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Defense Officials Tour Two PA Foundries.


In October, the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP DSCP Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (US DoD)
DSCP Differentiated Services Code Point
DSCP Diffserv Code Points
DSCP Defense Satellite Communications Program
DSCP Decision Support and Custormer Platform (Sprint) 
) and Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions
Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department
 (DLA DLA

dog leukocyte antigen.
) benchmarked "best in class" practices at Empire Steel (Atchison Casting), Reading, Pennsylvania Reading (IPA:/ˈrɛdɪŋ/) is the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania and the center of the Greater Reading Area. , and Delvest, Westchester, Pennsylvania, asSue Bonanno, Sandra Nelson and Bohdan Hasiuk, DSCP, accompanied by Dan Gearing, DLA, and Jon Tirpak, American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ), toured the foundries.

While at Empire Steel, which specializes in high-performance sand castings, the representatives gained insight into casting design and manufacturing processes from order placement to fulfillment, according to AMC. Empire Steel illustrated processes with cast bollards that circle the Capitol and White House as a security addition.

At Delvest, which casts components for the federal and commercial sectors, the representatives learned about the investment casting process.

These tours help DSCP and DLA personnel gain a greater knowledge of the Dept. of Defense supply chains and opportunities to improve them, according to AMC.
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Publication:Modern Casting
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Date:Dec 1, 2000
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