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 Jay Bogle
lean facilitator, Letterkenny Army Depot
Letterkenny isn’t your average plant. It’s a military depot that services and enhances the performance of technologies such as the Patriot Missile System. Jay Bogle, far from an average hourly plant employee, works here.
Jay was one of the first facilitators involved with lean enterprise transformation at the site. He became one of the main drivers behind the Patriot Missile System value stream, a lean transformation that generated more than $18 million in savings. On this project, he coordinated logistics, performed cycle time observations, facilitated rapid improvement events, and tracked and monitored the savings.
In addition to the Patriot project, Jay facilitated improvements to the Biological Integrated Detection System, a large shelter used to detect the presence of chemicals such as anthrax. This series of events produced savings of more than $1 million, and reduced staffing from seven to four, turnaround time from three days to two, and hours per unit from 130 to 80.
When he isn’t leading lean projects, he provides training and assistance to new lean core team personnel.
This article appeared in the December 2004/January 2005 issue of MRO Today magazine. Copyright, 2004.
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