1. March 7,2OO1,
A newera be$ins
Across Controls,' Project Epoch' makes
plans fo, a major bwsiness transformation
epoch (EP-ik) n. 1. A particular
period of history; especially one re-
garded as being in some way character-
istic, remarkable, or memorable; an
era. 2. A point in time or progress that
marks the beginning of such a period.
f'lonsider the above definition and
Urorn" big events come to mind: the
period when dinosaurs inhabited the
earth, the Renais-
sance, World War II
and the global politi-
cal transformation
that followed. In the
context of business,
the term also describes
the unprecedented pe-
riod of consolidation
and realignment that
defined the aerospace
industry in the 1990s.
Today, Controls is
laying plans for an
epoch of its own
-a total transformation
in the way the business operates, from
managing inventory and finances to cre-
ating a more customer-friendly enterprise
that sets new standards for delivering su-
perb products on time and on budget.
Get acquainted with Project Epoch.
It's here to stay, and it's going to affect
every Controls employee over the next
two years.
"The formation of the new Controls
business is a defining moment for us,
and one that will drive an effbrt to
totally transform this business." said Pat
Shannon, Epoch program director. "We
are fortunate. really. because our efforts
to rein,ent Controls come rvith a built-
in sense of urgencv."
Urgertcr? You bet
-
on tlvo levels.
First. Controls has a shofi-term need to
get otf of the Lockheed Martin com-
puter systems that still support much ol
the Johnson City and
Fort Wayne opera-
tions. Longer-term,
the business must
undertake a culture
shift
- operating as
one business across
five sites and trans-
forming itself into a
high-performing
organization that
satisfies customers'
demands for im-
proved service and
qu.ality at lowerEPOCH pnces.
The transformation will be under-
pinned by computer systems
-
an
overarching "e-business" suite provided
by Oracle Corp. and five other major
systems that will manage engineering
data, pricing, personnel data, time and
attendance, and travel and living. These
systems will be implemented in phases
starting this year, as old Lockheed
Martin svstems
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BAE SYSTEMS ContTo|s
Herringto lead
ItilegffiedSystems
businessarlea
tflhomas Herring has been named
I vice president of Integrated Sys-
tems for Controls, effective March
12. Herring comes to Controls from
BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Systems
in Greenlawn,
N.Y., where he
has spent his
entire 20-year
career. He will
be based in
Santa Monica.
Herring has
held a succes-
sion ofincreas-
ingly respon-
sible program
management positions at Advanced
Systems, most recently as vice presi-
dent of National Upgrade Programs
and Display Systems. Prior to that
assignment, he was director of pro-
grams for the Display Systems prod-
uct line. He also served in program
management positions on the B-2,
E-2C. 137, and other major programs.
For the past six months, Herring
has been transition manager respon-
sible for overseeing BAE SYS-
TEMS' integration of Lockheed
Martin's Aerospace Electronics Sys-
tems businesses. That acquisition was
completed in November 2000.
"Tom brings a wealth of program
management experience that will
make him a major asset in managing
a business area as diverse as Inte-
grated Systems," said Jim Scanlon,
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H erring

2. 2 . lnsight . March 7,2OOL
U.S. aequisitions marked'challen$in$' 2OOO
AE SYSTEMS announced its full-
year financial results for 2000, "a
challenging year" punctuated by major
U.S. acquisitions and successful inte-
gration of the heritage British Aero-
space and Marconi Electronic Systems
businesses but underscored by well-
publicized problems.
"Last year was a challenging year,"
said John Weston, chief executive.
"With our acquisitions in the U.S. the
successful integration of our company,
we have achieved our long-term objec-
tive of being positioned as a world
leading systems, defense, and aerospace
company."
Howevel BAE SYSTEMS also had
to deal with the reassessment of the
Nimrod program, which resulted in a
pretax charge of $435 million, and the
restructuring requirements of the
company's Programs organization.
A summary of the 2000 results:
. Profit before interest, excluding
goodwill amortization and exceptional
items, was $1.37 billion.
. Underlying profit was $1.8 billion
for the year, excluding exceptional
items, goodwill amortization, and
Nimrod.
. Sales were $17 billion.
. The order book stood at $59.45
billion at the end of the year.
. Cash performance was strong, with
net operating inflows of $2.7 billion.
