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Intergraph Wins Air Force Process Improvement
Contract
Company Provides Expertise for Military
Operational Excellence Programs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 20, 2005 – Intergraph Corporation
announced today it has signed a four-year contract
with the U.S. Air Force worth up to $11.4 million to deploy and
manage operational excellence programs. The contract covers
Continuous Process Improvement/Lean/Six Sigma programs for the Air
Force Materiel Command at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins
Air Force Base, Ga.
Intergraph will provide detailed guidance
and analysis to assist the Air Force Materiel Command in developing
effective plans and implementation procedures for its ongoing
enterprise transformation. Intergraph will also provide program
administration, develop training, study performance and work
processes and advise on change management
strategies.
"Intergraph is consistently recognized as one of
the premier U.S. government services providers," said Kruse Smith,
manager of Intergraph’s Air Force business unit. "We have years of
experience and enormous depth of knowledge with Air Force Materiel
Command procedures and work processes. These capabilities make
Intergraph uniquely qualified to deliver a performance-based,
continuous improvement program such as Lean/Six Sigma."
Since
1994, Intergraph and the Air Force Materiel Command have partnered
to deliver significant cost- and time-savings through process
improvement, systems integration and training. Wendy Johnston, chief
of the Innovation and Transformation Division, Warner Robins Air
Logistics Center, said, "The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center
looks forward to building on our history of success with Intergraph,
to a future of enterprise improvement and service to our armed
forces."
The program is part of the U.S. Department of
Defense’s mandate that the military undertake operational excellence
programs. Enterprise excellence is a systematic approach to identify
and eliminate non-value-added activities, dramatically increasing
efficiencies, lowering costs and improving customer
satisfaction.
The contract announcement comes at the Lean and
Six Sigma for Defense conference starting today in Arlington, Va.
The conference addresses these key issues and presents case studies
from experts in the defense industry and defense contractors who
have successfully implemented, integrated and sustained operational
excellence programs within their organizations. At the event, Steve
Hajec, Intergraph’s Enterprise Transformation competency lead, will
lead a roundtable session on "Identifying Key Strategies for Success
in Lean and Six Sigma Deployment to Reduce Costs."
About Intergraph
Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR) is the leading global
provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security
organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries
rely on the company’s spatial technology and services to make better
and faster operational decisions. Intergraph’s customers organize
vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual
representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets,
building and operating better plants and ships and protecting
critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For
more information, visit http://www.intergraph.com/.
About Robins Air Force Base
Robins Air Force Base is the home of Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center, the 78th Air Base Wing and more than 60 other units that
make up a vital part of the Air Force defense team. Robins is the
largest industrial complex in Georgia, employing a work force of
more than 25,000 civilian, contractor and military members.
www.robins.af.mil. For more information, visit http://www.robins.af.mil/.
© 2005 Intergraph Corporation. All rights reserved. Intergraph
and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph
Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other
countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their
respective owners.
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