(U.S. Army: Washington, D.C.) -- The U.S. Army’s ongoing implementation of lean Six Sigma (LSS) techniques, as embodied in the Army Business Transformation Strategic Framework, continues to show success, and leaders anticipate reaching a $2 billion savings mark this year. A recent LSS success took place at West Point, where five officers-in-training who had completed Green Belt LSS training successfully applied a lean process called value-stream analysis to devise a more efficient meal-scheduling system, which resulted in a reduction in the amount of discarded meals in the mess hall.

By predicting how many of their fellow cadets dined on certain optional meal days, the Green Belt trainees were able to show how the school could conserve resources by cutting costs and more efficiently allocating personnel, goods, and services.

Lt. Col. Donna Korycinski, the cadets’ adviser, teacher, mentor, and project director, says her students’ understanding of the LSS process allowed them to pull the techniques together and in the process leave a “long-lasting legacy at West Point.”

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