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2. 2007-2008 Fellows. COL Willie Melendez, USALockheed Martin CorporationOrlando, FLCOL Joe Moore, USASRA International, Inc.Fairfax, VACDR Bill Brougham, USNOracle, Corporation Reston, VACDR Brent George, USNCACI International, Inc.Arlington, VACol Mur
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2. 2 2007-2008 Fellows COL Willie Melendez, USA Lockheed Martin Corporation
Orlando, FL
COL Joe Moore, USA SRA International, Inc.
Fairfax, VA
CDR Bill Brougham, USN Oracle, Corporation
Reston, VA
CDR Brent George, USN CACI International, Inc.
Arlington, VA
Col Murf Clark, USAF Cisco Systems, Inc.
San Jose, CA
Col Alan Lake, USAF Amgen, Inc.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Col (S) Roger Witek, USAF The Boeing Company St. Charles, MO
LtCol Jeff Colwell, USMC 3M Company
St. Paul, MN
LtCol Rey Masinsin, USMC Time Warner, Inc.
New York, NY
3. 3 Agenda Background
Common Findings/Recommendations
Discussion / Q&A
Individual Experiences (FYI)
(Background slides only when required)
Some brief background on the program for those who have never received a brief before.
Followed by the most important part, the officer’s recommendations.
Individual experiences are an up-date of our mid-term brief and we usually don’t have time to get there.(Background slides only when required)
Some brief background on the program for those who have never received a brief before.
Followed by the most important part, the officer’s recommendations.
Individual experiences are an up-date of our mid-term brief and we usually don’t have time to get there.
4. 4 SDCFP Background SECDEF concerns for future Service leaders
Open to organizational and operational change
Recognize opportunities made possible by info tech
Appreciate resulting revolutionary changes underway
Affecting society and business now
Affecting culture and operations of DoD in future
Businesses outside DoD successful in:
Adapting to changing global environment
Exploiting information revolution
Structural reshaping/reorganizing
Developing innovative processes
SECDEF was Secretary Perry, although AF Secretary Jim Roche will tell you that he was the godfather of the program that put the bug in everyone’s ear.
Perry’s concern was that career officers didn’t know what they didn’t know. Especially officers who had been operational their whole careers and had very little, if any interaction with the commercial world.
While certainly not perfect, the business world was better and faster in adopting new technologies, especially IT, and new organizations and processes.
And more open to change.
This program differs from previously existing Service Training with Industry programs in several respects:
Officers are more senior and the focus is on senior level leadership/management. How the generals and admirals of industry get their companies to adopt new processes and organizations. How they get them to change.
Officers are from all branches/operational specialties, not just from the support side.
Technology is of interest, but secondary to leadership and change management. SECDEF was Secretary Perry, although AF Secretary Jim Roche will tell you that he was the godfather of the program that put the bug in everyone’s ear.
Perry’s concern was that career officers didn’t know what they didn’t know. Especially officers who had been operational their whole careers and had very little, if any interaction with the commercial world.
While certainly not perfect, the business world was better and faster in adopting new technologies, especially IT, and new organizations and processes.
And more open to change.
This program differs from previously existing Service Training with Industry programs in several respects:
Officers are more senior and the focus is on senior level leadership/management. How the generals and admirals of industry get their companies to adopt new processes and organizations. How they get them to change.
Officers are from all branches/operational specialties, not just from the support side.
Technology is of interest, but secondary to leadership and change management.
5. 5 SDCFP Background DoD needs effective access to best executive level business practices applicable to operations & support
Strategic Planning
Organization
Change Management
Human Resources
Information Technology
Supply Chain
Outsourcing
Infrastructure approximately 2/3 of Defense Budget
Reforms generate savings
Savings applicable to operational shortfalls
THE SECDEF FELLOWS PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A TWO-FOLD REALIZATION AT HIGH LEVELS WITHIN DOD THAT:
WE WERE ENTERING AN ERA OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN BOTH THE OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF THE MILITARY, FUELED BY THE POSSIBILITIES OF INFORMATION AGE TECHNOLOGY.
THE CIVILIAN SECTOR WAS SUCCESSFULLY ADAPTING TO AND EXPLOITING THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION BY RESHAPING THEMSELVES MORE RAPIDLY THAN DOD
THE SECDEF FELLOWS PROGRAM BEGAN WITH A TWO-FOLD REALIZATION AT HIGH LEVELS WITHIN DOD THAT:
WE WERE ENTERING AN ERA OF REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN BOTH THE OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OF THE MILITARY, FUELED BY THE POSSIBILITIES OF INFORMATION AGE TECHNOLOGY.
THE CIVILIAN SECTOR WAS SUCCESSFULLY ADAPTING TO AND EXPLOITING THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION BY RESHAPING THEMSELVES MORE RAPIDLY THAN DOD
6. 6 SDCFP Organization Two or more officers from each Service
High flag/general officer potential
O- 6 or O- 5
Senior Service College credit
Group Education
Current political/military issues; leading edge technologies
Meetings with senior DoD officials, business executives, Members of Congress, the press, former sponsors, alumni
Graduate business school executive education
Eleven months at Sponsoring Company
Permanent Staff
SDCFP Director
Net Assessment for oversight
National Defense University for Admin support
www.ndu.edu/sdcfp/sdcfhom.html
7. 7 SDCFP Sponsors 07 - Prior
3M, ABB, Accenture, Agilent Technologies, American Management Systems, Amgen, Boeing, Caterpillar, Cisco, CNN, Deutsche Bank DirecTV, DuPont, Enron, FedEx, General Dynamics, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Human Genome Sciences, IBM, Insitu Group, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Loral, McKinsey & Co., McDonnell Douglas, Merck, Microsoft, Mobil, Netscape, Oracle, Northrop Grumman, Pfizer, Pratt & Whitney, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Raytheon, Sarnoff, Sears, Sikorsky, Southern Company, SRA International, Sun Microsystems, Symbol Technologies, Vertex Aerospace
07-08
3M, CACI International, Amgen, Boeing, Cisco, Time Warner, Lockheed Martin, Oracle, SRA International
08-09
Booz Allen, FedEx, Johnson & Johnson, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Sarnoff, Southern Company, Sun Microsystems, United Technologies Sponsoring companies where we’ve been before, where we are this year and where we’re going next, beginning this summer.
A broad range of business areas, each company a leader in its field. Only one defense contractor per year. Sponsoring companies where we’ve been before, where we are this year and where we’re going next, beginning this summer.
A broad range of business areas, each company a leader in its field. Only one defense contractor per year.
8. 8 SDCFP Results Program objectives fulfilled
Education
DoD, individual officers, Sponsors
More Sponsors than Fellows available
Intra-group experience sharing
Group visits with sponsor CEO’s and senior leadership
Unique corporate experience
Strong corporate support
Executive/operational level duty mix
Mergers/restructuring
Unexpected challenges, valuable insights
9. 9 SDCFP Products Build a cadre of future leaders who:
Understand more than the profession of arms
Understand adaptive and innovative business culture
Recognize organizational and operational opportunities
Understand skills required to implement change
Will motivate innovative changes throughout career
Report and Briefings directly
SecDef/DepSec, VCJCS, Service Secretaries & Chiefs, 30+ others
Business insights relevant to DoD culture/operations
Recommended process/organization changes
The short-term product – today’s briefing. Given to the senior officials of OSD and the Services that are in positions to take the ideas and act on them. Starting this year inputs to the Business Initiatives Council also.
