Nellis Airmen begin 'War on Waste'

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  • By 2nd Lt. Jen Richard
  • 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS) --  The "War on Waste", a new Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative, began at Nellis AFB, following an Enterprise Value Stream Analysis held here Oct. 6 to 8.

The Enterprise Value Stream Analysis, conducted by the 99th Air Base Wing Executive Council, aligned the wing commander's vision and mission with the Air Combat Command commander's initiative concerning the "War on Waste," said Senior Master Sgt. Glen Robinson, 99th ABW AFSO 21 officer.

The ACC Commander, Gen. John Corley, signed "War on Waste" directions Aug. 8, establishing his intent and assigning Phase 1 tasks for headquarters ACC directorates, numbered air forces, the United States Air Force Warfare Center and ACC wings.
 
The two types of tasks in Phase 1 are "enabling" and "performance." Enabling tasks establish capabilities and set the conditions to use AFSO 21 methods for increased performance across the command. Performance tasks focus organizations to reduce wasted time and demonstrate that staff and units are employing "lean" effectively, according to a memorandum for ACC AFSO 21 offices.

Phase 1 of the "War on Waste" aims to reduce Airmen's wasted time by saving and/or redirecting five percent of Airmen's duty time.
 
Each phase of the "War on Waste" will have measurable goals for time saved and increased productivity. In the end, eliminating waste and increasing productivity should be as much a part of our culture as disciplined attention to detail in our procedures, according to the directions for the "War on Waste."

Units will report their progress in the "War on Waste" at monthly ACC Executive Council meetings and will also submit their status to ACC AFSO 21 monthly. 

Within the 99th ABW, the "War on Waste" is already under way.

"Currently, several wing agencies, including the medical group, the logistics readiness squadron and the civil engineer squadron, are conducting rapid improvement events in their functional areas," said Sergeant Robinson.

The "War on Waste" is an extension of the Air Force's pre-existing program, AFSO 21.
AFSO 21 is an effort to transform the Air Force through more innovative and streamlined process to ensure warfighters have what they need without wasting time, effort or money. 

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