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Continual Improvement in Shuttle LogisticsIt has been said that Continual Improvement (CI) is difficult to apply to service oriented functions, especially in a government agency such as NASA. However, a constrained budget and increasing requirements are a way of life at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC), making it a natural environment for the application of CI tools and techniques. This paper describes how KSC, and specifically the Space Shuttle Logistics Project, a key contributor to KSC's mission, has embraced the CI management approach as a means of achieving its strategic goals and objectives. An overview of how the KSC Space Shuttle Logistics Project has structured its CI effort and examples of some of the initiatives are provided.
Document ID
19970009791
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Flowers, Jean
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Schafer, Loraine
(NASA Kennedy Space Center Cocoa Beach, FL United States)
Date Acquired
August 17, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: A Collection of Technical Papers from the 6th Space Logistics Symposium
Subject Category
Systems Analysis
Report/Patent Number
AIAA Paper 95-0944
Accession Number
97N15164
Distribution Limits
Public
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