We found that the feedback during these briefings provides a lot of education to the briefers as well. The realities of DoD. The problems faced by leaders trying to implement these or similar recommendations.
The long term product and, in Mr. Marshall’s view the real benefit of the program. Better officers who will make better decisions throughout the remainder of their careers and act as agents of change. The short-term product – today’s briefing. Given to the senior officials of OSD and the Services that are in positions to take the ideas and act on them. Starting this year inputs to the Business Initiatives Council also.
We found that the feedback during these briefings provides a lot of education to the briefers as well. The realities of DoD. The problems faced by leaders trying to implement these or similar recommendations.
The long term product and, in Mr. Marshall’s view the real benefit of the program. Better officers who will make better decisions throughout the remainder of their careers and act as agents of change.
10. 10 “And we must transform not only our own forces, but also the department that serves them by encouraging a culture of creativity and intelligent risk taking. We need to promote a more entrepreneurial approach to developing military capabilities, one that encourages people--all people--to be more proactive and not reactive, to behave somewhat less like bureaucrats and more like venture capitalists…”
SecDef Remarks
National Defense University
31 January 2002
11. 11 Agenda Background
Common Findings/Recommendations
Discussion / Q&A
Individual Experiences (FYI)
12. 12 Common Findings/Recommendations Imminent Talent Drought
Lead System Integrator (LSI)
Lean Six Sigma
Continual Process Improvement (CPI)
DoD Consolidation & Integration
Leveraging Enterprise Architecture (EA)
Web-Based Collaboration
Rise of Social Computing
Globalization and Strategic Messaging
13. 13 Imminent Talent Drought Issue
Industry and DOD facing a watershed — talent pipeline drying up
Discussion
Dearth of critical skills
Market and environmental factors
Aging workforce
Foreign nationals
Recommendations
Develop and stay disciplined in core competencies
Fashion agreement for skill-sets to mobilize industry and nation
Build partnerships and forge alliances
Expand opportunities for leaders
Model industry’s succession planning
Invest early in people and technology
14. 14 Lead System Integrator (LSI) Issue
Legislation to halt LSI starting Oct 2010?
Congress wants DoD to take control & management back
What are the thresholds? Who’s grand-fathered?
Can DoD acquisition core be rebuilt to go it alone?
Discussion
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Deepwater, Future Combat Systems, Ground-based Midcourse Defense, DD(X)
Compelling arguments for Lead, Large, Mission, or Prime “SI”
Business Ecosystem and Integrative Program Management
Recommendations
Learn from mistakes and partner; It’s not “Us or Them”!
Analyze/testify/lobby for DoD’s true in-house LSI capabilities
Defense Acquisition University teaches “Enterprise” integration at basic level
Understand essential elements of Prime “SI” Value Proposition
Open system standards, risk reduction, secure info management, better system performance, program velocity, tech-insertions, non-std business models Senate passed bill to halt LSI in 2011, House passed bill to halt it in 2010 as an emotional decision over the publicity of failures and over some incomplete info. Services can petition for programs to remain LSI, much like Nunn-McCurdy. Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) recommends to spend $300 million a year to rebuild acquisition community—how many years?
Deepwater – Cnx’d Coast Guard ships—cost increase of 50%, part of LSI of C-130s, helos, and ships.
Future Combat Systems – The reported 99B to 160B increase for the 2003-2014 program did not include the scope increase. Today, CPI is 99.3% and SPI 99.0%. And 100% milestone completion to date.
Ground-based Midcourse Defense – Deployed initial “hit-to-kill” capability 5 years early
DDX – Northrop led LSI with Raytheon and BAI with emphasis on common hull form and technology development. The Navy will use the advanced technology and networking capabilities from DD(X) and CG(X) in the development of the Littoral Combat Ship with the objective being a survivable,
Littoral Combat Ship – Commercial ferries got riddled with Navy ship building stds
In each business ecosystem (mimic biology), keystone firms punch above their weight and synchronizes. Synergizes BEST of government & industry to produce system of systems. Keystone firms streamline transactions and bring all contractors into closer relationships with customer community. Epitome of systems engineering & integration and supply chain management. Some contractors will argue to get rid of the middleman, but who will be motivated not to go to court over language in ICDs, etc? Greatly reduces overhead and are constantly streamlining for efficiencies. DoD organizations can’t flex manpower as well as industry, will argue more for organizational survival.
An integrative design approach reduces cycle-time by 2.5 years and delivers the product to market first with a constant presence of an integration team.
PSI maintains open systems architecture and controls standards, tests early and often on subsystems and prototypes to reduce risk, establishes secure collaborative environments to facilitate information dissemination across all partners, use common components and commercial products for efficient performance, harnesses synergies of best in govt and industry for system of system to develop faster, drive timely tech-insertions from commercial sector for win-win situation, works against conventional corporate business models.
Senate passed bill to halt LSI in 2011, House passed bill to halt it in 2010 as an emotional decision over the publicity of failures and over some incomplete info. Services can petition for programs to remain LSI, much like Nunn-McCurdy. Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment (DAPA) recommends to spend $300 million a year to rebuild acquisition community—how many years?
Deepwater – Cnx’d Coast Guard ships—cost increase of 50%, part of LSI of C-130s, helos, and ships.
Future Combat Systems – The reported 99B to 160B increase for the 2003-2014 program did not include the scope increase. Today, CPI is 99.3% and SPI 99.0%. And 100% milestone completion to date.
Ground-based Midcourse Defense – Deployed initial “hit-to-kill” capability 5 years early
DDX – Northrop led LSI with Raytheon and BAI with emphasis on common hull form and technology development. The Navy will use the advanced technology and networking capabilities from DD(X) and CG(X) in the development of the Littoral Combat Ship with the objective being a survivable,
Littoral Combat Ship – Commercial ferries got riddled with Navy ship building stds
In each business ecosystem (mimic biology), keystone firms punch above their weight and synchronizes. Synergizes BEST of government & industry to produce system of systems. Keystone firms streamline transactions and bring all contractors into closer relationships with customer community. Epitome of systems engineering & integration and supply chain management. Some contractors will argue to get rid of the middleman, but who will be motivated not to go to court over language in ICDs, etc? Greatly reduces overhead and are constantly streamlining for efficiencies. DoD organizations can’t flex manpower as well as industry, will argue more for organizational survival.
An integrative design approach reduces cycle-time by 2.5 years and delivers the product to market first with a constant presence of an integration team.
