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EB Newsoct04fin NOVEMBER 2004 Electric Boat Completes Second Successful INSIDE Alpha Sea Trials In Less Than Four Months Engineer’s Efforts Speed Up ATA Approval Process • 2 Submarine Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter is the third and final ship Silhouetted Earned Hours • 3 of the Seawolf class – the fastest, quietest, against a gray Casey Discusses Upper returns to shipyard most heavily armed submarines in the November sky, Management Changes • 4 following first voyage at sea world. While Jimmy Carter retains all of the Jimmy Carter USS Ohio Reaches Major the operational capabilities of the Sea- returns to the Conversion Milestone • 6 o the cheers of sailors gathered wolf-class, a 100-foot hull extension Groton shipyard New Brake Job Improves after success- Welding System • 7 on the north wing wall, the called the Multi-Mission Platform will fully completing Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) enhance payload, enabling the submarine GD Awarded $47.7 Million T its initial sea Contract Modification • 7 to accommodate the advanced technol- returned from its successful initial voyage trials. EB To Make Holiday Nov. 20. Less than four months before – ogy required to develop and test a new Donation • 7 on July 30 – Electric Boat completed the generation of weapons, sensors and Navy Commissions first sea trials of USS Virginia (SSN-774). undersea vehicles. USS Virginia • 7 Dozens of EB workers and Navy per- The Jimmy Carter’s alpha sea trials Riddell Describes Nautilus Experiences • 9 sonnel crowded together to watch as the included a range of submarine and propulsion plant operations, submerging Retirees / Classified • 10 ship tied up following its first set of at-sea for the first time, and high-speed runs on Service Awards • 11 tests. continued on page 3 Engineer’s Efforts Speed Up ATA Labor Approval Process he time-consuming chore of ATA labor approval is about to T get a lot faster and easier for every Electric Boat supervisor, thanks to some software shortcuts developed by a senior engineer in the Professional Devel- opment Rotation program. Matt Singer (400), who came up with the Quick ATA shortcuts while working as a carpenter foreman, said he did it out of necessity. “I used to spend two to three hours every week approving labor, and it took even longer during holiday weeks when people would work 10-hour days,” he said. “That’s time that could be spent on higher-payoff activities.” Singer discovered that the Automated Time & Attendance approver software allows for the programming of shortcuts, or macros, that can automate just about any possible combination of keys. He then created an on-screen keypad for a number of such shortcuts, saving him Senior engineer Matt Singer (400) demonstrates the use of Quick ATA keypads, visible at the bottom of considerable time when approving his his computer screen. The keypads, which he programmed, are groups of ATA shortcuts that will drasti- cally reduce the amount of time it takes supervisors to review and approve employee labor. employees’ labor. “I could do a week’s labor in 15 minutes,” he said. As word spread about Singer’s short- determined that four specific Quick ATA Singer discovered that the Auto- cuts, he gladly shared them with others. keypads would be required: for salaried However, in many cases the shortcuts mated Time & Attendance approver employees; for MDA-UAW; for MTC; only applied to the carpenter trades, lim- and for Quonset Point. Singer then cre- software allows for the program- iting their potential. That’s when he went ated them and turned them over to Jacob- to Rock Martel (670), chief of Process ming of shortcuts, or macros, that son and Pillmear for testing. Improvement for Groton Operations, for Jacobson said the early tests have been a some advice on how to expand their can automate just about any possi- resounding success. “We think it’s going to reach to the rest of the shipyard. ble combination of keys. He then be a really big time-saver, as soon as it gets “When we reviewed the project, we out to the population,” he said. reviewed the project, I immediately saw created an on-screen keypad for a A pilot program, in which the Quick the global potential,” Martel explained. number of such shortcuts, saving ATA keypads were pushed to 30 supervi- “So that’s when we developed a team to sors’ computers for a real-world trial, morph this into a company-wide push him considerable time when began in late October. Once any remain- instead of just a localized endeavor.” approving his employees’ labor. “I ing bugs have been worked out, the Quick The team included Singer, Martel, ATA shortcuts will be pushed to every EB timekeeping supervisor Bill Jacobson could do a week’s labor in 15 min- computer. Shortly