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Valley of the Sun Group “Industry and DCMA Working Together” . Breakout Session # 606 Jim Vickers, Raytheon Missile Systems Angela Coats, Boeing IDS Army Systems & Rotorcraft Mike Patock, DCMA Phoenix Date: April 26, 2005 Time 2:45-3:45 p.m. What is the Valley of the Sun Group?.
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Valley of the Sun Group “Industry and DCMA Working Together” Breakout Session # 606 Jim Vickers, Raytheon Missile Systems Angela Coats, Boeing IDS Army Systems & Rotorcraft Mike Patock, DCMA Phoenix Date: April 26, 2005 Time 2:45-3:45 p.m. NCMA World Congress 2005 “Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”
What is the Valley of the Sun Group? • Group of Local Industry and DCMA personnel • Meets quarterly • Meets at Rotating Host Locations in Area • Discusses common problem areas • Discusses new initiatives and their implementation • Elevates shared resolution requests to DCMA HQ and OSD NCMA World Congress 2005 “Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”
How did it get started? • Remember the Single Process Initiative? • Shared Ideas on SPI’s • Discussed common problem areas • SPI proposal approve timeframes • Proposal ideas • Renewing SPI’s when regulations or requirements change such as Mil Std’s. • Pushed so ACO’s could make Class 2 changes • Worked together so Component Team Leads could only review the change submitted and not the entire proposal all over again NCMA World Congress 2005 “Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”
How did it remain relevant? • Discussed New Initiatives such as: • Contract Closeout • Wynne List • Irreconcilable balances – Negotiate cap. up front • Commercial Packaging • Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) • Unique Identification (UID) • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) • Online Reps & Certs. NCMA World Congress 2005 “Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”
How did it remain relevant? • Group deals with issues at the contract level • Brings in local and national experts on topics to invigorate group problem solving • Able to obtain unfiltered data from the source of the problem • Discusses topics common to all contractors NCMA World Congress 2005 “Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”
Other topics analyzed by the Group • Small Business Goals for Large Contractors • DCMA’s Supplier Risk Analysis • Industrial Base Studies • Barry Amendment NCMA World Congress 2005 “Prime Time: Contract Management at the Core of the Enterprise”