Air Force print news (Feb. 2, 2007): AFSO 21: achieving a smarter staffing process.PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE Peterson Air Force Base (Peterson AFB) is a base of the United States Air Force located at Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Peterson AFB is home to US Northern Command, NORAD, Air Force Space Command, Army Space Command, the 21st Space Wing (host unit) , Colo. -- Getting better and faster answers for decision makers was the goal for a team from Headquarters Air Force Space Command and the Space and Missile Systems Center Based out of Los Angeles Air Force Base in California, the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) is a part of Air Force Space Command of the United States Air Force. Its mission is to conduct research and development of U.S. military outer space and missile systems. at Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. AFB AFB abbr. acid-fast bacillus AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass , Calif., which met for an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century Rapid Improvement Event Jan. 22 to 25. Led by Lt. Col. Corey Keppler, AFSPC's deputy director of staff, the team, comprised of approximately 15 people, looked at ways to improve the tasking process at headquarters and across the command. The tasking process is one way headquarters staff members obtain information to make decisions and respond to requests from other organizations. "We're trying to shave time off the process," Keppler said. "If you get the tasker faster to the action officer who is going to have the answer, then you get the answer faster." And the answers can help Air Force and AFSPC Noun 1. AFSPC - a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations Air Force Space Command senior leaders make better decisions. "The intent is to promote timeliness with no loss in quality," said Maj. Gen. David Frostman, AFSPC's mobilization assistant to the commander and AFSPC's AFSO AFSO Air Force Smart Operations AFSO Air Force Special Ops (New Zealand) AFSO Assistant Facility Security Officer AFSO Australian Geological Survey Organisation AFSO Aviation Fluids Services Officer (Canadian Air Force) 21 program champion. Frostman said similar AFSO 21 efforts are going on throughout the command. AFSO 21 is an Air Force initiative that challenges people to look at ways to accomplish the Air Force mission more effectively and efficiently while maintaining quality and safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. . "When we talk about AFSO 21, thinking outside the box should be the norm. We must constantly look at ways to save precious dollars, manpower, and time resources," said Col. Alvin Kemmet, AFSPC's director of staff and the Rapid Improvement Event process owner The process owner is the person who co-ordinates the various functions and work activities at all levels of a process. This person might have the authority or ability to make changes in the process as required, and manages the entire process cycle to ensure performance . Keppler said the AFSPC team recommended providing taskers to action officers at the earliest opportunity and giving them more accountability throughout the tasking process. Other recommendations included transitioning from sequential to parallel staffing and promoting reductions in rework of content and format. Sequential staffing moves information one person at a time, while parallel staffing means staff members receive information simultaneously. "All of these changes have the potential to reduce process time as much as 75 percent," said Lt. Col. Thomas Peppard, the AFSPC AFSO 21 office chief. A campaign to explain the recommended changes to the staffing process will start in February with briefings at HQ AFSPC, numbered air force This is a list of Numbered Air Forces (NAF) of the United States Air Force Historically, a NAF is a level of command below a MAJCOM (Major Command), and above one or more Wings or independent Groups. Over time their role has changed. , and center staffs. Full implementation of a pilot program will begin March 1. The pilot program will look at measuring time savings and identifying areas for improvement. "The pilot program will be the key to success of AFSO 21," said Frostman. AFSPC leaders stress that continuous process improvement is a team effort by everyone in the command. Doi is with Air Force Space Command Public Affairs. |
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