What to Do About Operational Readiness Floats

摘要

Major General James Wright fellows at the College of William and Mary's Mason School of Business undertook a capstone project for determining the validity of the Army's operational readiness float (ORF) program as a readiness enabler. The team used tools and concepts developed through Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and through their 14-month MBA program. Under the overarching LSS construct of define, measure, analyze, improve, and control, the team incorporated diverse methods of study and gathered multiple sources of quantitative and qualitative data to shape their assessment and findings. The project team devised courses of action (COAs) ranging from maintaining the status quo to eliminating ORFs altogether.