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Army Public Affairs press release (Nov. 19, 2003): Army Business Initiatives save time and money.


The Acting Secretary of the Army, R.L. Brownlee, has approved 13 new business initiatives as part of the Army Business Initiatives Council (ABIC ABIC Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference
ABIC American Business Information Center (US Embassies)
ABIC Army Business Initiative Council
ABIC Army Battlefield Interface Concept
), a process designed to identify and implement business reform actions.

The approved Army initiatives include a variety of cost-cutting and quality enhancing measures, to include:

* Shortening force modernization modernization

Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family,
 processes to speed the fielding of new systems.

* Exploring ways to reduce costs of construction equipment.

* Reducing the cost and time needed to reverse engineer obsolete OBSOLETE. This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed,
     2. A positive statute, unrepealed, can never be repealed by non-user alone. 4 Yeates, Rep. 181; Id. 215; 1 Browne's Rep. Appx. 28; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 447.
 parts.

* Standardizing the acquisition reporting process.

* Simplifying the process for securing approval for needed changes and improvements to the Army's 4,500 historic barracks bar·rack 1  
tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks
To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

n.
1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.
.

Additionally, on Oct. 1, 2003, the Army became the executive agent for administration of the Department of Defense (DoD) Business Initiatives Council (BIC BIC

See: Bank Investment Contract
), which was transferred from the Air Force. That responsibility is shared among the services on a six-month rotational basis to help assure commitment and participation.

The DoD BIC was formally created in 2001 by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and both the Army and DoD councils focus on identifying ways to streamline stringent requirements, cumbersome cum·ber·some  
adj.
1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy.

2. Troublesome or onerous.



cum
 directives, and lengthy staffing processes.

Of the 13 approved initiatives, 10 are Army only and the other three are recommended for submission to the DoD BIC for review, as they may have benefits that could be extended across all the military services. To date the Secretary of the Army has approved a total of 79 ABIC initiatives. A complete list of the Army approved initiatives can be found at <http://www.asafm.army.mil/bic.asp>.

In addition to focusing on cost savings and cost avoidances Cost avoidance is a management accounting term referring to an expense one has avoided incurring. It is commonly used in the field of energy management to describe the energy costs you avoided due to energy management initiatives. , the ABIC looks for initiatives which streamline processes and procedures in order to reduce cycle times and use soldiers' and civilians' time more efficiently.

"These initiatives continue to focus on key areas in need of improvement, such as reducing cycle time, shortening processes, and reducing costs," said Mr. Don Tison, the executive director of the Army BIC.

Tison added that a major benefit of the Army BIC program is that money saved from an approved initiative goes right back to the organization that submitted it.

"This is a great program and, with increased participation, we'll continue to improve the Army's business practices, allowing us to redirect re·di·rect  
tr.v. re·di·rect·ed, re·di·rect·ing, re·di·rects
To change the direction or course of.

n.
A redirect examination.



re
 the time and money saved to more critical needs," said Tison.

This round marks the sixth time that the Army BIC has met since 8 May 2002.
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