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Jan. 30, 2024

 Employee lifts voice, integrates Deaf culture into latest CPI project  

                    COLUMBUS, Ohio —                                                Teresa Brunotte, a Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime material planner and deaf employee, is leading the change in DLA Deaf culture. She recently led a Continuous Process Improvement project aimed to improve the ASL Interpreter Request System.            

Dec. 28, 2023

 Workflow changes at DLA Distribution Europe benefits customers, employees 

                    NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. —                                                Two DDDE employees made process improvements to their respective departments improving timelines and workflow.            

March 10, 2023

 Targeted how-to videos aim to reduce vendor packaging errors 

                    COLUMBUS, Ohio —                                                Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Small Business Office in partnership with DLA Training and DLA Disposition Services Columbus have launched a series of how-to videos to alleviate common packaging errors by vendors when shipping products.            

March 8, 2023

 Lean Six Sigma training boosts problem-solving skills  

                    COLUMBUS, Ohio —                                                Thirty Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime employees gained valuable continuous process improvement skills during a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course held at Defense Supply Center Columbus, Feb. 27 – March 3.            

Jan. 23, 2023

 Troop Support expedites internal onboarding process through CPI project 

                    PHILADELPHIA —                                                The DLA Troop Support Organizational Alignment Division, Continuous Process Improvement and Pathways to Career Excellence  teams partnered to expedite internal onboarding of entry-level personnel into their new permanent roles within the organization.            

May 6, 2022

 DLA Aviation CPI project improves organic manufacturing process 

                    Richmond, Va. —                                                Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Continuous Process Improvement Office completed a project that shortened the time to process emergency requests for organically manufactured parts by 21%.            

March 24, 2022

 Newly minted CPI Green Belts save time, man-hours with improved Subsistence processes 

                    PHILADELPHIA —                                                Continuous process improvement isn’t just a heady concept thrown around by think tanks and executives. It’s a real, painstaking, value-added effort – and it pays off, said Rene King, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support CPI division chief. Two recent CPI projects completed in the Subsistence supply chain are proof of its effectiveness, with a combined savings of $1.9 million in time and costs.            

Jan. 20, 2022

 Continuous Process Improvement project improves efficiencies, effectiveness of new employees and teams 

                    PHILADELPHIA —                                                What are the organizational impacts of new employee onboarding delays, and how can the processes improve? That is exactly the question the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Continuous Process Improvement team asked in 2018, and ultimately answered December 2021. Six projects and a little more than two years later, the impacts are an estimated $2.7 million in cost offsets over a three-year period, and several weeks of productivity per new employee, CPI Branch Chief Maximo Ayala-Ortiz said.            

Aug. 26, 2021

 DLA Distribution designs remediation process to improve warfighter support 

                    NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. —                                                Defense Logistics Agency Distribution initiated a continuous process improvement project in June 2020, with a goal of accounting for and reporting improperly marked freight received at DLA Distribution centers on the east and west coasts of the United States.             

March 26, 2020

 Process improvement pilot program helps keep employees on their feet 

                    PHILADELPHIA —                                                A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Continuous Process Improvement pilot program resulted in 700 employees receiving sit-to-stand desks at lower costs and faster delivery.            

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