known in corporate America, is not about finding ways to cut personnel. It's not as focused on metrics and data analysis as Quality Air Force of the The aim ofAFSO21 is to increase effectiveness and efficiency by improving processes, and eliminating waste. 1990s. Instead, it uses management practices of team building, problem solving, project management, and change to identify processes for improvement. It's a way to figure out how to improve the process and then, most importantly, develop and implement an action plan to improve the process. Where can you start to implement AFSO21? I like to quote the adage, "Lord, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." Focus on processes you own. Look to your own work center for ideas of what can be improved. Staff Sgt. JOSHUA GARCIA/U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mackay Kobashigawa, 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, breaks down the frame of a temporary structure at Balad Air Bases in Iraq with the help of fellow volunteers. Personnel from throughout the base came to help with the teardown on Oct 25. Kobashigawa is currently deployed from Hill Air Force Base. 777-7000 action.line.pa@hill.af.mil When you call or send an e-mail, your comments will be recorded and staffed through the agency responsible for action. Please give your supervisor and chain of command the opportunity to work with you in answering questions before calling the Action Line. This will help me better serve your interests. Items of basewide interest will be published in the Hilltop Times. Todd Cromar/U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Chambers, 75th Air Base Wing commander, listens to Paul Nelson, 75th Services Division community support flight chief, at the grand opening of the Hill Air Force Base Dog Park. The park is located adjacent to the base Youth Center. Phone numbers — The Security Forces 777-5550 base agencies listed can 24-hr. Crisis Information .777-3056 Services 777-4134 be contacted directly if Base Restaurants 777-2043 you have a complaint or a Retirement/Compensation777-6142 (civilian) problem with their services: Social Actions 777-3516 Employer Relations 777-7129 Military Pay 777-1851 Civilian Pay 777-6246 Air Force Suggestion 777-6901 Program IG Complaints 777-5305 (for appointment) IG Complaints 777-5361 (after hours) Fraud, Waste or Abuse.. 777-5361 (recording) 75th Medical Group 777-4918 Civil Engineering 777-1856 Hill Pride Hotline 777-7433 Public Affairs 777-5201 Public Affairs Information 777-969B Control Line Military Housing 777-2963 Maintenance Safety Office 777-3333 Union 777-3257 AFOSI Narcotics Hotline.777-1852 Family Assistance Center 777-3090 (when activated) twCNest nttifsiTipdom the HtalihandWrlln The No. 1 cause of shoulder problems is an imbalance between your stronger upper body pulling muscles (chest) and the weaker pulling muscles (upper back). This imbalance allows the arm bone (humerus) to slip forward, causing impingement in the shoulder joint and eventual injury. A well designed program can correct this imbalance allowing the shoulder to heal and function normally. HILE What music motivates you when your work out? THINK SAFETY Hill's Total 2007 DUIs: 18 Hill's Last DUI: Oct. 15 Unit Involved: 388rh Equipment Maintenance Squadron Gabriel Gill Airmen Against Drinking and Driving provide rides when deiignaiad drivers are unavailable. Call 777-1111 any time to request o ride. 75th Air Base Wing "I prefer '90s metal like Metallica when I work out. I feel motivated and energized, and it just gets the adrenaline flowing and pumping." Shannon Chinn Dependent "A lot of different music motivates me; I like anything that screams. It motivates me to look better and to keep up with my workout." Danielle Knutson 75th Air Base Wing 'Jazz, classic rock, new wave and techno are just a few examples of what provide good results." Tech. Sgt. Earl Lancaster 388th Fighter Wing "I listen to mostly 70s rock because I grew up listening to it." |