Sat, May 16, 2009
Bell Helicopter's Earned Value
Management System has been approved by the Defense Contract
Management Agency. "Approval of our certification is the
culmination of three years of hard work by Bell employees and our
investment into EVMS improvements," said Dick Millman, president
and CEO of Bell. "Today Bell's system is more than just compliant
with DCMA requirements. It's a definite strength for Bell."
"Our success in EVMS parallels the successes Bell has achieved
in streamlining its processes and organization and delivering
aircraft on time and at high levels of quality," Millman said.
"Through broad team efforts and collaboration with employees at
every level of the company, we are steadily building the foundation
for Bell's future."
The approval came after Bell successfully passed a validation
review conducted by DCMA March 30 through April 3. Bell earned
certification by successfully passing all 32 of the EVMS
guidelines.
"The company has achieved significant EVMS improvements across
the board," said Don Brosious, Bell's vice president of cost
management integration. "We've integrated a large set of new
software tools, implemented a wide variety of process improvements
and also placed a high emphasis on training our program
personnel."
"I'm very proud of our team's
accomplishments," said Brosious, "but approval of our certification
is just the first step on a path of continuous EVMS improvements
that are taking place at Bell." According to Brosious, plans are
already under way for the introduction of an advanced EVMS training
curriculum, along with a variety of improvements to Bell's EVMS
software tools.
"DCMA has provided valuable assistance to us as we've pursued
our EVMS improvements," said Brosious, "and we're committed to
maintaining our strong partnership with DCMA as we continue to
improve our EVMS program and work to establish new industry best
practices."
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