Air logistics center (May 5, 2006): Franz Edelman Award recognizes streamlining efforts.ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research and management science. announced May 1 that Warner Robins Warner Robins, city (1990 pop. 43,726), Houston co., central Ga., in an agricultural region; inc. 1943. The surrounding area yields peanuts, grain, fruit, and livestock. Air Logistics Center has won the 2006 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in operations research operations research Application of scientific methods to management and administration of military, government, commercial, and industrial systems. It began during World War II in Britain when teams of scientists worked with the Royal Air Force to improve radar detection of for its entry "Streamlining Aircraft Repair and Overhaul at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center." The culmination of a rigorous competition referred to as the "Super Bowl of Operations Research," the Franz Edelman Award brings together the very best examples of innovation in the discipline from large and small, for-profit and nonprofit, corporate and governmental organizations around the world. Past winners in the 35-year history of the Franz Edelman competition have included GM, Motorola, Continental Airlines, the New Haven New Haven, city (1990 pop. 130,474), New Haven co., S Conn., a port of entry where the Quinnipiac and other small rivers enter Long Island Sound; inc. 1784. Firearms and ammunition, clocks and watches, tools, rubber and paper products, and textiles are among the many Health Department, and the City of San Francisco
The 2006 Franz Edelman Award winning entry, "Stream-lining Aircraft Repair and Overhaul at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center," was presented by Ken Percell and Bill Best of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Prof. Mandyam Srinivasan of the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. , College of Business Administration, and Sridharan Chan-drasekaran, vice president of strategic services for software provider Realization Technologies, Inc. The winning entry discussed how Warner Robins Air Logistics Center used Operations Research in 2005 to arrive at a radically different approach to manage the repair and overhaul activity on its C-5 transport aircraft. The air logistics center used an operations research technique called "Critical Chain" to reduce the number of C-5 aircraft undergoing repair and overhaul in the depot from 13 to seven in just eight months. The time required to repair and overhaul the C-5 aircraft was reduced by 33 percent. The five additional aircraft now in operation have generated immediate additional revenue of at least $49.8 million per year. The replacement value for these aircraft is estimated at $2.37 billion. The additional workload the center is accommodating will bring in additional revenue of $119 million through 2008, with this number projected to increase to $248 million by 2009. In accepting the award, Ken Percell, the executive director and senior civilian at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center stated, "Warner Robins is extremely pleased to receive the Franz Edelman Award for our work on reducing flow days for the C-5 aircraft line. "The results underscore the gains that a proper application of these tools can offer to the Air Force," he said. "This accomplishment should reinvigorate the use of Operations Research in the Air Force and across all branches of the military in general." "To be recognized by the business and academic communities for improvements we've made at this center, especially with aircraft maintenance operations, is quite an honor," said Bill Best, deputy director of the 402nd Aircraft Maintenance Support Group. "This is what happens when the most capable people use the most innovative and advanced tools for this highly complex operation," he noted. Critical Chain Project Management is a means of using resources in the most expeditious ex·pe·di·tious adj. Acting or done with speed and efficiency. See Synonyms at fast1. ex way possible. The adoption of this management tool has allowed major reductions in flow days. It makes use of the Concerto computer software, which gives a visual depiction of the aircraft, tasks, and status. The lists of tasks are color coded as to urgency, alerting maintainers to the most important things to do. "On behalf of the entire C-5 enterprise, we are thrilled to win the 2006 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences," said Col. David Holcomb, C-5 system program manager. "The use of critical chain project management to reduce the time required for depot maintenance That maintenance performed on materiel requiring major overhaul or a complete rebuild of parts, assemblies, subassemblies, and end-items, including the manufacture of parts, modifications, testing, and reclamation as required. is a key element of our plan to increase aircraft availability," he noted. "The 402nd Maintenance Wing at Warner Robins has executed Critical Chain Project Management brilliantly, resulting in additional C-5 aircraft available to accomplish our Rapid Global Mobility mission," Holcomb said. "This initiative has provided our Mobility Air Forces with five additional aircraft to provide intertheater airlift The common-user airlift linking theaters to the continental United States and to other theaters as well as theairlift within the continental United States. The majority of these air mobility assets is assigned to the Commander, United States Transportation Command. support to our troops around the world," he emphasized. "The team's outstanding contribution to our nation's security warrants this prestigious award." The other finalists were Animal Health Institute and Cox Associates; The U.S. Commercial Aviation Partnership, comprising Airports Council International-North America. Air Transport Association, Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , Department of Transportation, The Boeing Company, and the Transportation Security Administration; Omya Hustadmarmor and More Research/Molde University College, and Travelocity and Sabre Holdings Sabre Holdings or Sabre, Inc. is an American travel technology company, encompassing several brands in three global travel distribution channels: travel agency, airline, and direct to consumer. These areas are serviced by TSG's three main business groups. . The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences is an international scientific society with 10,000 members, including Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. laureates, dedicated to applying scientific methods to help improve decision-making, management, and operations. Institute members work in business, government, and academia. They are represented in fields as diverse as airlines, health care, law enforcement, the military, financial engineering, and telecommunications. Birdsong birdsong. Song, call notes, and certain mechanical sounds constitute the language of birds. Song is produced in the syrinx, whose firm walls are derived from the rings of the trachea, and is modified by the larynx and tongue. is with Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Public Affairs. |
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