Consultants Realize Initial Results From New Application of `Fast Process' Methodology.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 1999-- Thomas Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TGIS TGIS Thank God It's Sabado (Philippine TV series in the 1990s) TGIS Temporal Geographical Information Systems TGIS Thank God It's Saturday TGIS Thank God I'm Single ), a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a specializing in helping organizations achieve operational excellence and a fast process environment, is beginning to see the results of a new application of its "fast process" methodology through a three-year process improvement program for the U.S. Navy. In a recent story from the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. , the Navy acknowledged that it is achieving significant progress in its efforts to reduce the time it takes to turn flight-school recruits into pilots, flight officers and navigators by 40 percent. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the article, training times have been cut by 16 percent just one year into the program. This year, 1,200 aviators Well-known aviators People largely known for their contributions to the history of aviation While all of these people were pilots (and some still are), many are also noted for contributions in areas such as aircraft design and manufacturing, navigation or were prepared to join the fleet, up from 1,050 the previous year. According to Navy officials, long delays in flight training have been a result of a breakdown in what should have been a smooth, continuous stream to a series of stops and starts. Pilot shortage, low morale and a higher recruit dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human rate were becoming more frequent. The story goes on to say that while the Navy had figured out the problem some time ago, they looked to an outside source to effect the necessary internal changes. "The Navy invited the Thomas Group to study its training program and make suggestions for improvement. It then awarded a three-year, $20 million contract to have the Irving company slice training times by one-third or more." Jim Houlditch, president of Thomas Group's aviation unit, says no attempt has been made to alter the Navy curriculum content for training pilots. "We focus our efforts on controlling the flow of students entering the program, and improving scheduling of aircraft, instructors and recruits to reduce breaks between the different training stages," said Houlditch. "In order to speed up training, we need to ensure that one smooth, seamless process is maintained." According to Navy officials, "More efficient training will be better, not just quicker ... shortening the training time will reduce attrition Attrition The reduction in staff and employees in a company through normal means, such as retirement and resignation. This is natural in any business and industry. Notes: and save taxpayers' money by leaving more time for pilots to actually fly before their careers are up." While some may consider the Navy to be an unusual customer for a company who traditionally works to improve business processes for Fortune 500 companies, Houlditch believes Thomas Group's success in streamlining the training process is a prime example of how the firm's core fast process methodology has universal applications. "The same concept can be applied to the Air Force and other areas of the military, as well as commercial airlines. We are continually looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. opportunities to expand our offerings to new industries." Thomas Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TGIS) is an international professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm that provides solutions to increase competitiveness by implementing change and helping clients create fast company environments. Thomas Group's Resultants(SM) work on-site with client companies to analyze operations, and to develop and implement improvement strategies that produce meaningful results. Thomas Group has offices in Dallas, Detroit, Frankfurt, and Singapore. For more information, please visit http://www.thomasgroup.com, or call 1-800-826-2057. |
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