Sphera Case Studies Government & Military Industry Excellence Award Winner: Eglin Air Force Base

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	Government & Military Industry Excellence Award Winner: Eglin Air Force Base Sphera

Government & Military Industry Excellence Award Winner: Eglin Air Force Base

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries	National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Maintenance
Use Cases	Inventory Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Eglin Air Force Base, the largest base in the U.S. Air Force, conducts a wide range of mission-critical activities, many of which involve the use of chemical materials and generate waste materials. These materials are regulated under local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulations. In addition, base personnel must maintain compliance with Air Force standards, some of which are even more stringent than comparable federal government mandates. The challenge was to implement a material management system that would meet USAF Mission Readiness requirements, comply fully with federal, state, and military EHS regulations and ISO 14001 standards, and minimize the burden of compliance processes on base operations, aligning with overall goals. Read More
About Customer	Eglin Air Force Base, an operating unit of the Air Force Materiel Command, is home to the 96th Air Base Wing and the Air Armament Center. The largest base in the U.S. Air Force, Eglin is located on a massive reservation spanning 724 square miles in northeast Florida. Within its 11.6 million square foot physical plant and 3,450 facilities, the base conducts a wide range of mission-critical activities, including traditional military services, civil engineering, personnel, logistics, communications, computer, medical, security and other host services in support of the 46th Test Wing, 919th SOW, 1st SOMXS, Navy EOD, Army Ranger Camp, F35 Joint Strike Fighter and the 7th Special Forces Group. Read More
Solution	The base implemented the Hazardous Material Management System (HMMS) software from Sphera in 2007. HMMS supports proactive material and waste management, effective and accurate regulatory compliance, pollution prevention, and data transparency. HMMS is deployed at 95 active material issue points across the base – locations where chemical-based products are issued to authorized users. During federal fiscal year (FY) 2010, more than 1,900 unique HMMS users recorded 75,000 individual material transactions. The base’s research, development, and maintenance functions require tracking of more than 8,000 Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) for products stored throughout the reservation. Over the course of a year, the HMP team monitors more than 140,000 pounds of regulated substances. HMMS helps them track those substances for annual regulatory reporting. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems

Applicable Industries

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Maintenance

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Eglin Air Force Base, the largest base in the U.S. Air Force, conducts a wide range of mission-critical activities, many of which involve the use of chemical materials and generate waste materials. These materials are regulated under local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety (EHS) regulations. In addition, base personnel must maintain compliance with Air Force standards, some of which are even more stringent than comparable federal government mandates. The challenge was to implement a material management system that would meet USAF Mission Readiness requirements, comply fully with federal, state, and military EHS regulations and ISO 14001 standards, and minimize the burden of compliance processes on base operations, aligning with overall goals.

About Customer

Eglin Air Force Base, an operating unit of the Air Force Materiel Command, is home to the 96th Air Base Wing and the Air Armament Center. The largest base in the U.S. Air Force, Eglin is located on a massive reservation spanning 724 square miles in northeast Florida. Within its 11.6 million square foot physical plant and 3,450 facilities, the base conducts a wide range of mission-critical activities, including traditional military services, civil engineering, personnel, logistics, communications, computer, medical, security and other host services in support of the 46th Test Wing, 919th SOW, 1st SOMXS, Navy EOD, Army Ranger Camp, F35 Joint Strike Fighter and the 7th Special Forces Group.

Solution

The base implemented the Hazardous Material Management System (HMMS) software from Sphera in 2007. HMMS supports proactive material and waste management, effective and accurate regulatory compliance, pollution prevention, and data transparency. HMMS is deployed at 95 active material issue points across the base – locations where chemical-based products are issued to authorized users. During federal fiscal year (FY) 2010, more than 1,900 unique HMMS users recorded 75,000 individual material transactions. The base’s research, development, and maintenance functions require tracking of more than 8,000 Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) for products stored throughout the reservation. Over the course of a year, the HMP team monitors more than 140,000 pounds of regulated substances. HMMS helps them track those substances for annual regulatory reporting.

Impact #1	Achieved 100% compliance with applicable government, military and industry standards
Impact #2	Earned “Full Conformance” rating from Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) – highest-ever rating from headquarters audit
Impact #3	Tracked more than 8,000 MSDSs and 140,000 pounds of regulated substances

Impact #1

Achieved 100% compliance with applicable government, military and industry standards

Impact #2

Earned “Full Conformance” rating from Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) – highest-ever rating from headquarters audit

Impact #3

Tracked more than 8,000 MSDSs and 140,000 pounds of regulated substances

Benefit #1	Managed 255,952 pounds of waste, with an estimated value of $111,056
Benefit #2	Product shelf-life extensions resulted in an 87% reuse of materials that otherwise would have ended up as hazardous waste
Benefit #3	Annual reductions in hazardous material usage and hazardous waste generation

Benefit #1

Managed 255,952 pounds of waste, with an estimated value of $111,056

Benefit #2

Product shelf-life extensions resulted in an 87% reuse of materials that otherwise would have ended up as hazardous waste

Benefit #3

Annual reductions in hazardous material usage and hazardous waste generation

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Government & Military Industry Excellence Award Winner: Eglin Air Force Base

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