PSI maintains open systems architecture and controls standards, tests early and often on subsystems and prototypes to reduce risk, establishes secure collaborative environments to facilitate information dissemination across all partners, use common components and commercial products for efficient performance, harnesses synergies of best in govt and industry for system of system to develop faster, drive timely tech-insertions from commercial sector for win-win situation, works against conventional corporate business models.
15. 15 Lean Six Sigma Issue
How to drive Lean Six Sigma (LSS) across DoD
Discussion
LSS has a Proven Track Record
Path to Success with LSS
Deploy ? Integrate ? Sustain ? Institutionalize
Recommendations
Good start in DoD; need to increase deployment
Sustain the momentum
Use every opportunity to train and educate members on LSS
Create full time positions
Exploit/publicize/reward success
Vast opportunities for DoD in the “transactional” environment
Top leadership support and active involvement is critical Why Lean Six Sigma?
A proactive methodology of achieving excellence in business processes
A data and fact-driven approach versus a predominantly intuitive approach
Provides common approach to problem solving throughout the corporation, with suppliers, and customers
Provides leadership development throughout all disciplines within the corporation
Goal: Sales growth, increased productivity, higher earnings
Proven Track Record
20+ yrs of success across industry (manufacturing, retail, and services)
2% average annual cost savings + efficiencies
DoD $585B budget @ 2% = $11.7B or more potential annual savings + added efficiencies
Path to Successful CPI: Deploy ? Integrate ? Sustain ? Institutionalize
Top Down Push: Leadership (CEO) fully involved
Full-time trained employees (Black Belts, Master Black Belts etc.) –Usually about 1%
Agreed upon measurement system to capture “savings”
Communicate and replicate successes
Employed across the organization, beyond manufacturing
4-6 year timeframe needed to embed in organizational DNA
Why Lean Six Sigma?
A proactive methodology of achieving excellence in business processes
A data and fact-driven approach versus a predominantly intuitive approach
Provides common approach to problem solving throughout the corporation, with suppliers, and customers
Provides leadership development throughout all disciplines within the corporation
Goal: Sales growth, increased productivity, higher earnings
Proven Track Record
20+ yrs of success across industry (manufacturing, retail, and services)
2% average annual cost savings + efficiencies
DoD $585B budget @ 2% = $11.7B or more potential annual savings + added efficiencies
Path to Successful CPI: Deploy ? Integrate ? Sustain ? Institutionalize
Top Down Push: Leadership (CEO) fully involved
Full-time trained employees (Black Belts, Master Black Belts etc.) –Usually about 1%
Agreed upon measurement system to capture “savings”
Communicate and replicate successes
Employed across the organization, beyond manufacturing
4-6 year timeframe needed to embed in organizational DNA
16. 16 Continual Process Improvement (CPI) Issue
Recognize Corporate America and DoD have CPI challenges
Discussion
DoD following Corporate America’s CPI effort
All services vested and motivated to save money
Need to watch out and learn from corporate challenges
Corporate “bumps in the road”
Not just about training numbers of Green/Black Belts
More about selecting change agents
CPI is the “mission”; LSS a tool in the CPI toolbox
Other tools: Accelerated Change, Catalyst, Business Process Reengineering …
Many companies utilizing all tools in CPI effort
Problematic to name CPI effort after a CPI tool
When new tools show up, could cause “TQM flashback”
Some companies backing down on 100% LSS use… thwarts innovation
DoD and Corporate America still split on CPI naming
Recommendations:
Train as many as possible
Top performers (future Commanding Officers) as change agents
Caution against naming CPI effort after a CPI tool
Build CPI architecture with many tools
Industry is evolving; DoD needs to keep up
17. 17 DoD Consolidation & Integration Issue
DoD Consolidation / Integration / Facility Closure
Discussion
Service / Agency
Typically an internal focus
Minimal partnering outside borders
Assets
Consolidation or disposal?
Need for cost effective & timely disposal / dissemination
BRAC Consolidation Cycle continuity
Offices pop-up then disappear
Who maintains knowledge of best methods?
Corporate Knowledge / Tribal Knowledge loss
People are key asset
Attrition
How to capture Knowledge?
Integrating Acquisitions
Core industry competency
Resulting whole needs to be greater than individual entities
Accelerated Return on Investment (ROI)
Maximize revenue generation in minimal time
Corporations minimize downtime Issue
DOD consolidation
Occurring through consolidation / integration / closure of Military and government agency units/activities
One Example: Consolidation of multiple AF entities to form the AF Cyber Command
How best to accomplish, but make it expedient
Also occurring through BRAC downsizing on 5-year cycle
Discussion
Service / Agencies are expected to handle their consolidations internally (don’t like others playing in their sandbox
Do not see much in the way of partnering going on cross-service or agency to reduce cost and associated manpower
Assets
Consolidation or disposal (destruction or selling) of land, buildings, organizations, facilities & reduction in tangible assets
Need to accomplish in a cost effective and timely fashion
What to do with assets? I know we have DRMO, but many times these assets could be put to use with DoD by other agencies/services. How best to disseminate the availability DoD wide?
BRAC Consolidation Cycle continuity
Each 5-year cycle, one sees the stand up of offices in each service / agency to work on BRAC issues then offices go away as the scare or decision has passed
Need to have one entity with corporate knowledge for DoD and other government agencies on consolidations, integrations, downsizing, BRAC shutdowns
Same WRT consolidations – who provides continuity with best methods, seems to be a new experience with each organization going through it
Corporate Knowledge / Tribal Knowledge Loss
People make or break the success and determine how well a consolidation will occur
Build up for a consolidation, then loss of these same people after it occurs, they are the ones with corporate knowledge
Attrition within these organizations
How to retain personnel, but use them DoD-wide?
Need to retain that knowledge through personnel or knowledge capture
As we always see, those who are successful leave for better jobs and the less skilled bottom feeders stay behind
Integrating Acquisitions
We have been to at least 3 company days where acquisitions or consolidations were a corporate competency
These corporations are very good at consolidation to maximize their ROI
However, these consolidation of companies resulted in much larger single enterprises
Need to have the abilities and skills to manage these larger entities
Goal is to make the new division as productive as possible as soon as possible for maximum revenue generation
Same should apply to military and DoD consolidationIssue
DOD consolidation
Occurring through consolidation / integration / closure of Military and government agency units/activities
One Example: Consolidation of multiple AF entities to form the AF Cyber Command
How best to accomplish, but make it expedient
Also occurring through BRAC downsizing on 5-year cycle
Discussion
Service / Agencies are expected to handle their consolidations internally (don’t like others playing in their sandbox
Do not see much in the way of partnering going on cross-service or agency to reduce cost and associated manpower
Assets
Consolidation or disposal (destruction or selling) of land, buildings, organizations, facilities & reduction in tangible assets
Need to accomplish in a cost effective and timely fashion
What to do with assets? I know we have DRMO, but many times these assets could be put to use with DoD by other agencies/services. How best to disseminate the availability DoD wide?
