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AtdY@N41A'SSt�'.2AR[•�tdY-Y!*3di :. "'ID1'9i!�:: _ ..xHu'S;WY]KAT�4�"i4101HadS1�8Ye]�1C316J➢Y%�a _ sy Defense Distribution Depot TA January-February 1999 Depot operations to move to Tracy The Defense Distribution Center announced March 4 that it will reconfigure Defense Distribution n v 1 Depot operations to the Tracy site. ✓ This will include the shift of ,' # 1 � 'r % —^� �'- 7 workload from Sharpe to Tracy be- gmnmg in June 1999 with comple- tion scheduled by September 2000. 'k " sK. 'A Tracy will focus on the receipt,stor- M� -, T, i k . age and distribution of fast-moving, >� high-demand items while Sharpe will ,.,, store slow-moving,low demand bulk 9 items. Tracy's 448 acre depot has 25 warehouses which have been upgraded since 1950. Some 700 of Sharpe's 800 em- ployees will transfer to Tracy. DRMOtomove to Sharpe Roughly 100 employees will remain at Sharpe. Work is underway to relocate the ter,which also operates at Rough and The initiative is the result of a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Ready Island,will relocate to Sharpe. business case analysis revealing that Office from Rough and Ready Island This will involve the movement this reconfiguration is expected to to Sharpe. drams of titanium sponge from stor- improve DDJC productivity by some The DRMO administrative of- age atthe island to Sharpe in the months 30 percent.As a result,more than 90 fices will be located in building S-3. ahead. The stockpile operation will percent ofDDJC's daily requisitions The DRMO operations will center in have two employees. will be processed at Tracy. the cluster of buildings occupied by By moving these organization from "To remain competitive in the dis- the MotorPool and Maintenance Shop Rough and Ready Island to Sharpe, tribution business,we must seek im- operations in the northwest quadrant the Defense Logistics Agency will proved business practices to provide of the depot. Maintenance recently centralize all its San Joaquin County the warfighters the best value pos- moved to the south end of Sharpe. operations at the San Joaquin Depot. sible," said Army Colonel John A. DRMO will use building 805 as DRMO conducts public sales of Marx,the depot commander."We are their principal warehouse and occupy excess federalpersonal property turned now providing distribution from two the runway along the western perim- in by a number of Department of Re- operating locations when clearly one eter fence for open storage. fense activities and installations in this site can handle daily work and surge The DRMO employs approxi- area of California requirements." mately 50 employees whose jobs will With this move, the Defense Lo- Marx announced the decision at a move with the organization. gistics will no longer operate on series of "Townhall Meetings" In addition to the DRMO, opera- Rough and Ready Island. tions of the Defense Stockpile Cen- alF �.� � A � j:. d' �� .:y="`'o t; r 1 rv, - d