In an effort to accelerate the migration to cost-wise readiness and to leverage best business practices into more Navy and Marine Corps operations, NAVRIIP is introducing NAVRIIP University (NavU) to facilitate the education process to the Navy.

Training sessions are scheduled throughout the year. The next session is scheduled for April 20 in North Island, Ca. Other 2004* dates are:

May 19 - Oceana, Va.
May 20 - Norfolk, Va.
June 15 - North Island, Ca.

*More dates will be added soon.

The NavU is a one-day training session, which focuses on the processes, tools and applications available in the NAVRIIP and AIRSpeed toolkits. By providing exposure to NAVRIIP history, processes and tools, any employee assigned to units participating in NAVRIIP and AIRSpeed activities will learn how to quickly become an effective member of the team in support of the initiative.

Members of the NAVRIIP management team and the Thomas Group, a consulting company with expertise in process management, will teach the course. NavU training will occur monthly.

For registration and course information, contact the Thomas Group by email at [email protected], or by calling 972.401.4276. Additional sessions will be added if demand exceeds the current schedule.

The training will consist of four modules, each lasting two hours. The first introduction module will concentrate on NAVRIIP and AIRSpeed history, the charter and organization, and an overview of the processes, tools, teams and success stories.

The second module will cover key processes used in the NAVRIIP program, including metrics management, barrier identification and removal, as well as actions in progress management.

The third module will focus on NAVRIIP tools and attendees will have a choice on which tools overviews to attend: theory of constraints; lean manufacturing; Six Sigma; the aviation financial analysis tool; earned value analysis; or the Kelly Index.

The fourth module will address effective team membership for the cross-functional teams, barrier removal teams and type-model-series teams. An overview of product enterprise teams will be added later.

For more information on NAVRIIP and AIRSpeed, go to http://www.airpac.navy.mil/navriip/, or call 301.757.1487.