BRAC Consolidation Cycle continuity
Each 5-year cycle, one sees the stand up of offices in each service / agency to work on BRAC issues then offices go away as the scare or decision has passed
Need to have one entity with corporate knowledge for DoD and other government agencies on consolidations, integrations, downsizing, BRAC shutdowns
Same WRT consolidations – who provides continuity with best methods, seems to be a new experience with each organization going through it
Corporate Knowledge / Tribal Knowledge Loss
People make or break the success and determine how well a consolidation will occur
Build up for a consolidation, then loss of these same people after it occurs, they are the ones with corporate knowledge
Attrition within these organizations
How to retain personnel, but use them DoD-wide?
Need to retain that knowledge through personnel or knowledge capture
As we always see, those who are successful leave for better jobs and the less skilled bottom feeders stay behind
Integrating Acquisitions
We have been to at least 3 company days where acquisitions or consolidations were a corporate competency
These corporations are very good at consolidation to maximize their ROI
However, these consolidation of companies resulted in much larger single enterprises
Need to have the abilities and skills to manage these larger entities
Goal is to make the new division as productive as possible as soon as possible for maximum revenue generation
Same should apply to military and DoD consolidation
18. 18 Consolidation & Integration (cont)
Recommendations
Develop core competency in consolidation / integration
Build partnerships / forge alliances with industry consolidators
Model leading industry’s acquisition models
Make Service / Agency independent
Address culture / identity issues
Create Knowledge Management repository / processes Recommendations
Need an office whose core competency is consolidation and downsizing
Get smart people with M&A experience, non-affiliated with any service or agency, and have them consult out within DoD
Internships with industry
Learn from industry, especially those who are very good at it
Take the best of industry’s acquisition models, checklists, processes – modify for the DoD and move forward
Culture will be an issue – each service is particular to how they like things
Need to blend into joint activities that cross service boundaries
Walter Reed AMC and NNMC Bethesda is a good example, soon to be called Walter Reed NMC in Bethesda
Need to have separate activities for personnel to keep service affiliations that don’t affect integrations of facilities and activities
Need Knowledge Management Repository / Processes that will be personnel independent
Leverage the best ideas of industry for how to capture data and knowledge and make it actionable
Detailed primer on how to consolidate and integrate
Checklists and processes
Lessons learned on good and bad attempts in the pastRecommendations
Need an office whose core competency is consolidation and downsizing
Get smart people with M&A experience, non-affiliated with any service or agency, and have them consult out within DoD
Internships with industry
Learn from industry, especially those who are very good at it
Take the best of industry’s acquisition models, checklists, processes – modify for the DoD and move forward
Culture will be an issue – each service is particular to how they like things
Need to blend into joint activities that cross service boundaries
Walter Reed AMC and NNMC Bethesda is a good example, soon to be called Walter Reed NMC in Bethesda
Need to have separate activities for personnel to keep service affiliations that don’t affect integrations of facilities and activities
Need Knowledge Management Repository / Processes that will be personnel independent
Leverage the best ideas of industry for how to capture data and knowledge and make it actionable
Detailed primer on how to consolidate and integrate
Checklists and processes
Lessons learned on good and bad attempts in the past
19. 19 Leveraging Enterprise Architecture (EA) Issue
How to use better use Information Technology (IT) to execute a more efficient Joint Battlespace and DoD “Back Office”
Discussion
Opportunities for DoD and Private Sector Partnership
Enabling a DoD voice in focusing Private Sector investment
>$2B/yr R&D for Oracle alone
Leveraging best practices
“Partnership Success Stories” and “Insight” events
Inefficient licensed solutions across DoD customers
Utilization of actionable metrics not just a DoD challenge
20. 20 Leveraging EA (cont) Recommendations
Implement “good enough” ideas across Services more rapidly
Avoid delays and increased costs by not trying to be perfect for all
Pick an acceptable Best/Proven Practice first
Then rapidly roll successes across DoD/Government,
Then continue to roll out planned enhancements
Align budget authority with policy decisions
Good ideas left on the table and often delayed
Individual programs execute short term needs with poor ROI downstream
Huge and GROWING cost for unused licensed software
Exposure to improperly used unlicensed software
Netcentric licensing
Better leverage private sector business cycle
Service/agency independent, mutually beneficial, efficiencies
Be smarter buyers
Embrace enduring partnerships with industry
More return on DoD investments and more industry interest in DoD
21. 21 Issue
How to better leverage intellectual capital of the force?
Discussion
Web-based social networking for collaboration
Mechanism for unleashing the flow of valuable information
I want knowledge
I want it now
I want to communicate with people possessing that knowledge
I want to share my knowledge
I can help you avoid the same mistakes I made
I might be an expert and not even know it
He needs to know what I know, but he doesn’t know I exist
Web-Based Collaboration
22. 22 Discussion:
“The field” no longer “over there”
It’s here (it’s everywhere), with everyone else on the network
Collaboration provides broad, informal peer review for ideas
Blogs can proliferate inside firewalls
Diggers, taggers create a dynamic information exchange
Challenges exposed earlier; overcome sooner
Information seeks you – not the other way around
Tagging/widgets
Shared content
Information, decisions developed w/ simultaneous input and review
Family members, family groups share the best ideas
Use of video
The “field” consumes information “on demand”
Recommendation
Deploy a joint or interagency web-based platform for collaboration
Emulate industry leaders Web-Based Collaboration (cont)
23. 23 Rise of Social Computing Issue
Utility of Web 2.0 and Social Computing for DoD
Discussion
Digital communication
Creates new channels and medium for content
Social Media
Reaches the mainstream
Communication forms are naturally collaborative
Interactive platforms focused on sharing
Collective intelligence
Transforms communications into content
Technology-powered communications accelerate information velocity
Recommendations
Continue to integrate/leverage social media tools, interfaces, strategies
Across both operational and business domains
Workforce increasingly comfortable with technologies and expect them
Early implementation inside firewalls to address security
24. 24 Globalization & Strategic Messaging Issue
Influence of Globalization & the Information Age on
Strategic Messaging – how DoD presents itself
International dialog
Discussion
Demographic shifts and new modes of communication
Balkanized American society/culture
Individualized info-age experiences dilute the common experience
Information ubiquity allows/requires choice and diversity
International corporations losing national identities
IT and transportation defy borders
Unrestricted high-speed Info exchange enables off-shore recruiting
Ubiquitous Information
Voice, Video, Data - all on-demand & mobile Corporate Lessons Learned;
Business Case for Green, etc
Humanitarian Efforts
Internal and External comms
“don’t pick your bad guys”
Corporate Lessons Learned;
Business Case for Green, etc
Humanitarian Efforts
Internal and External comms
“don’t pick your bad guys”
25. 25
Audience for Strategic Messaging changing
Social Networking on a global scale - corporate and personal (Generation Y)
Allegiance to non-national entities growing
