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P A R K 5 0 0 I N T E R - 0 F F I C E C 0 R R E S P 0 N IAI//~ ~O &~1~lr~J Chester, Virginia !s V- ABc To: Distribution From: D_ C_ Saunders Date: 08/11/92 Subject: PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY MEETING You are aware of assignments to you for the quarterly meeting scheduled August 24 (see attached memo from J. E. Narron). We have had individual discussions and a group discussion involving these assignments. My intent is to communicate the information to date on the assignments and schedule some time together to review your progress prior to the quarterly review meeting. The first assignment deals with the control moves problem. This assignment supports Function II specified in the Production Management Mission as "Ensure that on-line controllable parameter control move problems are prioritized and addressed". The specific Area SPC Specialist activity is to identify and summarize area control move problems. We met on June 19 to address the best method for completing this activity. There was no consensus made at that meeting, although the following items surfaced: 1. A survey of operating personnel might identify the major control move problems. 2. There is a need to prioritize control move problems that should be addressed first. 3. Control move problems would surface if personnel worked the SPC System as intended. After that meeting, K. E. Hayes submitted a preliminary proposal on a method to complete this assignment (see attached write-up dated July 1). This write-up includes items from a brainstorming session by the SPC Specialists. I have since received partial reports of progress on this effort. The second assignment was initially made in the July 29 memo by N J. E. Narron. It deals with providing a quarterly performance C summary comparing past to present. Yesterday I received N clarification on the specifics of this assignment. Each SPCja Specialist is to provide a summary highlighting standards and *,.) parameters performance based on the quarterly paretos. This ~O summary should pinpoint persisting priority problems. TherA summary should also pinpoint successes. The SPC Specialist will CA be expected to communicate reasons for items remaining in the vital few.

PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT QUARTERLY MEETING Page Two phili~ ~ fIaentia1 I do not have an August 24 meeting agenda or time approxi.m914"} for the above items. An agenda is to be published at a later AB date. Your portion of the agenda can be tailored to fit the meeting plans or vice-versa if needed. °Please schedule to meet with me in my office August 17 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. If any of you have conflicts, reschedule a time as a group for any other time after 10:00 a.m. on Monday and let me know. Also let me know of any needed clarifications, barriers, needed resources or ideas_for this assignment prior to the end of August 12. gn/a:mtg.dcs Distribution: D. C. Budd K. E. Hayes A. D. Tudor c: W. G. Estes A. O. Hayes sww.D_-,~wL :-w~Jenk i:ns,v,