Privratsky's tour earns strong industry support.When Larry Conner, program manager at Logistics Management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet Institute, reached the end of the receiving line, Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky greeted him warmly. "I owe you a lot, Larry," said Privratskry. The encounter was typical of the parting comments between MTMC's former commanding general and members of the transportation and logistics industry. Privratsky embraced numerous industry processes and concepts in his three-and-a-half-year tour of duty. Industry attendance was heavy at Privratsky's retirement ceremony Oct. 18, at the Holiday Inn, Alexandria, Va. "He was able to take a classical military organization and transform it into a process-centered and vision-focused organization that searched for commercial best practices," said Conner, a program manager for Logistics Management Institute, McLean, Va. Conner was the lead on numerous institute support projects for 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) that sparked change in MTMC structure, organization and process. The projects included standardizing the command's terminal units, centralizing cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. Resource Management and Personnel and Logistics, and developing the 2002 MTMC Strategic Plan. "He (Privratsky) had the ability to frame a vision and to implement change," said Conner. Conner is currently supporting the expansion of the strategic plan to include Resource Management, Personnel and Logistics, Passenger and Personal Property, and the three MTMC groups. Dave Buirge has worked closely with MTMC for most of the last two decades, as the installation transportation officer of U.S. Army Alaska at Fort Richardson
Fort Richardson is a United States Army installation in the U.S. state of Alaska, adjacent to the city of Anchorage. . "I think the two most significant things that have taken place in the last three years are the automation of the processes we go through and the use of commercial ways of doing business," said Buirge, an Army friend of Privratsky and long-time personal friend. "The old manual way we used to do things was too cumbersome and labor intensive Labor Intensive A process or industry that requires large amounts of human effort to produce goods. Notes: A good example is the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, etc), they are considered to be very people-oriented. See also: Capital Intensive, Trading Dollars ," said Buirge. "The last three years, we've seen the impact that is the direct result of Ken. We're at the end of the food chain--so when we see it, everyone sees it." Privratsky should be remembered for creating a very positive relationship with industry, said Buirge. "There is a changed relationship with industry," said Buirge. "It is far more open now. It used to be controversial. There really is a significant shift in how industry and government deal with each other in defense transportation." Relationship and trust increased between the military and the defense transportation industry during the Privratsky years, said Ray Ebeling, president, American roll-on Roll-Off Noun 1. roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination Carrier, Montvale, N.J. "We are in a win-win relationship," said Ebeling. "That's the easiest thing to do." Another industry support of recent MTMC changes is Tony Ryan This article is about a recently deceased person. Some information, such as the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known. , of Wildwood Wildwood, city (1990 pop. 4,484), Cape May co., SE N.J., on an island off Cape May; settled 1882, inc. as a city 1911. It has large commercial fisheries and is a popular summer seaside resort with many vintage motels and other buildings from the 1940s–60s. Shipping, Asbury Park Asbury Park, city (1990 pop. 16,799), Monmouth co., E N.J. An Atlantic resort noted for its beach, boardwalk, and convention hall, it has declined since the 1960s. The burning liner Morro Castle grounded off the beach here in Sept. , N.J., who sees things the same way. "It's a smaller military," said Ryan. "Things have to change. The military has to rely more on commercial operations to be on line. There are more trends of commercial process in government." |
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