By NAVRIIP Communications Action Team

NAVRIIP University (NavU) will hold the next training session on May 5 at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. The session will be held at the base theatre and is open to all employees.

In an effort to accelerate the migration to cost-wise readiness and to leverage best business practices into more Navy and Marine Corps operations, NavU has been established to facilitate the education process to the Navy.

Training sessions are scheduled throughout 2004. The following dates are available:

May 5 – Patuxent River, Md. (PMA 231/265/273)
May 19 – Oceana, Va.
May 25 – Lemoore, Ca.
June 2 – Patuxent River, Md (PMA 265)
June 15 – North Island, Ca.

*More dates will be added soon.

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 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.

The training will introduce NAVRIIP and AIRSpeed history, the charter and organization, and an overview of the processes, tools, teams and success stories.

In addition, employees will learn about Process Value Management tools, which address dynamic cycle time, and best business practices including a focus on Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma. The training will also explain the aviation financial analysis tool (AFAST), and cross-functional team and type/model/series team participation.

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