Readiness measures the ability of any military unit, such as a combat division, a fleet, or a squadron to perform its assigned mission. Logistics, available spare parts, training, equipment, number, and training of personnel and their morale all contribute to readiness.
Thomas Group takes a process performance approach, applying its proprietary Process Value Management™ (PVM) to improving US military readiness, resulting in breakthrough performance enhancements.
Using this approach, Thomas Group has successfully consulted for the US Department of Defense (DOD) within all Navy warfighting commands, called Type Commanders (TYCOMS): Naval Aviation, Surface Warfare, Submarine Warfare, Expeditionary Warfare, Network Warfare, and SEALS. Thomas Group has also consulted with the Fleet Readiness Enterprise to which the TYCOMS report and has consulted for many of the supporting commands to produce cost-effective Navy readiness.
For example, in its work for the US Navy, Thomas Group has reduced the Time-to-Train (TTT) of naval aviators from an average of 44 to 27 months, a 37 percent improvement, which, in turn, has significantly contributed to enhanced US naval aviator readiness.
Since the TTT engagement, Naval Aviation has engaged Thomas Group to apply PVM methodology to work on its Enlisted Aircrew production, aviation mechanics production, and its total supply chain that produces Aircraft Ready for Tasking, one of seven key US Navy enterprise dashboard readiness metrics. By year-end 2006, Naval Aviation production was at 98.1 percent of fleet demand while Naval Aircrew Production was at 99.4 percent of fleet demand. Thanks, in part, to Thomas Group’s Readiness Solution, Aircraft Ready for Tasking improved 63% from 2002 through 2006. Since then, all Naval Aviation process improvement work has been consolidated into the Naval Aviation Enterprise (NAE) program and is being operated much like a $40 billion corporation.
Thomas Group’s readiness solution offers the same principals and elements of culture and process change whether applying PVM to DOD, non-military governmental agencies, or to corporations:
PVM has been widely accepted as the change management method of choice by Thomas Group’s Department of Defense clients and is driving impressive cost-wise readiness results with very high return on investment (ROI) – over 20:1, which is very high even by private-sector standards. These same principles can be applied to any government agency, for example Claims Process Readiness, Agency/Department Mission Readiness, etc.
Thomas Group has the strategic and operational know-how, coupled with deep process and culture change expertise and enterprise improvement experience, to help any US government agency, department, or organization interested in a readiness solution.
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