DLA News Archive

Sept. 23, 2024

CPI supervisor workshop pilot develops leaders, improves processes

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Continuous Process Improvement team recently developed and deployed an interactive workshop for leaders across DLA Distribution sites.

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.

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.

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.

Aug. 26, 2021

DLA Distribution designs remediation process to improve warfighter support

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution initiated a continuous process improvement project in June 2020, with a goal of accounting for and reporting improperly marked freight received at DLA Distribution centers on the east and west coasts of the United States.

March 26, 2020

Process improvement pilot program helps keep employees on their feet

PHILADELPHIA — A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Continuous Process Improvement pilot program resulted in 700 employees receiving sit-to-stand desks at lower costs and faster delivery.

Dec. 16, 2019

Subsistence industry partners, academia share ideas to improve warfighter support

PHILADELPHIA — Employees from across the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support gathered for a research and development ”show and tell” during a Subsistence University Campaign of Learning event Dec. 10 in Philadelphia.