Balkanization + Identification with transnational groups = diluted nationalism
Divided global interests (corporate, economic, environmental, cultural, personal)
Less change in nations with relatively low literacy rates & internet penetration
Greater change in most developed nations creating an imbalance
Vow to be “dominant” seen as naivety/hubris
Hegemonic rhetoric less appealing; at best unrealistic, at worst self-defeating
Reinforces negative perception of U.S. as global bully
Recruiting campaign for insurgents
Counterproductive Internally - Generation Y wants to serve U.S. and the World
Widespread belief in cooperation/collaboration
Appeals to Purely National Goals & Patriotism Less Effective
Globalization & Strategic Messaging (cont)
26. 26 Corporate Examples and Lessons Learned
Corporate Communications (Internal & External) “on message”
Strategic Partnering effective
Global Outreach to world community
“Borrowing” interests/allegiances/perspectives
Compete in private; cooperate in public; collaborate for advantage
Recommendations
Leverage audience’s multiple allegiances and global concerns
Engage and form partnerships with rivals/competitors
On the train, not under it
Uncouple rhetoric of “Dominance” from notion of National Security
Think dominant, be dominant, but speak cooperation, collaboration, partnering
Biggest, loudest dog not always the most secure
TR - “Speak softly, but carry a big stick”
Globalization & Strategic Messaging (cont)
27. 27 Agenda Background
Common Findings/Recommendations
Discussion / Q&A
Individual Experiences (FYI)
28. 28 Agenda Background
Common Findings/Recommendations
Discussion / Q&A
Individual Experiences (FYI)
29. 29 The Boeing Company World’s largest manufacturer of commercial/military aircraft, satellites, and networked systems
2007 Financials
Revenue: $66.4B
Earnings: $4.1B
Backlog: $327B
37% international
#1 U.S. exporter to 90 countries
Employees: 154K employees in 49 states, 70 countries
Suppliers: Over 22K worldwide
Business Units:
Commercial Airplanes
Integrated Defense Systems (IDS)
Phantom Works
Boeing Capital Corporation
Assignment
Weapons Division of IDS in St Charles, MO
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) and Focused Lethality Munitions (FLM)
Outstanding support, internal/external access, off-site
30. 30 Boeing Observations Arrogant reputation not experienced
Values & Ethics
Cost Estimation
Export Licenses & Tech Asst Agreements
Four Corporate Initiatives key to Growth and Productivity
LEAN+
Front office continuous process improvement; waste elimination
Developing Process Excellence
ID and repeat best practices; Boeing Production System
Global Sourcing to leverage purchasing power of “big” Boeing
Drives “commonality” of stock parts amongst many programs
Internal Services Productivity to reduce IT, finance, legal redundancy
Matrix-ing engineering functionalities
Knowledge Sharing/Transfer…Initiative Database Management
Strategic to Tactical Alignment…Vision Support Plan Visibility
Management Model vs. Lists
31. 31 Boeing Observations/Recommendations Program Management Best Practices
Communication
Customer is #1
Not always right; may not be user
Organization
Empower Authority, Responsibility, Accountability
Business Offer and Plan
Expectation vs contractual words
Execution & Control
Manage by Weekly Earned Value Management (EVM)
Risk, Issue, Opportunity Management
Desired mitigation costs more
Independent Reviews
Takes leadership courage to ask for help
32. 32 Boeing Observations/Recommendations Acquisition “little-a”
Operational Need & Champion - Remember the Warfighter
Cost/Schedule//Performance - Disciplined Systems Engineering
Competition and Help Teams - Source Selection schemes matter
Commercial Suppliers - Helping subcontractors to improve
Incentives & Dis-incentives – Don’t abuse Management Reserves
Leadership & Credibility - Need good military & contractor PM’s
Choose wisely!
Acquisition “Big-A”
Lead Systems Integrators gone by 2010?
Control abdicated a long time ago
Disciplined best practices vs. personnel “rotational” development
Protests are services’ issues
Source Selections will never be perfect
33. 33 Lockheed Martin Corporation Global Defense and Aerospace Contractor
Revenue: $40B in 2007
Employees: 140K
70K scientists and engineers; 25K IT professionals
Main Business Segments
Aeronautics
Electronic Systems
Space Systems
Integrated Systems and Solutions
Information &Technology Services
Corporate Strategy: Grow Top Line
Operational Performance and Customer Satisfaction Top Priorities
Protect Core Competencies
Increase International Sales
Pursue Adjacent Markets and White Space
Assignment: Missiles and Fire Control Business Area
Business Strategy and Development; Human Resources
34. 34 Lockheed Martin Observations Level 5 Leadership - Lincoln and Socrates vs. Patton or Caesar
First Who…Then What
Track, Develop, Retain World-class Workforce
Intern, Development, Exchange & Interchange program
Confront brutal facts
Strategy for Success - Growth, Reputation, Innovation & People
Hedgehog Concept - Best in the World at….
Enterprise Leadership Council
“Matrixed” Organization -- Lean, Flexible, and Flat
Culture of Discipline
Disciplined / Rigorous Processes & Metrics--Performance/Values Based
Technology Accelerators
Innovation vs. Technology Vis-ŕ-vis Transformation
Investment Commensurate with a Technology Leader and Integrator
35. 35 Lockheed Martin Recommendations Stay disciplined in core competencies
Innovation vs. technology
Evolutions vs. revolutions
Fashion agreement for skill-sets
Mobilize industry
Expand business opportunities for leaders
Permanent / Rotational SECDEF Fellows
Mentorship Program
Model industry’s succession planning
A company that is “Built to Last”
Choosing tomorrow’s leaders
Invest early in people and technology
DOD must ensure sufficient contract R&D funds are available through DARPA and Government laboratories in partnership with industry. DSB must harness the best of future possibilities and recommend strategic thrusts. Long term investment in R&D is vital to maintaining our technological superiority and we cannot rely on industry to fill the void without adequate financial incentive.
DOD should review the core competencies and strive to reduce unnecessary duplication and redundancy. For example, each service conducts EW reprogramming. A Joint reprogramming Center could potentially reduce overhead costs, make more efficient use of laboratories, reduce number or redirect activities of engineers, and provide a coherent product to Warfighter.
DOD should continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for outsourcing that provide lower cost to the government. DOD should decide what is mission essential and perhaps we would save money by outsourcing intelligently.
Most successful companies use Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology to drive process improvement with documented savings in the billions of dollars. Consider designating a center of excellence for Process improvement.
Incorporate MBA training within existing PME. Place emphasis on budget, finance, change management, process improvement tools, human capital management. Officers must understand contracts if we continue to outsource.
Transform DOD from a spend culture to a cost conscious culture. Establish a method, such as a working capital fund, to provide an incentive to save money. A portion of the savings may be used for QOL for instance.
The best corporations link pay to performance and responsibility.
The best corporations provide the best training and education to the top 10% and they actively work to improve or remove those in the bottom 10%.
Need to combat the demographic trend and ensure we have adequate scientists and engineers. As older engineers retire, we need to ensure knowledge transfer takes place to capture the experiences of those retiring.
frequent changes in leadership are detrimental to affecting change successful.
DOD must ensure sufficient contract R&D funds are available through DARPA and Government laboratories in partnership with industry. DSB must harness the best of future possibilities and recommend strategic thrusts. Long term investment in R&D is vital to maintaining our technological superiority and we cannot rely on industry to fill the void without adequate financial incentive.
