MTMC encourages truckers to make faster transshipments. (Speeding the freight).The last time it was the Military Traffic Management Command's ocean shippers who heard the message. This time, it was the truckers. Veteran transporter Frank Galluzzo was on the road again. The message from the Director, Distribution Analysis Center, to the Government Traffic Policy Committee of the American Trucking Association was the same: Join MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) in attempting to identify and eliminate time lost at transshipment points. "We want trucks in and out (of depots)," said Galluzzo, at the Feb. 13 meeting at a Crystal City, Va., hotel conference room. The process of identifying lost time at nodes is the heart of the Strategic Distribution Management Initiative. The overall effort is by the U.S. Transportation Command and the 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 . The goal of reduced shipping time is a crusade for Galluzzo. There have already been big results. Dozens of days have been cut from total shipping times from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. to both Europe and Southwest Asia Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia (largely overlapping with the Middle East) is the southwestern portion of Asia. The term Western Asia is sometimes used in writings about the archeology and the late prehistory of the region, and in the United States subregion . The average time for a shipment order and receipt of freight between the U.S. and Europe is now 56 days. Galluzzo's goal is 40 days. The military and government are part of the blame for slow truck deliveries, said Committee Chairman Tom Boyle, President, Boyle Transportation, Billerica, Mass. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. of any other industry in America that manages with a four-day work week," said Boyle. If connections are missed, some truck deliveries are delayed three days, he said, due to a long government weekend. MTMC will seek solutions with any military service, Defense Logistics Agency or General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. facility where there is a delivery problem, said Galluzzo. Boyle presented Galluzzo with his first challenge. Look at Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center Noun 1. Naval Surface Warfare Center - the agency that provides scientific and engineering and technical support for all aspects of surface warfare NSWC , a weapons' testing facility in Crane, Ind., said Boyle. Separate military commands have different work schedules. The Army works a five-day week five-day week n → semana inglesa five-day week n → semaine f de cinq jours five-day week five n → while the Navy works a four-day week. Galluzzo countered, "We don't want trucks waiting around." Boyle said flexible work schedules for federal workers are a big problem nationwide for truck deliveries. "When you call so many places, no one answers the phone," said Boyle. "It is unbelievable. It's not just the Department of Defense--it is the government." Boyle said federal agencies should return to a five-day workweek. He had another suggestion: Deliveries could be speeded up using e-mail to make unloading appointments. A briefing on MTMC's new automatic fuel surcharge adjustment was provided by Ruth Tetreault, Program Coordinator. "This is a far better program than you had before," said Jim Knight, Director of Government Traffic, of TRISM, of LaPlata, Md. The program goes into effect April 1. |
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