U.S. Marine Corps Honors Robbins-Gioia Employees With Commander's Eagle Award; Award Recognizes Excellence, Commitment, and Teamwork.Business Editors ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2002 Robbins-Gioia LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the leading provider of project management consulting services, announced today that four employees were honored with the Marine Corps Commander's Eagle Award. Lanny Forbes, Wayne Perron, Pat Rowe, and Ray Sutor were recognized for superior contributions in their work supporting an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR IBR see infectious bovine rhinotracheitis. IBR/IPV see infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis. ) of the Light Armored Vehicles Inspect and Repair Only as Necessary (IROAN IROAN Inspect and Repair Only As Necessary IROAN Inspect, Replace, Only As Necessary ) program at Maintenance Center Barstow (MCB (Memory Control Block) An identifier (16 bytes) that DOS places in front of each block of memory it allocates. ). Each recipient received a Commander's Coin and a Commander's Eagle Certificate for outstanding support in consistently contributing to the success of MCB. The four Robbins-Gioia employees recently supported a comprehensive review of MCB's Earned Value Management Earned Value Management (commonly abbreviated and referred to just as EVM) is a project management technique that seeks to measure forward progress in an objective manner. EVM is touted as having a unique ability to combine measurements of technical performance (i.e. System (EVMS EVMS Enterprise Volume Management System EVMS Eastern Virginia Medical School EVMS Earned Value Management System EVMS Earned Value Management Standard EVMS Embedded Voice Mail System EVMS Enterprise Vulnerability Management System ) as part of the Integrated Baseline Review. The IBR demonstrated to the customer (Program Manager-LAV) how MCB is using its EVMS to plan and control the work, measure performance, integrate technical performance with earned value, assess and control program risks, and provide visibility of performance through the monthly submission of Cost/Schedule Status Reports (C/SSR C/SSR Cost/Schedule Status Report ). The maintenance center provides logistics support to Marine Forces that maintain the continuous readiness and sustainment necessary to meet operational requirements. The center employs more than 900 civilian and military personnel and serves as an integral part of the Marine Corps Logistics Base, working closely with other organizations in carrying out the mission of the base. "The Robbins-Gioia team contributed both functional expertise as well as a commitment to excellence that supported the team through the long hours of preparation for a successful Integrated Baseline Review of the Light Armored Vehicle," stated Col E. Rivers, United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps (USMC) Separate military service within the U.S. Department of the Navy (see U.S. Navy), charged with providing marine troops for seizure and defense of advanced bases and with conducting operations on land and in the air in connection with "Too often, management consultants give advice and go home. In contrast, the Robbins-Gioia team worked side by side with the Corp's Cost Account Managers to ensure the accuracy of the earned value management data and data presentation. We appreciate their support and their contributions." "We are grateful for the recognition," said Ben McCarter, vice president of industrial operations, Robbins-Gioia. "The Marine Corp's commitment to excellence in program management should serve as a model for both the public and private sector. The Integrated Baseline Review process conveyed to the customer, PM-LAV, that MCB's EVMS system reflects a true picture of cost, schedule, and technical performance. The IBR team concluded that much effort has been put into the development of the EVMS system at MCB and it appeared that the EVMS system at MCB meets the criteria that have been established governing the principals of earned value management." About Maintenance Center Barstow/Marine Corps Maintenance Center Barstow provides life cycle support for weapon systems, such as amphibious, combat, tactical, communications, electronics, missiles, ship (engines), construction, optics, and metrology. This support includes diagnostics, rebuild, Inspect and Repair Only as Necessary (IROAN), engineering support services, testing, radiographic radiographic (rā´dēōgraf´ik), adj relating to the process of radiography, the finished product, or its use. services, calibration, prototype fabrication, technical assistance, and quality assurance services. MCB is the first "DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. Ground Maintenance Depot" to be ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9000 qualified in its entirety. About Robbins-Gioia Robbins-Gioia has been dedicated to delivering management consulting solutions to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies for 20 years. Robbins-Gioia combines thought leadership, disciplined processes, industry-based knowledge, and integrated tools to help global customers optimize their business processes, accelerate change, and establish time, cost, and quality improvements to transform their businesses. For more information, please call Robbins-Gioia, LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the web site at www.robbinsgioia.com. |
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