thereafter, a brief train- (621) and manager of information tech- ing guide will be distributed. utes,” he said. nology Guy Henry (604), with additional While use of the new shortcuts won't be support from timekeeping senior required, Singer encouraged ATA accountant Denise Pillmear (621) and approvers to give them a try. Andy Polansky of CSC. “They’re really simple,” he said. “Every- After polling a cross-section of super- one’s going to be able to use them.” visors to gauge their needs, the team 2 I November 2004 I ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS Capt. Bill Hanson, right, Group Two chief of staff, leads fellow officers and men in a rousing wel- come home to the Jimmy Carter as it tied up at Electric Boat following its initial sea trials. continued from page 1 the surface and submerged to demon- strate that the ship’s propulsion plant is fully mission capable. Addressing the crowd and assembled media immediately after docking were Adm. Kirkland Donald, director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion; Rear Adm. John Butler, program executive officer – submarines; Capt. Robert D. Kelso, the ship’s prospective commanding officer; and John Casey, EB president. expressed his appreciation to the people “What a happy day this is,” said Butler. Calling the sea trials an unqualified and organizations behind the scenes who “The Jimmy Carter as the third and last success, Donald said, “I’d like to helped get the ship to sea – NAVSEA, Seawolf class submarine is as magnificent acknowledge the great work done by the suppliers and the Navy laboratories. as you can imagine. It’s truly an inspiring John Casey and the Electric Boat team in Casey told the crowd that it was an boat – it did everything we asked it to do building this fine ship. There’s no honor to be one of the 47 Electric Boat and more. It is an engineering marvel and machine on the face of the earth more employees who participated in the alpha we should all be very proud.” complicated than a nuclear submarine,” trials. But he pointed out that each of the Kelso, the ship’s commanding officer, he said, noting that five years ago, the company’s 12,000 employees played a cru- said, “I think Mr. Casey had it right – the ship’s Multi-Mission Platform was only a cial role in getting the submarine to sea. Jimmy Carter is definitely an awesome “small scrap of paper. Now it’s been He also noted that the Jimmy Carter ship. I’m extremely proud of my crew – taken to sea, put through its paces, taken spent half the amount of time in water- they did a great job. “And I want to con- to submergence depth and its full speed borne testing as the USS Virginia and gratulate the men and women of Electric and done remarkably well. still completed the trials successfully. Boat for building an outstanding “It’s a credit to the Electric Boat Finally, he said, “it was a pleasure to machine.” team,” he said. “You’re true craftsmen in spend time with Captain Don Kelso and The Jimmy Carter is now engaged in the finest sense of the word and I’m his crew, led by the chief of the boat, its second set of at-sea shipyard tests – proud to acknowledge the work that Shawn Burke. It was inspirational to see called Bravo trials The ship is scheduled you’ve done.” these men take this ship to sea, embrace for delivery next month and will be the Donald also gave high praise to Kelso the technology and make it part of their Navy fleet in a commissioning ceremony and his crew for their performance and very souls.” at the submarine base in Groton Feb. 19. Dan Barrett, Electric Boat News is Editor published monthly by the Public Affairs Department, Dean R. Courtney, 75 Eastern Point Road, Gro- Contributing Editor ton, CT 06340 Bob Gallo, Gary Hall, Phone (860) 433-8202 Gary Slater, Photography Fax (860) 433-8054 Crystal Smith, Email Editorial Assistant [email protected] Earned Hours: Where We Stand ELECTRIC BOAT NEWS I November 2004 I 3 Casey Discusses Upper ManagementQ&A Changes Editor’s note: Earlier this month, Electric Boat considering for quite some time. Of the President John Casey unveiled a sweeping upper- three axes on the grid, one is programs – management reorganization designed to better very product and project-focused. The second axis represents the line functions – respond to future business conditions. Casey the functions that accomplish the hands- discussed the changes in the following exchange on work, whether it is technical work in with Electric Boat News: the design and engineering areas or con- struction or test work in the Operations What factors persuaded you that areas. And then there are the various staff this reorganization was necessary? functions, essential for any organization I’ve been thinking about our organiza- of our size to operate properly.
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