ProModel Corporation's Technology and Services Lead U.S. Army Forces Command to 2007 Army Modeling and Simulation Award

It started back in 2006...

The Army Campaign Plan mandates implementation of ARFORGEN (Army Force Generation). The Commander, FORSCOM (Forces Command) resourced the exploration of a predictive synchronization capability to address ARFORGEN in CY2004. FORSCOM executed a Proof of Principle (POP) using COTS manufacturing software. This software was provided by ProModel Corporation. The POP was successful and the FORSCOM commander allocated additional funds in CY2005 to develop a prototype ARFORGEN Synchronization Tool (AST) for evaluation. ProModel competed in an open solicitation and was awarded the contract to fully develop the AST in January 2006.

And has led to this in 2008...

U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) team won the 2007 Army Modeling and Simulation award in the Plans and Operations category for the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) Synchronization Tool (AST). FORSCOM uses ProModel’s custom predictive analytic software and services to source and synchronize Army resources.

“I would like to extend my personal congratulations to the winners of this year’s Army Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Awards. The hard work and dedication to the advancement of M&S these companies have exhibited in support of the Warfighter is commendable,” says James C. Cooke, Director of Army Modeling and Simulation.

The awards recognize the dedication and innovation in developing, improving and using M&S, and contributions to the implementation of the Army M&S Strategic Vision. These efforts are essential in providing the Army with the most effective M&S support now and in future.”  Click here to see the full press release

In turn, FORSCOM presented ProModel with an award in recognition of our ability to partner with them and deliver a solution which continues to meet and exceed their expectations.

ProModel Participates at LEAN and Six Sigma Defense Conference

Carl Napoletano, Senior Vice President at ProModel Corporation, has been chosen to speak at the 4th Annual Embracing Lean and Six Sigma Across All Processes to Achieve Defense Transformation. This conference will be held June 10-11, 2008 in Washington, DC. Click here to learn more about the Conference.

ProModel Assists Company During Economic Hardship

Pillowtex had recently filed for bankruptcy and desperately needed to cut costs and regain profitability in the next 18 months or face the prospects of going out of business. It had five plants in the United States; all making the same three products (pillows, mattress pads, and comforters), all using identical equipment. Each plant had similar total floor space, but had different layouts, different material handling methods, different cycle times, and different costs.

In order to cut costs and regain profitability, company management felt that they needed to close some plants and develop a best practices strategy for the manufacturing operations in the remaining plants. That would mean developing an optimized layout and material handling system and then predict the “new” capacity of each plant so that they could decide on how many and which plants they should close.

A complicating factor was that customer order-to-delivery time must not increase, even though shipping distances (by truck) would increase due to fewer plants. That translated into the need to reduce manufacturing cycle times, so customers like Wal-Mart didn’t see an increased order-to-delivery time and refuse the delivery or charge Pillowtex exorbitant late fees.

Click here to read the full Project Review