BAE Strategic Site Support
June 22, 2009 14:08
The NAC project with BAE has developed project capability in planning the site move and the impact on logistics, plant and equipment through the material handling and new ways of working. The measures of the project will be felt as time progresses, but it is clear that the initial the upfront work and the detailed planning will already help BAE to intercept issues and associated costs.
BAE systems have recently been awarded a contract with the MOD for the supply of munitions for the next 15 years. As part of that contract an investment has been committed to fund the transformation of the Birtley facility in the North East of England. This investment includes the procurement of key capital equipment, the build of a new facility (within the North East) and the transfer and decommissioning of the current Birtley facility.
The project with NAC has been to develop project capability in planning the move and the impact on logistics, plant and equipment through the material handling and new ways of working. The measures of the project will be felt in 2012, although initially the upfront work and the detailed planning will help BAE to intercept issues and associated costs.
Simon Miller, MASS Transformation Manager for Birtley said "Initially NAC group were brought onward to consult with our operations support team on providing a logistics needs analysis with in the facility, to determine optimum material flow, stock levels and supplier management. It became clear, early on, that the first step to being able to confirm this was to establish how we were transferring the equipment and how the new facility would be laid out. Much of NAC's time has been working with our Project Managers to focus efforts on this plan, concentrating on numbers of machines to move, services required, decommissioning levels and timing sequences. They have also provided us with key contacts in the North East of businesses who have recently transformed with regards to technical transformation as well as cultural change".
Posted by Lynn Hall