"We have now drawn a line under
the problems of the past," Weston said,
adding that he anticipates resumption of
growth in 2002 and beyond as the
company benefits from its investment in
the United States, from growth in Air-
bus Industrie (in which BAE SYS-
TEMS is a 20Vo partner), and from the
start of new production programs.
The Epoch vision
common, integrated
enterprise across all sites
that enables sustained com-
petitive advantage and profit-
able growth. This common
enterprise encompasses the
entire program management
and product life cycles and will
be e-connected with custom-
ers, parLners, suppliers, and
geographically dispersed sites.
eliminate activities that don't provide
value to customers, Mitchell said.
During the coming months, employ-
ees will hear much more about Project
Epoch from their managers, through
the Epoch newsletter and this publica-
tion, and via an Epoch Web site that
will be available soon.
Employee briefings
slated for this month
BAE SYSTEMS' 2001 business plan
and the "Pedormance Challenge," the
strategy for achieving that plan, will be
discussed at all-employee meetings later
this month. The meetings will cover the
state of the company from the corpo-
rate, North America, and local Controls
perspectives. Schedule information will
follow soon.
Tom Herring
continued from page 7-
Controls president. "With this appoinr
ment, we have completed the job of
naming our senior leadership team, and
I know we can count on each and every
member of our Integrated Systems
business team to support Tom as we
continue our locus on meeting our
customer commitments."
A native of Long Island, Herring
holds a bachelor's degree in business
administration from Hofstra University.
He is a member of the Society for
Information Displays, the Navy
League, the Long Island Forum for
Technology, the American Management
Association, and the Long Island Asso-
ciation. Herring, his wife, and their two
children will relocate to Southern Cali-
fornia in the near future.
Published on altennte Wednesday's for BAE
SYSTEMS Cotlttols enq)lolees in Johnson Cin',
N.Y.: Santa Monica cutd Ontario, Calif.; Fort
Wayne, Ind.; and Redntond, Wash. Send cotn-
nrcnts and sltggestiot'ts to Larrv Stone, BAE
SySfEMS, 600 Main Street, Johnson Cit,, N.y.
13790. Phone (607) 770-3911;.ftt-r (607) 770-
3 5 24 ; lawrenc e.r. s t one @ bae slsl en$.cont
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Proiect Epoch a blueprint for change
continued from page 1-
SATRN are replaced, and implementa-
tion will conclude in the beginning of
2003, when the Oracle system goes live
in Santa Monica.
"The systems we operate today do a
generally good job of addressing indi-
vidual tasks, but without the ability to
coordinate these activities, we're miss-
ing out on a big competitive opportu-
nity," said Mitch Mitchell, Controls'
new vice president of Information
Technology. But make no mistake,
Mitchell advises: Project Epoch is not
just a systems initiative.
"Systems are a key element of how
we will accomplish this transformation,
but in many ways they are incidental to
the larger goals we have set," he said.
"BAE SYSTEMS has set the goal of
being a 'benchmark'company, and that
means setting and meeting the highest
standards of performance to each other
and to our customers." For Controls, it
means being able to move fast, commu-
nicate seamlessly, implement processes
that are simple and mistake-proof, and
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3. )u'. LO.2OO2 BAE SYSTEMS ContToIs
First hardware for F€5 computer ships
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System Develrrprnent and D:: r:.r:-
tion phase. Delirerv of an F--1-' '--';.:
l:inagenrent Crrmputer b':e .: :rt .
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tant c.rntriL,uiirtn to the JSF pri ir:r.n.
especiallr _sir.en the short tir.ne frame rn
which this work was contpieted." said
Bill Dawson, program mln.rser for ti:e
F-35 Vehicle 14anagemenr Computer.
The breadboard was de.:_gned. fabri-
cated, tested. and intc,ci,,:i in set,en
months
-
"a signiii.::. .r.tr rhat re-
flects the importanc: , .:.. Jclivery to
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t8 to
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r:- .-: i;cilitr in Fort
ti' :,:.. Tcras. rvhere it
.'. rrl be used for software
J3,'slppnrent. BAE SYS-
TEIS Controls is do'el-
trpint the F--l-5's rehicle
1 :in lS.'ment Cr,nt pu ier
lC . ,',:- -: :.-:r .:: . The F--li Jt:it'ii S:rire Figlztxr
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)I.nls equip-
Lnder an SDD contract awarded last
0ember. Controls rvill build nine
L,readboard VN,ICs. 63 engineering
Jer elopment VNICs. I 17 flight der e1-
opment VMCs. and 20 engineerinu tesr
stan ds.
