The use of benchmarking at the U.S. Department of Energy`s Pantex Plant

Conference · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10110397

Anderson, F G; Burling, J; Moncivais, G C; Skelton, R ^[1]; Fulton, J T; Hostick, C J; Tuttle, T ^[2]

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1. Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., Amarillo, TX (United States)
2. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)

The U.S. Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Pantex Plant, located in Amarillo, Texas, is responsible for the assembly, stockpile maintenance, and disassembly of nuclear weapons. Pantex is operated by the Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc. The following summarizes the pilot study that was designed to establish Pantex as a leader in using the continuous improvement tool of benchmarking within the DOE`s Nuclear Weapon Complex (NWC). The pilot study was conducted with Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co. and Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) personnel during 1992.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10110397
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA-22307; CONF-9309168-3; ON: DE94004365; TRN: AHC29401%%63
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. international symposium on productive and quality improvement with a focus on government,Washington, DC (United States),8-10 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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