KCNSC cost savings and avoidance optimizes nuclear security mission

The Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) made significant strides in enhancing business efficiencies through cost savings and avoidance in fiscal year 2025 (FY25). These savings came from across the business resulting in leaner production activities and continued optimization of KCNSC’s manufacturing operations.

Supply Chain Management Center (SCMC): $58 million at KCNSC/$472 million across NNSA and DOE EM sites

As a strategic sourcing program operated by KCNSC, the SCMC works with more than 26 labs, plants, and sites overseen by the National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management to create an effective, efficient, and strategically driven enterprise-wide sourcing and procurement function.

In FY25, contractor sites that participated in the SCMC program saved $472.5 million against a target of $313.7 million. KCNSC reported $58 million in strategic savings in FY25 against a goal of $29.2 million, achieving 7.65% in savings against an annual goal of 4%. Savings are achieved by using SCMC core offerings, including: multisite commodity agreements; digital procurement, sourcing and catalog tools; enterprise training through Contractor Acquisition University; a Small Business Program Resource Center to assist site small business program managers; supply chain risk management; and business intelligence.

Data and Information Gateway (DIG): $880,000

The Purchased Product Center of Excellence (PPCOE) is spearheading a large effort to digitize their operations, supporting both internal and vendor process improvement. The team developed the Data and Information Gateway (DIG), which integrates existing data streams and processes into a centralized hub for purchased product operations. The initiative also serves to transition manual or disconnected processes into a single platform.

DIG’s implementation streamlines a variety of critical workflows previously executed through separate platforms, such as Webforms and Certification Review Checklists. By enabling access to each of these processes through one consolidated touchpoint, DIG has improved supplier experience, reduced opportunity for error and driven efficiencies.

The DIG tools leverage Big Data architecture, enabling KCNSC’s engineering teams to make data-driven decisions with confidence in their information. These efforts have already captured more than $880,000 in cost savings over two years, with additional implementations expected throughout FY26.