Smooth sailingfor Proiect Epoch
Johnson City's go-live is characterized by calm
rFh. Pro ject Epoch term rr atched
I r,i ith pridc us Julv I e rnre unJ u enr
smoothly in Johnson Ciry. "Vs came in
on Monday with a nerv suite of s stenrs
and processes and elfectirelt' ran the
business seamlessll,.'' said Pat Shannon.
director of Business Transformation.
"We shipped product. invoiced our
customers. and ran MRP (the new
Manufacturing Resource Planning
systemt. The nrost imprcssive part ils
the relative calm across the business in
acclimating to the new systems and
processes."
The Help Desk was preparcd tbr a
possible onslaught. but one never carr'le.
Emplovees had questions but. bv rvork-
ing to-uether or asking super users fbr
help. the,r uere able to tlsure out most
ol their problems. Barb 'illiams.
,utoTime super user. said she fieided
many questions but that everyone as
very patient, making her job much
easier.
Success was not determined soielv
by the calm. seamless transition..n
improvement over the old systems *as
apparent afterjust a couple ol days.
"DLrring the frrst two davs ol opera-
--ut
I
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4. 2 . lnsight . July 10, 2002
Santa Monica move on trackfor sprinE'O3
Bern lrfson. right, Humnn Resottrces t,ice president in Santa
aiuioiiiiii;:itnd Robii Ftavnaa president oJ Crown Reahy &
IlevaofAAnt, signthi lease agreement last week.
Epoch launch is smooth sailinE in JC
continued from page 7 -
tions, more than 1.600 AutoTime trans-
actions rvere recorded without error:
products were shipped and invoicc'd:
and more goods were received than had
ever been received during a cornparable
time period in our history." said N{itch
Mitchell. vice presi-
dent of Intbrmation
Technology. "The
Epoch team should
be very proud. Now
rve look forward to
seeing the transition
completed in Fort
Wayne and bringing
Santa Monica on
board, makin-s us
truly one business."
Project Epoch
began nearly trvo
years ago because ol
the need to extricate
Controls from
Lockheed Martin
business systems and
services after its salc to BAE SYS-
TEMS. Not only did Epoch deiine ne s
systems and processes
-
iI alst-, create,l
a map of a// Controls processes. some-
thing that did not erist previously. and
made thenr easilr' ar ailable to the busi-
NCSS.
Bet erh Bikos. a Jolutsott ()in, pror:ess specialist, scans a bar cotle into
Oracle ort Juh l u.sirtg orte of set,eral rtewlt'purchused computers.
Compan)- signs 1O-year agreement
for 'Class A olhces in est LA
T) elocation of Controls' Santa Monica oiiices to a
ILn.* lacility in West Los Angeles is on track for spring
2003 following last week's signing of a 10-rear lease for the
nerv site.
The company will lease 150,000 square teet of space in
the Wateridge Two building at the northeast corner of La
Cienega and Slauson on Los Angeles's West Side. Wateridge
Two, a neu'ly constructed "Class A" office building, was
selected to suit curent and future needs.
Wateridge Two offers such technical amenities as frber-
optic infrastructure and "people" amenities including a
stream, hammocks, putting greens, volleyball courts. rn
open-air amphitheater, and covered and uncovered perking.
The building contains a total of 200.000 square teet. ottering
potential for Controls to grow its presence. There also are
other buildings on the site lor future growth.
With a total r,alue of nearly $48 million. the deal is the
largest oftlce least on the city's West Side to date in 2002"
Controls evaluated some 50 potential sites in greater Los
Angeles prior to selecting Watendge.
Videos from G17 event
available in JC library
-HS tapes con-
teining all three
r rJeos shown at
the June 26 C-11
100'h aircraft
celebration are
available from the
To borrow a copy,
or call Ext. 2589.
Johnson Citl library.
stop by the library
Published on dltemote Wedttesdcn's Jbr B,4E
SYSTEMS ControLs enplot,ees in Johnson
Cit,-, N.Y.; Sattct Monica and Ontario, Caltf.;
FortWa|ne, Ind.; and Redrnond,Wa.slt. Sentl
comnrcnts and suggestions to Lttrn Storte, BAE
.lyS76MS, 600 Main Street, Joltn.soti Cirr; N. ){
I 3790. Plnne (607 ) 770-3911; .la.r (607 ) 770-
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