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JLG Presented Award from Letterkenny Army Depot

JLG's Peter Bonafede, left, and Col. Robert A. Swenson

March 12, 2007 • JLG Industries, McConnellsburg, Pa., recently received an award from the Letterkenny Army Depot in appreciation to JLG for sharing lean manufacturing practices and allowing Letterykenny personnel to visit JLG manufacturing facilities over the past three years. Col. Robert A. Swenson, Letterkenny depot commander, presented the award to Peter Bonafede Jr., senior vice president of manufacturing and global supply chain.

 

Letterkenny has implemented many of JLG's best practices and is a two-time Shingo Prize Recipient of the Public Sector Award. This award recently recognized Letterkenny for not only saving the American taxpayers' money but also for increasing the quality of Humvees for soldiers.

 

Bonafede thanked Col. Swenson and said: “On behalf of JLG Industries, which is a subsidiary of Oshkosh Truck Corp., it is my pleasure and honor to have worked with Letterkenny Army Depot in the sharing of our lean methodologies. Assisting them to better support products that protect our soldiers has been a privilege. It builds on the principle of government and private sector partnering and allows both organizations to contribute to our national defense.”

 

Col. Swenson toured JLG's telehandler manufacturing plant after the presentation. He said: “It is great to visit a world-class operation. We look forward to sharing further synergies. Lean practices result in a quality product provided to our soldiers more quickly and at reduced costs.”

 

Symbolic of this was the armor plate that Col. Swenson presented to Bonafede, which was taken from a Humvee that returned from Iraq.



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