ARMY AL&T
Pilot CPI/LSS Green Belt and Black Belt courses are being tested in FY11 within the ASAALT and reporting organizations. (U.S. Army photo by Jon Connor, U.S. Army Sustainment Command.)
To equip the acquisition workforce to meet today’s complex set of demands on their time and produce the kind of results our Soldiers depend on, ASAALT is investing in innovative ways to apply CPI/LSS methods by making training and coaching resources more available to ASAALT workforce members.
business processes; reduces process cycle times; and drives down costs through a variety of methods such as LSS, which is geared toward more efficient use of resources.
LSS is a method of improving efficiency and effectiveness that combines the Lean (identifying and eliminating activities lacking value) with Six Sigma (eliminating quality defects and waste caused by variation). This approach can
be applied to any process, whether it is manufacturing, acquisition, logistics, administration, or services. The objective of using LSS methodologies is to deliver high-quality products and services more efficiently and effectively.
LSS is designed to embody the tenets of CPI.
“What you are looking to do is get a level of proficiency systemically
deployed across an organization that can use the tools, speak a common language, and be able to use problem- solving techniques in a very structured, uniform way. That really drives the cul- tural change,” said Paul Chiodo, CPI/ LSS Deployment Director for Program Executive Office Ammunition (PEO Ammo), one of the participants in the pilot program.
Testing New Courses The new pilot Green Belt and Black Belt courses are being tested in FY11 within the ASAALT and reporting organizations. The courses have been designed based on feedback from PEOs and students who want them to be more focused on the student’s need to solve the problem being addressed in a CPI/LSS project. The pilot courses
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