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Using SEC’s Acquisition Data Validation Tool, ADVT,
the Army has completed Army Contracting Business
Intelligence System fiscal year 2012 compliance certification
as required by the DoD Data Improvement Plan.
Developed in response to an Office of Federal Procurement
Policy memorandum issued May 9, 2008, the
DoD Data Improvement Plan requires additional steps
to verify and validate the accuracy of data in the Federal
Procurement Data System - Next Generation. Army
components use the ADVT, developed and maintained
by SEC to facilitate this process. Through its use, the
Army’s overall accuracy rate has improved from 89.73
percent in fiscal year 2008 to 96.34 percent in fiscal
year 2012. ADVT is a key enabler for Army compliance
certification, making the process easier for users while
providing efficiency by improving overall reporting accuracy
since its inception.
Value
CECOM SEC relocated the Joint
Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistic
Support (JCALS) Army Regional
Operations Center (AROC) coop site to
the Robert A. Young Federal Building in
St. Louis, MO, providing an estimated
$1.16 million in cost avoidance over
the next two years. The new JCALS
location not only provides cost avoidance,
but also significantly increased
efficiency with near real time replication
of critical backup data, reducing potential
system outage times.
Employees continue to incorporate Lean into work processes to
continuously improve Tobyhanna Army Depot’s competitiveness
and customer support, and lower costs. Small changes
led to big improvements for Management Assistant Danielle
Benson and her team. They were able to streamline
the Security Division’s Contractor Background Check
Process by removing unnecessary and redundant
process steps, improving the request form and
mistake-proofing methods, and implementing
a consistent means of submission. The
Another Lean Six Sigma
process lead time (time it takes to complete
one check) was reduced from 18
project has cut Tobyhanna’s
mailing costs by $1 million
minutes to five minutes and produced
per year. Process Improvement
a more user friendly process.
Specialist Nancy Jinselli led a team
that improved the process by which
equipment is mailed via Federal Express
(FedEx). The team’s efforts resulted in a
57 percent cost savings per shipment. Cost
savings of $3,012,026 will be realized over a
period of three years by identifying and eliminating
invalid, unauthorized and incompletely documented
FedEx shipments by implementing a revised Tobyhanna
form. The form is aimed at reducing rework and
mitigating the risks of fraud.
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