DOD should review the core competencies and strive to reduce unnecessary duplication and redundancy. For example, each service conducts EW reprogramming. A Joint reprogramming Center could potentially reduce overhead costs, make more efficient use of laboratories, reduce number or redirect activities of engineers, and provide a coherent product to Warfighter.
DOD should continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for outsourcing that provide lower cost to the government. DOD should decide what is mission essential and perhaps we would save money by outsourcing intelligently.
Most successful companies use Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology to drive process improvement with documented savings in the billions of dollars. Consider designating a center of excellence for Process improvement.
Incorporate MBA training within existing PME. Place emphasis on budget, finance, change management, process improvement tools, human capital management. Officers must understand contracts if we continue to outsource.
Transform DOD from a spend culture to a cost conscious culture. Establish a method, such as a working capital fund, to provide an incentive to save money. A portion of the savings may be used for QOL for instance.
The best corporations link pay to performance and responsibility.
The best corporations provide the best training and education to the top 10% and they actively work to improve or remove those in the bottom 10%.
Need to combat the demographic trend and ensure we have adequate scientists and engineers. As older engineers retire, we need to ensure knowledge transfer takes place to capture the experiences of those retiring.
frequent changes in leadership are detrimental to affecting change successful.
36. 36 3M Company Innovative Diversified Technology Company
Revenue in 2007: $24.5B (63% international)
Employees: 73K (55% international)
Operations in 60+ countries; sales in 200+
Six Businesses; 35 units
Industrial & Transportation - $7.3
Health Care - $4.0B
Display and Graphics – $3.9B
Consumer and Office - $3.4B
Safety, Security, and Protection Services - $3.1B
Electro and Communications - $2.8B
Corporate Strategy:
Grow Current Core Business
Complimentary Acquisitions
Build New Businesses
International Growth
Assignment: Lean Six Sigma Operations
37. 37 3M Observations Not just Post-it® Notes and Scotch® Tape
Abrasives, Adhesives, Films
Dental and Health Care products and solutions
Business results are the defining measure
Entitlement Thinking
How good can you be?
Government contracting hard when not core competency
38. 38 3M Recommendations Lean Six Sigma Delivers Proven Results
Top-down push … initially
Not a fad
Full time job for employees with “belts”
Opportunities for DoD in the “transactional” environment
Decisions are Data Driven
Must be able to pull the data
Robust data systems
Performance Based Evaluations
Annual goals and periodic reviews
360° feedback
Merit based compensation
Don’t forget the commercial marketplace
39. 39 SRA International, Inc. Global provider of technology products, solutions, services
Revenue: $1.2B+ in 2007
90% as prime contractor
Employees: 6,200+ worldwide and growing
Business units
Defense
Civil
Global Health
C3I
Deeply embedded culture
Focused on creating value for customers
Corporate trademark – “Honesty and Service”
Undergoing significant leadership changes
Assignment: Special Asst to the Civil Sector Director and VP
40. 40 SRA Observations Committed to innovation:
“The best idea wins”
Open communication promoted up & down
Environment of wide range participation created
Disciplined and lean “business capture” process
2012 Targets:
$5B revenue; 10% Return on Sales (ROI) growth
Dedicated to employee development & retention
Fortune Magazine “100 Best Company to Work For”
Growing organically & through acquisition
Challenges to the corporate culture
Maturation of the federal IT market space
Business Week “Hot Growth Company”
Customer valued
Hires are strategic
41. 41 SRA Recommendations Be open to jettison the “tried and true”
If a better solution emerges
Focus on the message rather than the messenger
Currency versus experience
The voice of the customer
Broaden Merit-based compensation
Clear expectations & trust
The value of “at risk” compensation
Capture and publicize great ideas
Knowledge management requires cultural change
Train and expand the workforce for contracting DOD must ensure sufficient contract R&D funds are available through DARPA and Government laboratories in partnership with industry. DSB must harness the best of future possibilities and recommend strategic thrusts. Long term investment in R&D is vital to maintaining our technological superiority and we cannot rely on industry to fill the void without adequate financial incentive.
DOD should review the core competencies and strive to reduce unnecessary duplication and redundancy. For example, each service conducts EW reprogramming. A Joint reprogramming Center could potentially reduce overhead costs, make more efficient use of laboratories, reduce number or redirect activities of engineers, and provide a coherent product to Warfighter.
DOD should continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for outsourcing that provide lower cost to the government. DOD should decide what is mission essential and perhaps we would save money by outsourcing intelligently.
Most successful companies use Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology to drive process improvement with documented savings in the billions of dollars. Consider designating a center of excellence for Process improvement.
Incorporate MBA training within existing PME. Place emphasis on budget, finance, change management, process improvement tools, human capital management. Officers must understand contracts if we continue to outsource.
Transform DOD from a spend culture to a cost conscious culture. Establish a method, such as a working capital fund, to provide an incentive to save money. A portion of the savings may be used for QOL for instance.
The best corporations link pay to performance and responsibility.
The best corporations provide the best training and education to the top 10% and they actively work to improve or remove those in the bottom 10%.
Need to combat the demographic trend and ensure we have adequate scientists and engineers. As older engineers retire, we need to ensure knowledge transfer takes place to capture the experiences of those retiring.
frequent changes in leadership are detrimental to affecting change successful.
DOD must ensure sufficient contract R&D funds are available through DARPA and Government laboratories in partnership with industry. DSB must harness the best of future possibilities and recommend strategic thrusts. Long term investment in R&D is vital to maintaining our technological superiority and we cannot rely on industry to fill the void without adequate financial incentive.
DOD should review the core competencies and strive to reduce unnecessary duplication and redundancy. For example, each service conducts EW reprogramming. A Joint reprogramming Center could potentially reduce overhead costs, make more efficient use of laboratories, reduce number or redirect activities of engineers, and provide a coherent product to Warfighter.
DOD should continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for outsourcing that provide lower cost to the government. DOD should decide what is mission essential and perhaps we would save money by outsourcing intelligently.
Most successful companies use Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology to drive process improvement with documented savings in the billions of dollars. Consider designating a center of excellence for Process improvement.
Incorporate MBA training within existing PME. Place emphasis on budget, finance, change management, process improvement tools, human capital management. Officers must understand contracts if we continue to outsource.
Transform DOD from a spend culture to a cost conscious culture. Establish a method, such as a working capital fund, to provide an incentive to save money. A portion of the savings may be used for QOL for instance.
The best corporations link pay to performance and responsibility.
The best corporations provide the best training and education to the top 10% and they actively work to improve or remove those in the bottom 10%.
Need to combat the demographic trend and ensure we have adequate scientists and engineers. As older engineers retire, we need to ensure knowledge transfer takes place to capture the experiences of those retiring.
frequent changes in leadership are detrimental to affecting change successful.
