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dc.contributor.advisorCalvano, Charles
dc.contributor.authorLeFon, Carroll F.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-14T17:43:31Z
dc.date.available2012-03-14T17:43:31Z
dc.date.issued2009-03
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/4916
dc.description.abstractNaval aviation is a large and complex operation, with multiple stakeholders and an ingrained tension between generating combat readiness for current operations and procurement funds for future capabilities. Naval aviation leadership has developed an enterprise approach to managing these often competing requirements that uses modern business process tools under the fundamental principle of alignment. This process showed remarkable results at the factory-level, with production efforts generating significant savings and process efficiencies. From that initial success, the enterprise model was enlarged to overall management of aircraft flight hours, supply parts, personnel and production of replacement airframes. It was further enlarged to encompass the aircraft carrier fleet. This thesis examines the environment that drove the need to employ an enterprise construct, comparing it to the systems engineering approach used to bring new material solutions from concept of operations, to development and sustainment over the product lifecycles. It analyzes the tools and processes used, the benefits gained and the costs of executing under the enterprise management scheme. It analyzes how the Naval Aviation Enterprise model has been exported to other warfighting enterprises and the Navy generally. It concludes that enterprise alignment using modern business process tools indeed provides naval leadership with powerful leverage to generate combat readiness at reduced cost, now and in the future. It also concludes that further work remains to be done to ensure that an ingrained culture of consumption becomes cost-aware, and that real alignment of missions, functions and tasks must be undertaken to ensure that "quick wins" translate eventually into sustained, strategic change management.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/thecarrierreadin109454916
dc.format.extentxxii,121 p.en_US
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.subject.lcshSystems engineeringen_US
dc.subject.lcshProduction engineeringen_US
dc.titleThe Carrier Readiness Team realizing the vision of the Naval Aviation Enterpriseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.secondreaderRoberts, Ben
dc.contributor.corporateNaval Postgraduate School
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineering Management
dc.description.serviceUS Navy (USN) author.en_US
dc.identifier.oclc319179690
etd.thesisdegree.nameM.S.en_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSystems Engineering Managementen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
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