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Robbins-Gioia Refines PDMSS on Helicopters
Program Management Keeps the Rotors Turning
January 6, 2003, Alexandria, VA-Robbins-Gioia, LLC, the leading provider
of project management services, today announced it begins work on October 1 on
the UH-60 Blackhawk, MH-60 Pavehawk, SH-60 Seahawk, CH-47 Chinook, UH-1N Huey,
AH-1W Cobra and AH-64 Apaches at Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi,
Texas. The $184,000 minimum contract goes through Sept. 30, 2003, and includes
a team of six, which will be augmented as work surges require.
Robbins-Gioia came to CCAD in 1993 to implement the Programmed Depot Maintenance
Scheduling System as part of a Joint Logistics Systems Center Department of
Defense-wide initiative. PDMSS implements program management techniques and
incorporates automated scheduling tools to improve Corpus Christi Army Depot's
competitiveness in the aircraft repair industry. As part of its reporting
capability, PDMSS functionality includes obtaining the status of the repair
process (materiel, manpower, and scope of work) on any particular aircraft.
In 1997, CCAD requested Robbins-Gioia tailor a PDMSS application to the Apache
Pre-modification Helicopter program, which was undergoing some challenges. The
Apache program involved removing, classifying, repairing, routing, and shipping
more than 3,000 fuselage and component parts as kits. These parts were listed
in the Boeing-generated Input Configuration Document a document that had
changed hundreds of times and will continue to do so until a design lock is
made on the AH-64D Apache configuration. The ICD defines the common parts used
from modifying the AH-64A into the AH-64D model. To date the ICD continues to
evolve. Robbins-Gioia CCAD PDMSS staff downloaded the ICD with its changes and
created a database tailored to the seven operations that put the project
together (ordering, accounting, removing and inspecting, inventorying,
shipping, zoning, and reporting.)
"Inventory accounting was one of the greatest features that PDMSS first put
together," said Larry Simone, the project manager at the time and now
director of aircraft production at CCAD. "The aircraft is disassembled and
each piece is accounted for from the time the inspector has it removed to the
time it is repaired, returned, and shipped."
"With PDMSS, we know our kit status and can accurately reconcile any issue
that Boeing may have with accountability," he added. "And because our
system is online, our customers and higher commands can access the file per
aircraft and get the necessary information very seldom do we have to fax or
mail them our inventory reports."
Based on the success of the PDMSS Apache LongBow Pre-Modification (PMOD)
application, CCAD again turned to Robbins-Gioia to modify the other
PDMSS-incorporated CCAD product lines to provide visibility to the task level
and to provide similar management and floor production visibility. "CCAD
wanted task-level detail for these product lines," explained Sal Reza,
Robbins-Gioia operations manager. "Right now their legacy systems
reporting is augmented by personal spreadsheets, databases, and logbooks. Our
work is to get the scope of work defined to satisfy CCAD's management review
requirement while maintaining daily focused floor operations, integrate shop
floor materiel requirements with supply information, and to fuse information
from several production systems into a single cohesive enterprise scheduling
and reporting application."
"PDMSS is a solid yet flexible program, and we have a wise and experienced
R-G team to help CCAD implement it," said Ben McCarter, Robbins-Gioia vice
president of industrial operations. "We are confident that the same
success the original Apache project had will be replicated and even surpassed
this year."
About Robbins-Gioia
Robbins-Gioia has been dedicated to delivering management consulting solutions
to government agencies and Fortune 500 companies for 20 years. Robbins-Gioia
combines thought leadership, disciplined processes, industry-based knowledge,
and integrated tools to help global customers optimize their business
processes, accelerate change, and establish time, cost, and quality
improvements to transform their businesses. For more information, please call
Robbins-Gioia, LLC at 800-663-7138, or visit the web site at
www.robbinsgioia.com.
About Corpus Christi Army Depot
The CCAD vision is to be the recognized source of excellence for rotary wing
aviation national maintenance. CCAD's mission is to provide worldwide
readiness, sustainment, and training support for all DOD rotary wing Aircraft.
CCAD overhauls, repairs, modifies, retrofits, and modernizes DOD rotary wing
aircraft united with industry partners and worldwide DOD customers; provides
hands-on training for reserve, National Guard, active duty, and foreign
military personnel; and provides additional depot maintenance including on-site
maintenance teams, crash damage analysis, chemical, metallurgical and technical
support. For more information contact Carol Bullington at 361-961-3132 x360 or
CBulling@CCAD.ARMY.MIL or visit the web site at
www.ccad.army.mil.
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