42. 42 Athena - CACI U.S. based, national security solutions & professional services firm
Privately held equity investment
Veritas Capital
Revenues: $110M in 2007
Employees: 550
200 subject matter experts
95% TS/SCI clearances or higher
Core competencies:
Human intelligence
Counterintelligence
Counterterrorism
All-source analysis
Strategic policy development
Bought by CACI in November 2007
National Solutions Group Worldwide, information technology (IT) solutions & enterprise services provider
Computer simulation technology
Publicly traded
Revenues: $1.9B in 2007
Employees: 11,000+
65% Secret clearances or higher
Core competencies:
Homeland security
Information assurance
Systems integration
Network services
Intelligence solutions
Knowledge management
Modeling and simulation
Engineering and logistics
Business transformation/management
43. 43 Focused on strategic growth
2012 Goal: $5B company
Acquire high margin businesses
Win re-competes
Growing systems integrator role
Moving into non-IT professional services arenas
Continuing strategic accretive acquisitions
Acquired 39 companies in 15 years
Focused on lessons learned to improve integration of acquisitions
Increase speed of integrations to minimize time until return on investment
Customer focused
Account Management across business groups
Quality of service surveys through independent Excellence+ program
Best Value
Employee Focused
Education Portal
Competitive benefits
Bonuses CACI Observations
44. 44 People are a company’s “core strength”
Reputation & integrity is paramount in professional services arena
Best source of business intelligence
Keep the employees satisfied
Education & training opportunities
Benefits
Merit & goals-based bonuses
Grow business base & core competencies
Leverage acquisitions
Understand their competencies and how they fit
Maintain entrepreneurial spirit
Agile & responsive business development cycle
Lean out the “Bid & Proposal” (solicitation response) process
Flatten out the decision chain
Remain customer focused
Open communication
Best solution to customer
Account focused, not business group CACI Observations/ Recommendations
45. 45 Cisco Systems Worldwide Leader in Networking and Services for the Internet
Revenue: $34.9B in 2007 (Net Income $7.3B)
Employees: 63,000+ in 78 countries
Growth through Acquisitions (125; four in last five months)
Globalization, Growth, Talent, and Innovation
India & China investments
Vision: “Changing the way we work , live, play, and learn”
“Consumer Computing Needs are Infinite”
With miniscule incremental cost
Assignment
IT—Acquisition Integration
IT—Unified Communications
Global Defense Group Opening Share Price adjusted for splits $.06
3rd Generation Fiber Optic 10 Trillion bits per second (1900 CDs/second or 150 simultaneous telephone calls)Opening Share Price adjusted for splits $.06
3rd Generation Fiber Optic 10 Trillion bits per second (1900 CDs/second or 150 simultaneous telephone calls)
46. 46 Cisco Observations Optimism about Globalization and Emerging Markets
Wholly Positive View of Geopolitical Trends
Expanding Competitive Areas to include Unified Communications
Focus on “Quad Play” (data, voice, and video w/mobility)
Connected Everywhere Regardless of Device
Interaction versus Transaction Economies
Collaboration replacing Command Leadership
DoD compares favorably
Collaboration has limits
Innovation: Build, Buy, Partner, Collaborate
Growth brings Challenges
Core Business Thriving
47. 47 Cisco Recommendations Globalization view balanced between security & reality
“Borderless” corporations
Opportunities and challenges
Pure competitors may not survive
Partnering and collaboration enhance stability
Leverage the Net for more than Net-Centric Warfare
Top Talent needed in high tech future
Where to find it?
How to Compete for it?
IT is worth the investment, but…
Business case is not always easy to make
NEVER for technology’s sake alone (no technology religion)
Cyber Warriors can work from anywhere…and should
New, more dynamic views of Training and Education
COTS and acquisition reform DOD must ensure sufficient contract R&D funds are available through DARPA and Government laboratories in partnership with industry. DSB must harness the best of future possibilities and recommend strategic thrusts. Long term investment in R&D is vital to maintaining our technological superiority and we cannot rely on industry to fill the void without adequate financial incentive.
DOD should review the core competencies and strive to reduce unnecessary duplication and redundancy. For example, each service conducts EW reprogramming. A Joint reprogramming Center could potentially reduce overhead costs, make more efficient use of laboratories, reduce number or redirect activities of engineers, and provide a coherent product to Warfighter.
DOD should continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for outsourcing that provide lower cost to the government. DOD should decide what is mission essential and perhaps we would save money by outsourcing intelligently.
Most successful companies use Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology to drive process improvement with documented savings in the billions of dollars. Consider designating a center of excellence for Process improvement.
Incorporate MBA training within existing PME. Place emphasis on budget, finance, change management, process improvement tools, human capital management. Officers must understand contracts if we continue to outsource.
Transform DOD from a spend culture to a cost conscious culture. Establish a method, such as a working capital fund, to provide an incentive to save money. A portion of the savings may be used for QOL for instance.
The best corporations link pay to performance and responsibility.
The best corporations provide the best training and education to the top 10% and they actively work to improve or remove those in the bottom 10%.
Need to combat the demographic trend and ensure we have adequate scientists and engineers. As older engineers retire, we need to ensure knowledge transfer takes place to capture the experiences of those retiring.
frequent changes in leadership are detrimental to affecting change successful.
DOD must ensure sufficient contract R&D funds are available through DARPA and Government laboratories in partnership with industry. DSB must harness the best of future possibilities and recommend strategic thrusts. Long term investment in R&D is vital to maintaining our technological superiority and we cannot rely on industry to fill the void without adequate financial incentive.
DOD should review the core competencies and strive to reduce unnecessary duplication and redundancy. For example, each service conducts EW reprogramming. A Joint reprogramming Center could potentially reduce overhead costs, make more efficient use of laboratories, reduce number or redirect activities of engineers, and provide a coherent product to Warfighter.
DOD should continue to aggressively pursue opportunities for outsourcing that provide lower cost to the government. DOD should decide what is mission essential and perhaps we would save money by outsourcing intelligently.
Most successful companies use Lean Six Sigma or a similar methodology to drive process improvement with documented savings in the billions of dollars. Consider designating a center of excellence for Process improvement.
Incorporate MBA training within existing PME. Place emphasis on budget, finance, change management, process improvement tools, human capital management. Officers must understand contracts if we continue to outsource.
Transform DOD from a spend culture to a cost conscious culture. Establish a method, such as a working capital fund, to provide an incentive to save money. A portion of the savings may be used for QOL for instance.
The best corporations link pay to performance and responsibility.
The best corporations provide the best training and education to the top 10% and they actively work to improve or remove those in the bottom 10%.
Need to combat the demographic trend and ensure we have adequate scientists and engineers. As older engineers retire, we need to ensure knowledge transfer takes place to capture the experiences of those retiring.
frequent changes in leadership are detrimental to affecting change successful.
