ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Three directorates at Anniston Army Depot are beginning a reorganization this month.
The directorates of Production Management, Material Management and Engineering and Quality will change to rebalance the skill sets in the organizations and improve quality at the depot.
"Realignment will achieve a unity of effort and unity of command," said Depot Commander Col. Martine Kidd as she addressed the topic to the workforce on The Morning Show.
DEQ's quality element will be made into a separate organization, one which reports directly to the command staff.
"That will tell our customers quality is number one for us," said Michael Burke, the depot's deputy to the commander.
The remainder of DEQ will be renamed the Directorate of Production Engineering.
Meanwhile, DMM will be absorbed into DPM, a move the command staff believes will make the organization more efficient and allow it to better serve the Directorate of Production.
"We know if we put material management and production management together under one person who can guide that organization and make decisions, it will be a better running organization," said Burke.
The new organization will retain the name of the Directorate of Production Management.
The initial changes have already begun and began operating under their new organizations Monday.
However, the final changes will not occur until the beginning of fiscal year 2017, this coming October.
Burke said additional changes may be necessary after the Logistics Modernization Program Increment 2 goes live in May. One change necessitated by LMP has already taken place.
Scotty Arrington, who until recently served as the director of Engineering and Quality, has been temporarily reassigned to LMP to assist in the creation of electronic work instructions for the Complex Assembly Manufacturing Solution, or CAMS, which is part of LMP Increment 2.
"It all goes back to quality," said Burke. "Good work instructions will lead to better quality."
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