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Efficient Purchasing and Support for DoD Libraries

This project implemented lean six sigma principles to streamline purchasing processes across DoD libraries, resulting in significant cost savings. Ongoing support includes enterprise-wide purchasing, updated library standards, and continued championing of new library facilities.

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Efficient Purchasing and Support for DoD Libraries

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  1. DoD Off Site Library Support 16 March 2010 Barbara Christine FMWRC-Community Recreation Library Program

  2. Lean Six Sigma Project – Spring 2008 • Enterprise-wide purchasing across the services. • Each service responsible for certain purchases. • Titles purchases were placed on Military OneSource, Army Knowledge Online, Defense Knowledge Online, Navy Knowledge Online, and My Air Force portal • Project saved dollars, supported Families and deployments, provided common levels of service across libraries) - Spent $7M on databases, e-books, audio books; if purchased individually by each service, cost would have been $14M – a savings of $7M - Spent $5.6M on OIF/OEF - Spent $1M on MOS Call Centers

  3. DoD Library Support - FY09 • Enterprise purchases – FY09 - electronic databases, e-books, audio books - $8.8M - Total use 1st Qtr FY10 - 8,058,173 - OIF/OEF - $12.4M - MOS Call Centers – $2.7M - Programs - $4.8M - Gaming in Joint based libraries - All services summer reading program - Child and youth book order

  4. DoD On-going Library Support • DoD Joint Library Forum - meet quarterly • DoD Library Standards - updated every three years - assessed annually • DoDI 1015-10, Library Enclosure 10 • DoD MWR Library Strategic Plan

  5. Moving Forward • Continued support for enterprise purchasing: - Electronic Databases - OIF/OEF with paperback kits and Playaways - MOS Call Centers - Programs, i.e. summer reading, gaming, etc. • Standards for Joint Based Libraries • Joint Based Libraries funded as premier models • Centralized electronic DoD library catalog providing access to all library holdings in DoD • Champion for new library facilities

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