The 1996 Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement
Awards were presented today during a Pentagon ceremony. The
presentations were made by DoD's director of test, systems
engineering and evaluation John A. Burt.
Value engineering is a systematic functional analysis
leading to actions or recommendations to improve the value of
systems, equipment, facilities, services, and supplies. Its
objectives are to improve quality and to reduce cost. The awards
are intended to recognize significant achievements in value
engineering during the past fiscal year and to further the use of
value engineering by DoD personnel and its contractors.
During the last fiscal year, 4,305 in-house value
engineering proposals were accepted with a reported savings of
$638 million. Another 191 contractor-initiated value engineering
change proposals were accepted with an additional savings of $95
million.
The value engineering award program is a highly visible
acknowledgment of exemplary achievements and encourages
additional projects to improve in-house and contractor
productivity. An award winner from each DoD component was
eligible for selection in the following seven categories: (1)
program management, (2) individual/team, (3) procurement/contract
administration, (4) value engineering professional, (5) field
command, (6) installation, and (7) contractor. Additional
special awards were given to recognize innovative applications
or approaches that expanded the traditional scope of value
engineering use.
The 1996 Value Engineering awardees are:
ARMY
Program Management Program Executive Office, Tactical
Missiles
Individual/Team Ms. Jean A. Grotophorst; Army TACMS-BAT
Project Office
Value Engineering Mr. Karim Abdian; U.S. Army Aviation and
Professional Troop Command
Procurement/Contract Ms. Robin M. Hessler, Mr. Ronald Kuschel,
Administration Ms. Joyce B. King, Ms. Joan P. Sieving,
Ms. Lynne M. Ware, Ms. Judith A. Kibler;
Maintenance and Overhaul Division, U.S.
Army Aviation and Troop Command
Field Command U.S. Army Industrial Operations Command
Installation Anniston Army Depot
Contractor Bell Helicopter, Textron, Inc.
Special Value Engineering Office; U.S. Army
Missile Command
NAVY
Program Management CAPT Fredrick G. Shobert Jr. and Air
Combat Electronics AN/ARC-210 Radio
Program Management Team
Individual/Team Mr. Larry Rogers; Combat Systems
Engineering, AEGIS Program Office
Value Engineering Mr. James Graham; Southwest Division,
Professional Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Procurement/Contract LCDR Edward Sheehan and Ms. Pamela Gray;
Administration AN/ARC-210 Contracts Team
Field Command Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command
Contractor Collins Avionics & Communications
Division, Rockwell International
Corporation
Special F/A-18 Weapons System Support Activity,
Hughes Aircraft Company, and McDonnell
Douglas Aircraft Company
AIR FORCE
Program Management Mr. Thomas P. Hancock; Production and
Deployment Integrated Product Team,
AMRAAM Program Office
Individual/Team Mr. Tara Cochran; Aerospace Guidance and
Metrology Center
Procurement/Contract Ms. Kaye E. Roa; Air Mobility Command
Administration Contracting Flight
Special Quality Center; Aerospace Guidance and
Metrology Center
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Program Management Master Chief Stan Lane, Master Chief John
Hazen, Mr. Allan Feinberg, Mr. Maris
Gultnieks, and Mr. Brian Burns; Naval Air
Systems Command and Mr. Edward King, Mr.
Mike Normoyle, Mr. Stanley Dillon, Mr.
Mark Cutler, and Mr. Robert Howland; Navy
Value Engineering Readiness Team, Defense
Construction Supply Center
Individual/Team Mr. Paul Amato; Produce Business Unit,
Defense Personnel Support Center
Value Engineering Mr. Richard Thomas; Defense Supply Center
Professional Richmond
Procurement/Contract Mr. Kenneth E. Williams and Mr. Patrick
Administration Friel; Defense Contract Management
Command - Reading
Field Command Defense Industrial Supply Center
Contractor Sabreliner Corporation
Special Mr. Joseph A. Franklin, Ms. Jean O.
Bingham, Mr. Charles W. Collins, and Mr.
Bobby L. Claiborne; Defense Supply Center
Richmond
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION
Program Management PATRIOT Project Office
Individual/Team Mr. Robert B. Tarquine; PATRIOT Project
Office and Mr. A. D. Janzen; U.S. Army
Missile Command
Special Theater High Altitude Area Defense
Project Management Office
DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY
Field Command Headquarters, Defense Mapping Agency
ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY
Contractor Lewis Brothers Stages, Inc.
