A NEW GLIDE PATH: APPLYING LEAN PRINCIPLES TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOL XXI ENTERPRISE

摘要

This paper utilizes lean thinking to analyze the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence's Flight School XXI Enterprise and provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of training aviators. Stakeholder surveys provided data for an analysis of the stakeholder values and the current enterprise value delivery. Historical data from the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence provided the remaining data for the analysis. The principles of lean thinking provided a guide for recommended actions to improve the performance of the enterprise. These recommendations included reducing the batch size of students per course, achieving continuous flow by cancelling initial course, and achieving customer pull by aligning aviator production to the aviation force structure. The paper provides the leadership of the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence with a glide path to transform Flight School XXI into a lean enterprise and achieve the Army's current and future training requirements for aviators.