Government & Military Industry Excellence Award Winner: Eglin Air Force Base
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Hazardous Material Management System (HMMS)
Tech Stack
- Material Management Software
- Waste Management Software
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Environmental Impact Reduction
- Productivity Improvements
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
About The 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.
The 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.
The 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.
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