Chassis Plans Scores 100% with Lockheed

LMC Quality Score

Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC) is one of our larger customers and we are involved in several programs across multiple divisions.  They run a very tight ship regarding quality which includes an on-site review of our quality program and monthly performance reviews.

 

Our latest rolling 12-month quality score is 100%.  Can’t get any better than that.

 

Included in the monthly review are: Part rejects, Floor rejects, Supplier Cause and Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) issued, SCAR response time, and Supplier caused customer escapes. The Delivery rating includes: Parts delivered on time to purchase order contract.

 

This score reflects not only our performance but the performance of all of our vendors.

 

Chassis Plans Scores 100% with Lockheed

President Obama"s Defense Budget Requests for 2015

Marine One Landing at White House

President Obama submitted his 2015 budget request to Congress yesterday for its consideration.  A budget submission for the Department of Defense and supporting documentation was included.

 

The defense discretionary budget for 2015 is $495.6 billion, similar to the 2014 budget.  Included is an additional $26B called the Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative.  Two thirds of the budget at $336.3B pays for current operations.  $159.3B is allocated to modernization and recapitalization.

 

Included in the budget request are:

* $7.7 billion for special operations, a 10 percent increase over this year’s funding

* $7.5 billion for the Missile Defense Agency and $5.1 billion for cyber operations

* 26 F-35As, six F-35Bs, and two F-35Cs  in 2015 with a total of 343 Joint Strike Fighters over the five-year Future Years Defense Program (FYDP)

* a 288 ship Navy in 2014 which is proposed to grow to about 309 ships over the FYDP

* a 20 percent cut in headquarters operating budgets

* a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round proposed for fiscal year 2017

* funding for 59 Air Force combat-coded air squadrons

* $900 million in funding for the Long Range Strike Bomber in 2015 and $11.4 billion for it over the FYDP

* seven KC-46 Tankers in FY 2015 and 69 aircraft over the FYDP

* $1 billion over the FYDP for a next-generation jet engine

* two Virginia-class submarines and two DDG-51 guided-missile destroyers per year over the FYDP

* three Littoral Combat Ships in 2015 and 14 total over the FYDP

* a Marine Corps end strength of 182,700 in 2015

* 32 Active Army brigade combat teams and 28 Army National Guard brigade combat teams

* proposed adjustments to military compensation and healthcare benefit reforms

 

Additionally, the budget request for fiscal years 2016 through 2019 exceed the current caps for those years by approximately $115B.

President Obama"s Defense Budget Requests for 2015

Passed our ISO 9001:2008 Confirmation Audit

This most recent ISO 9001:208 audit was a re-certification where the auditing organization (registrar International Standards Authority Inc.) reviewed Chassis Plans’ quality plan to half of the ISO 9001:2008 standard.  The auditor felt our core processes are sound and he was generous in his praise for our systems and team.

 

The next audit is in November and is a full re-certification where all elements of the standard will be audited.

 

Periodic surveillance audits are a requirement for maintaining ISO 9001:2008 registration.   External surveillance audits verify that the organization has an effective quality management system that meets all the requirements of the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2008 standard.

Passed our ISO 9001:2008 Confirmation Audit