DLA News Archive

Tag: transformation

Sept. 10, 2024

New DLA Strategic Plan frames goals for 2025-2030

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Overcoming contested logistics challenges as the nation faces adversaries in all domains is DLA's top priority as outlined in its new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, "DLA Transforms: A Call to Action.”

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Aug. 9, 2024

DLA director focuses on logistics support in EUCOM, AFRICOM

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly met with DLA Europe & Africa teams, U.S. military leaders and coalition partners July 30 through Aug. 5 during his first visit to the European region as DLA director.

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July 25, 2024

Simerly gets candid with employees in new leaders’ lunch series

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Eight DLA Headquarters employees talk one-on-one with the DLA director during the first in a series of bimonthly meetings in which he plans to talk openly about issues like transforming the agency.

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July 23, 2024

Former DLA directors help chart agency’s course ahead

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Former directors shared their insights on the upcoming DLA Strategic Plan during a two-hour roundtable discussion July 18 at DLA Headquarters. The new five-year plan is expected to be released in late August or early September.

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June 10, 2024

DLA director to industry: Change in sustainment is imminent

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The military services are undergoing an intense transformation that requires DLA and industry to think, act and operate differently, DLA’s director told industry association leaders June 6.

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March 28, 2024

DLA director outlines agency’s efforts to provide solutions as Army transforms

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA works to match readiness and sustainment needs with global solutions as the Army navigates a transformative era full of challenges like contested logistics and adversarial threats.

Continuous improvement at DLA is about more than just process, touching on every employee through four phases.

Dec. 15, 2017

Continuous improvement: the path to process excellence

Continuous improvement is how DLA improves business processes and delivers optimal outcomes while maintaining customer focus; to that end, a new manual describes how that effort now focuses on more than just process.