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NSWC Crane team embraces new technology that streamlines user-friendly tools for the workforce
April 28, 2025 — Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) team took a previously manually-intensive procedure and produced a more effective and user-friendly process for its employees.The team, comprised of both contractors and civilian employees, worked throughout the year to create a product that will...

Workshop to focus on problem solving using the 'Plan, Do, Check, Act' process
August 30, 2024 — The Code 100TO, Command Transformation Office, is offering a two-hour workshop open to all employees Sept. 10 in Building 466, Room 311.The workshop will introduce attendees to the "Plan, Do, Check, Act" Kata problem-solving process, which will provide participants the tools for streamlining their shops and codes.“It’s a class that teaches...

Multiple teams across command join forces to help make long-awaited Burwell Tunnel renovation project a reality
June 1, 2023 — When Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, cut the ribbon at the newly renovated entrance of Burwell Tunnel on May 9, it symbolized the culmination of months of planning and hard work by multiple teams across the command.The Burwell Tunnel entrance, which more than 2,700 PSNS & IMF employees...

Collaboration leads to CVN rudder bore repair savings
June 30, 2022 — A team of innovation-minded professionals from Shop 26, Welders, and Code 138, Weld Engineers & Non-Destructive Test Examiners, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, developed a new process for aircraft carrier rudder bore repair that cut the overall repair time by more than half.According to Travis Yanda, Shafting &...

NSS-SY Spotlight: IT Pillar
June 27, 2022 — Whether on the deck plates or in an office building, the Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Information Technology Pillar touches all members of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workforce. Key focus areas include network and computer upgrades, improving Maritime Systems Environment performance, realigning...

Making the cut: Team turns an employee idea into a process improvement that will save thousands of hours of labor — every time it's used.
June 23, 2022 — When a team of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility planners was gearing up to replace the tubing on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier reboiler, a work leader from Shop 26, Welders, asked herself if there might be a better way to complete the job. After thinking through the problem, she suggested the team try doing the job much...

NSS-SY pillar construct demonstrates multi-agency commitment to transformation
December 22, 2021 — The Naval Sea Systems Command Transformation Office confirmed last month the final pillar construct for Naval Sustainment System – Shipyards, the Navy’s major initiative to improve work execution and shorten availability durations at the public shipyards.NSS-SY began in 2019 as a pilot program designed to remove barriers to productivity and in...

NSWC PCD accelerates procurement optimization through value stream analysis event
December 8, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) hosted a Purchasing Value Stream Analysis (VSA) event November 8-10 at Gulf Coast State College. The Command Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) Office led the VSA event as part of the Procurement Initiative Optimization Project (PIOP), which is a portion of the Command’s top strategic...

NSWC Panama City develops urgent purchase request process to meet emerging needs
June 27, 2021 — Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division’s (NSWC PCD) Purchasing Branch has developed an urgent purchase request process to enable the workforce to meet emerging needs and rapidly deliver solutions.The Urgent Purchase Request Process is a localized process to NSWC PCD to fit the functionality and perform with the local Requirements Form...

Commands terminate NSS-SY sprint that wasn’t working as hoped
June 8, 2021 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, along with the other three public shipyards, stopped exploring one of the efforts they were focused on as part of the Naval Sustainment System – Shipyard process transformation effort after data indicated it wasn’t creating the time savings they’d hoped it would.In April, NSS-SY...

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