File Number:  NPS-AM-06-003

Author: Komoroski, Christine L.

Title: Reducing Cycle Time and Increasing Value through the Application of Knowledge Value Added Methodology to the U.S. Navy Shipyard Planning Process

Advisors: Dr. Thomas Housel and Dr. Glenn Cook

Published: December 2005

Sponsored by: Acquisition Chair, Naval Postgraduate School

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Abstract:

As technology advances at an ever-quickening pace, it has become more important to identify ways to capture and measure the spectrum of benefits information technology resources can provide.  In today’s competitive global economy, organizations that best employ and manage knowledge assets to maximize process executions, and improve process outputs, will prosper.  Through the analytic form of analysis known as the Knowledge Value Added (KVA) methodology, this thesis will identify a technique to measure the performance of knowledge assets.  The resulting values can be compared in varying notional scenarios to assess potential improvements for knowledge-intensive processes.  This method of analysis will demonstrate how reengineered processes enable organizations to reduce costs, and maximize knowledge creation and production capacity.

A Proof of Concept was developed to analyze the long-established Shipyard planning yard processes, which supports maintenance and modernization of the U.S. Navy Fleet.  With these baseline processes as the cornerstone for academic analysis, the KVA methodology shows iterations of varying scenarios using automated data capture and collaborative technology, and the return each provides.  Most importantly, the methodology establishes evidence which suggests reengineered shipyard planning yard processes will shorten the duration of Navy ship availabilities, while reducing the annual operating cost of four government planning yards by more than $30 million dollars.

Keywords: Knowledge Value Added, KVA, Ship Maintenance and Modernization, Return on Investment, ROI, Return on Knowledge, ROK, Information Technology, IT, Laser Scanners, Collaboration, Planning Yards, Navy Shipyards

The research presented in this report was supported by the Acquisition Chair of the Graduate School of Business & Public Policy at the Naval Postgraduate School.
 
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