Tuesday, September 16, 2008

PP 19 :: 09/14/2008 - 09/16/2008

LANTAREA (Am) Trip/Activity Report

Submitted by: Peter Stinson, Amp

Trip Report: Consulting work at ISC St. Louis

Itinerary:

14 September 2008: Traveled to St. Louis by air

15 September 2008: Conducted "meeting management" training for "middle managers" at ISC St. Louis as a part of their monthly training cycle. Training developed at request of XO, and based, in part, on training provided to the unit's senior managers earlier this FY.

16 September 2008: Observed and documented work at the ISC's carpenter/dayboard shop at the industrial facility. This work in support of the Lean/Six Sigma project being led by George and TJ. Took a number of photographs and videos which were unable to be uploaded to Intelink-U media center due to some sort of glitch. I uploaded the photographs to Google's Picasa Web.

From DayboardShop


16 September 2008: Returned Hampton Roads.

Team lead: Peter Stinson

Assisted by: N/A

Purpose of Trip:

Purpose of this trip/visit was to provide requested training and to gather additional information for the LSS project.

Summary of activity:

Conducted requested meeting management training; skills and knowledge gained by participants will assist them in leading, facilitating, and participating in meetings with increased effectiveness and efficiency.

Observed and documented work processes at the carpenter/dayboard shop. Work will assist the improvement team's efforts to increase effectiveness and efficiency within the shop.

Way ahead:

Continue to liaison with the unit XO to determine additional needs/requirements and work to meet those needs/requirements. Continue to assist, as a designated "green belt," the LSS improvement team in their efforts. This project is sponsored by the Atlantic Area industrial program manager at MLCA and will have impact Coast Guard-wide as the industrial program continues with its own modernization efforts.

Summary for this reporting period
  • Hours Worked: 20.0
  • Travel hours outside work hours: 4.0
  • Billable hours/direct client work: 16
  • Days away from home: 3

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