Army Materiel Command Sponsors Industry Awards.

During NDIA's Atlanta Conference last April, the U.S. Army Materiel Command recognized three winners from its first Partnering Awards Program competition. The awards program was recently established to acknowledge significant achievements in partnering between AMC and industry.

Partnering is a mutual commitment between AMC and its contractors to work cooperatively during contract performance establishing a working relationship based on open communication, the elimination of surprises, early discussion and resolution of issues, the reduction of paperwork and joint problem solving.

"Both AMC and our contractors save time and precious resources," said Gen. John G. Coburn, commanding general AMC, during the awards presentation. "Our ultimate customer, the American soldier, is the real beneficiary."

The partnering program award went to Worldwide Logistics Modernization Program (WLMP), a program partnered between CECOM and CSC. They worked together to transfer the expertise, workload, software and documentation that are essential for the performance of the software sustainment of the Army's WLMP.

The winner in the AMC individual category was Larry Asch from the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command. Asch was recognized for his contributions to implementing the partnering program at CECOM and his outstanding efforts as business manager for WLMP.

The industry individual award went to Jeffrey Plotnick, a contractor with Computer Sciences Corporation. Plotnick encouraged his 1,400 employees at CSC to embrace the partnering philosophy. He enhanced the WLMP by sponsoring several partnering workshops and implemented written charters to optimize contract performance.