DLA News Archive

Aug. 29, 2024

Three DLA Land and Maritime associates earn top Lean Six Sigma certifications

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime associates have risen to the top of the DLA Continuous Process Improvement ladder after receiving Lean Six Sigma Black Belt honors earlier this month.

Aug. 23, 2024

DLA enterprise improvement project supports process redesign

NEW CUMBERLAND — Subject matter experts from across the Defense Logistics Agency enterprise gathered for a Rejected Disposal Workshop at DLA Distribution Headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, July 29 – Aug. 1. The workshop is part of a DLA improvement project that focuses on activities for two of the project phases. Moving forward, the team will begin identifying related tasks for each of their recommendations developed during the workshop and obtain the approval of the project champion.

Jan. 30, 2024

Employee lifts voice, integrates Deaf culture into latest CPI project

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teresa Brunotte, a Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime material planner and deaf employee, is leading the change in DLA Deaf culture. She recently led a Continuous Process Improvement project aimed to improve the ASL Interpreter Request System.

Dec. 28, 2023

Workflow changes at DLA Distribution Europe benefits customers, employees

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Two DDDE employees made process improvements to their respective departments improving timelines and workflow.

March 10, 2023

Targeted how-to videos aim to reduce vendor packaging errors

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Small Business Office in partnership with DLA Training and DLA Disposition Services Columbus have launched a series of how-to videos to alleviate common packaging errors by vendors when shipping products.

March 8, 2023

Lean Six Sigma training boosts problem-solving skills

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thirty Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime employees gained valuable continuous process improvement skills during a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course held at Defense Supply Center Columbus, Feb. 27 – March 3.

Jan. 23, 2023

Troop Support expedites internal onboarding process through CPI project

PHILADELPHIA — The DLA Troop Support Organizational Alignment Division, Continuous Process Improvement and Pathways to Career Excellence teams partnered to expedite internal onboarding of entry-level personnel into their new permanent roles within the organization.

May 6, 2022

DLA Aviation CPI project improves organic manufacturing process

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Continuous Process Improvement Office completed a project that shortened the time to process emergency requests for organically manufactured parts by 21%.

March 24, 2022

Newly minted CPI Green Belts save time, man-hours with improved Subsistence processes

PHILADELPHIA — Continuous process improvement isn’t just a heady concept thrown around by think tanks and executives. It’s a real, painstaking, value-added effort – and it pays off, said Rene King, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support CPI division chief. Two recent CPI projects completed in the Subsistence supply chain are proof of its effectiveness, with a combined savings of $1.9 million in time and costs.

Jan. 20, 2022

Continuous Process Improvement project improves efficiencies, effectiveness of new employees and teams

PHILADELPHIA — What are the organizational impacts of new employee onboarding delays, and how can the processes improve? That is exactly the question the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Continuous Process Improvement team asked in 2018, and ultimately answered December 2021. Six projects and a little more than two years later, the impacts are an estimated $2.7 million in cost offsets over a three-year period, and several weeks of productivity per new employee, CPI Branch Chief Maximo Ayala-Ortiz said.