2015 MOE Winners Announced 8 | 17 | 2015
This year’s Model of Excellence (MOE) Award Winners have been announced. Turn to p. 5-6 to read a letter from Newport News Shipbuilding President Matt Mulherin and to view the list of winners. MOE Awardees will be recognized at an awards ceremony on Sept. 30.
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Limited Number of CVN 79 Keel Laying Tickets Available The Communications Division has a limited number of tickets to the John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) Keel Laying Ceremony this Saturday, Aug. 22. Two tickets will be given to employees who request tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. Employees interested in tickets should contact Lauren Ward (O29) at 380-4622. A live webcast of the ceremony will be available at www.huntingtoningalls.com/nns beginning at 10 a.m. Employees, family and friends can also follow live updates on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #JFKCVN79.
Material Support Shipbuilders Celebrate 1,000-Parts Milestone Material Support shipbuilders working in the 231 warehouse recently celebrated their first milestone utilizing the facility’s new state-ofthe-art automated retrieval system. The team successfully categorized the first 1,000-parts. To recognize the milestone, warehouse leadership held a “1,000-parts celebration” during a potluck lunch Aug. 6. “The new system was installed at the beginning of this year and we began using it in April,” said Jo Stith, one of the two system operators. “It consists of seven towers, each tower holds 62 drawers and each drawer holds 50 bins.” To utilize as much space as possible in each bin, Shirley Dunlevy and Andy Daniels crafted
individual trays for each part and Eunice Ellis and Deborah Thomas worked on tag and label design. “We want to make sure there is enough room, but we also don’t want to waste space,” said Dunlevy. “We have metal dividers that allow us to create the exact tray size we need and the computer system keeps track of where the tray is located and can bring it to the operator in a moment’s notice.” Stith says the new system is also very ergonomically friendly. “Instead of the enclosed system we had before, this system is open and trays are brought to us and to the height in which is the most comfortable for the operator.”
NNS to Celebrate Ethics Awareness Week Newport News Shipbuilding will celebrate Ethics Awareness Week Aug. 17-21. This year’s theme is “Performance with Integrity.” The purpose of the week is to focus employees on company shared values, communicate ethical standards and to keep the ethics message fresh in the mind of every employee. Business Conduct representatives will cascade ethical moment messages and a FAQ slide deck to employees. New OpenLine posters and ethics banners will also be posted at various gates/buildings and an ethics video entitled, “Performance With Integrity” will be featured on Homeport. Supervisors are encouraged to use this opportunity to discuss the importance of ethics during their staff meetings. Visit the Ethics and Business Conduct website on Yardnet or contact Catrina Hagwood (O18) in the Business Conduct Office at 688-1907.
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