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Nov. 5, 2018

 Continuous Process Improvement award winners show dedication, making DLA better for all 

                    Richmond, Va. —                                                Where there’s a will, there’s a way — and this year’s recipients of the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Continuous Process Improvement Award are shining examples of this enduring adage. Most of the honorees were recognized Oct. 23 at the Frank Lotts Conference Center, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Among the 20 award recipients, there were three team awards and two individual performance awards. Awards were presented to CPI project teams; Kitting Functionality and Business Process Improvement, Commerciality Determination Honeywell International, and Oklahoma City – Backorder Resolution Process Improvement Project.            

July 11, 2018

 Mildenhall maintenance innovation slashes order time by 98 percent 

                    RAF MILDENHALL, England —                                                Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Royal Air Force Mildenhall website — Imagine shopping online for an item that must arrive quickly and realizing the order process will take 90 days. Ninety long days to place the order in the cart, hit ‘pay,’ and wait for the package to arrive.            

Dec. 15, 2017

 Continuous improvement: the path to process excellence 

                                Continuous improvement is how DLA improves business processes and delivers optimal outcomes while maintaining customer focus; to that end, a new manual describes how that effort now focuses on more than just process.            

Dec. 12, 2017

 Korea commander tours local tech facility, focus on CPI   

                    CAMP CARROLL, South Korea —                                                DLA Distribution Korea’s Lean Six Sigma Black belts, Green belts, and Quality Assurance Team members visited Taegu Tec to tour their facility on Nov. 29.             

Aug. 3, 2017

 A look at Tobyhanna’s Continuous Process Improvement History 

                    TOBYHANNA, Pennsylvania —                                                Up until 2016, DLA Distribution Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania collaborated with Tobyhanna Army Depot on cross organizational Continuous Process Improvement initiatives that impacted both organizations.             

July 31, 2017

 Continuous Process Improvement and Safety at DLA Distribution Korea  

                    CAMP CARROLL, Korea —                                                Combining Quality Assurance inspections with Continuous Process Improvement enables DLA Distribution Korea to transform how business is conducted on a day-to-day basis. These programs allow for improvement of operations while staying true to the requirements of Audit Readiness and meeting the needs of the warfigher and material owners.               

July 13, 2017

 Minor adjustment to order-tracking process yields major cost avoidance 

                    PHILADELPHIA —                                                Saplay Seke, a business process analyst in DLA Troop Support’s Process Compliance directorate, facilitated a series of discussions using continuous process improvement techniques to address an issue related to how DLA employees communicate the status of transactions in their business software.             

Dec. 6, 2016

 Newest green belts chop reporting times, save money 

                    PHILADELPHIA —                                                Time and money will be saved thanks to process improvement projects that led two employees at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support to earn their Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certifications.             

April 14, 2016

 DLA director stresses audit sustainment and Process Excellence to workforce 

                                DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch and members of DLA’s Strategic Plans and Policy division left no doubt that audit sustainment and Process Excellence remain a top priority for the agency. The director hosted an all-hands town hall meeting on the subject at the McNamara Headquarters Complex April 12.            

April 1, 2016

 April is Process Excellence Month 

                                Defense Logistics Agency employees will become more aware of their role in the agency’s drive to improve processes as the agency celebrates Process Excellence Month in April.             

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