Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA

The United States Marine Corps Maintenance Center repairs, rebuilds, and modifies all types of Marine Corps ground combat equipment, combat support and combat service support equipment. Such as:

AAV - Assault Amphibious Vehicle

LAV - Light Armored Vehicle

M1A1 - Main Battle Tank

HMMWV - High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle

M88 - Recovery Vehicle, Tracked Trucks, Various Types

VS - Logistics Vehicle System ( MK48 and Trailers )

M9 ACE - Armored Combat Earthmover

M970 Fuel Tanker

AVLB - Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge

The Maintenance Center for the Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Georgia, launched a program in 2001 combining principles drawn from the Theory of Constraints and Lean thinking. The Center had been constantly plagued by apparent capacity shortages in virtually every department and additional manpower was being considered.

An analysis using Theory of Constraints revealed that there was, in fact, more than adequate capacity to handle the workload. The perceived lack of capacity was due to policy constraints imposed on the Center as a result of a push scheduling mechanism. By implementing a pull system for scheduling repairs, the Center revealed capacity that had been masked.

TOCICO - November 3, 2008

The Theory of Constraints and Lean Thinking were successfully implemented at the Maintenance Center, transforming this organization into a world-class depot maintenance operation which continues to improve and sustain to this day.

Click Here to view a video created by the US Marine Corps Logistics Base highlighting their results from using the Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Management.

Testimonial

"We made a commitment to adopt CCPM as our new operating mode, and this decision really paid off by helping us identify and focus on the most important tasks at any given time." The result: The team is on track to complete the system design phase in 15 months, compared to the 36 months it took on a similar program.
[Bruce Tomei, Boeing System Engineering and Integration manager]