48. 48 Amgen, Inc. World's Largest Bio-pharma Company
Revenue: $14.3B in 2007
Employees: 18K in 52 countries
R&D Investment: $3.2B in 2007
Discover, develop, manufacture protein-based medicines
Drugs that unleash body's own powerful therapeutic responses
Corporate Goals
Deliver financially
Deliver the best pipeline
Compete successfully
Ensure supply and better manage risk
Develop people
Assignment
Ongoing Change Program
Continuous improvement at 80% cost savings
Assisting R&D Outsourcing Strategy for Development
49. 49 Amgen Observations
Work culture
Great ‘people culture’
Fortune Magazine “100 best companies to work for”
Extremely long hours Tues – Thurs; short hours on Mon & Fri
All employees have a laptop and work at home at night
Teams work in “silos”
Formalities slow speed of progress
New members “announced”
Phone calls scheduled
Cross-matrix creates large unavailability chunks
Global country alignment out of date
Growth too fast; 75% of positions already outsourced
Global Medical Director alignment different than business management side
A company in trouble
Stock Tumble: $75 to $46 in 12 months
Need to take drastic measures
1,800+ jobs (13%) eliminated across the board (except in science area)
Operating expenses and expenditures cut
Complete review of all processes to streamline Operations
Partnership on joint ventures to reduce costs and risk
It’s Not Over Yet…More Trouble on the Horizon
The Food and Drug Administration toughened safety warnings on blockbuster anemia drugs, in a move that looked unlikely to help drug makers in their quest to liberalize Medicare payments for the medicines. Two Amgen Inc. drugs, Aranesp and Epogen, along with Johnson & Johnson's Procrit, brought in $7.3 billion of revenue last year. But that was before safety concerns arose over their use by cancer and kidney patients to treat anemia, a shortage of red blood cells that can cause fatigue and other symptoms. In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it wouldn't pay for the drugs in cancer patients whose hemoglobin -- a measure of red blood cells -- was above 10 grams per deciliter. Yesterday, the FDA warned that the medicines have been linked to tumor growth and shortened survival in cancer patients -- and increased rates of death and heart problems in kidney patients -- when used to boost hemoglobin above 12 grams per deciliter. Recent research shows the risks of death and heart attacks rise considerably when an anemia drug gives too big a boost to hemoglobin, which brings oxygen to the body's tissues. In cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, the FDA is now advising doctors not to use the drugs to boost hemoglobin above 12, while in kidney patients it set a range of 10 to 12. Amgen and J&J seized on the new product label in their quest to get Medicare to reverse its restrictive reimbursement decision, which has cut into sales of the drugs. Both companies said they were petitioning Medicare to change its stance -- citing, in part, the new label as proof the FDA finds more-liberal use safe and gives doctors more discretion regarding the proper doses for individual patients.
It’s not over yet…
Amgen reported last month that it is involved in discussions with the FDA to update the labeling for Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) and Epogen (epoetin alfa) to reflect the recent data (DID, Dec. 10, 2007). The FDA said it plans to hold an advisory committee meeting in the next few months on the use of ESAs in patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia. The latest results reinforce other data on which the FDA based its most recent update to ESA labeling, which included strengthened warnings about ESA use in cancer patients (DID, Nov. 9, 2007). Studies have shown more rapid tumor growth or shortened survival with ESA treatment in patients with breast, nonsmall cell lung, lymphoid, cervical, and head and neck cancers, the FDA said.
The Food and Drug Administration toughened safety warnings on blockbuster anemia drugs, in a move that looked unlikely to help drug makers in their quest to liberalize Medicare payments for the medicines. Two Amgen Inc. drugs, Aranesp and Epogen, along with Johnson & Johnson's Procrit, brought in $7.3 billion of revenue last year. But that was before safety concerns arose over their use by cancer and kidney patients to treat anemia, a shortage of red blood cells that can cause fatigue and other symptoms. In July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it wouldn't pay for the drugs in cancer patients whose hemoglobin -- a measure of red blood cells -- was above 10 grams per deciliter. Yesterday, the FDA warned that the medicines have been linked to tumor growth and shortened survival in cancer patients -- and increased rates of death and heart problems in kidney patients -- when used to boost hemoglobin above 12 grams per deciliter. Recent research shows the risks of death and heart attacks rise considerably when an anemia drug gives too big a boost to hemoglobin, which brings oxygen to the body's tissues. In cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, the FDA is now advising doctors not to use the drugs to boost hemoglobin above 12, while in kidney patients it set a range of 10 to 12. Amgen and J&J seized on the new product label in their quest to get Medicare to reverse its restrictive reimbursement decision, which has cut into sales of the drugs. Both companies said they were petitioning Medicare to change its stance -- citing, in part, the new label as proof the FDA finds more-liberal use safe and gives doctors more discretion regarding the proper doses for individual patients.
It’s not over yet…
Amgen reported last month that it is involved in discussions with the FDA to update the labeling for Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) and Epogen (epoetin alfa) to reflect the recent data (DID, Dec. 10, 2007). The FDA said it plans to hold an advisory committee meeting in the next few months on the use of ESAs in patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia. The latest results reinforce other data on which the FDA based its most recent update to ESA labeling, which included strengthened warnings about ESA use in cancer patients (DID, Nov. 9, 2007). Studies have shown more rapid tumor growth or shortened survival with ESA treatment in patients with breast, nonsmall cell lung, lymphoid, cervical, and head and neck cancers, the FDA said.
50. 50 Amgen Observation/Recommendations
Business World Craves DoD-style Leadership
Create an Ongoing Change Program Equivalent in DoD
Common language and methodologies for problem solving
Institutionalize focus on continuous improvement
Focus on increasing efficiency and effectiveness in everything
Sustain U.S. Military competitive advantage
Stay ahead of global threat environment
More than just an office for Six Sigma or Lean management
The Ongoing Change Program was established to provide Amgen employees with a common set of problem-solving tools and methodologies to enable us to continuously improve the way we do business. This is not change for the sake of change, but a way to continuously improve to sustain our competitive advantage and goal to be the best human therapeutics company.
The Ongoing Change Program was established to provide Amgen employees with a common set of problem-solving tools and methodologies to enable us to continuously improve the way we do business. This is not change for the sake of change, but a way to continuously improve to sustain our competitive advantage and goal to be the best human therapeutics company.
51. 51 Oracle Corporation Executing a rapid transformation
Employees: 74K + in 145 Countries
Revenue: ~$18B in FY07
47% Americas; 35% Europe, Middle East & Africa; 18% Asia Pacific
Used by 90 of Fortune 100 companies
Becoming an end-to-end enterprise solution provider
No longer just a database company
39 acquisitions in 37 months
“Oracle's business is information - how to manage, use, share, protect it”
Simplify: Speed information delivery with integrated systems and a single database
Standardize: Reduce cost/maintenance with open, easily available components
Automate: Improve operational efficiency with technology and best practices”
Assignment
Public Sector License Sales/Business Development
North America (Federal, Civil, State & Local governments, Healthcare)
52. 52 Oracle Observations Continual top-down strategic positioning
If an opportunity exists, then develop or buy a solution
Aligned behavior amid churn
Quarter-by-quarter growth
Open standards seen as a business enabler
Uncertainty … Where is Oracle going next?
Customer base is uncertain about acquisition integration
What is “Fusion Middleware”?
No definitive answer
Opportunities for DoD and Private Sector Partnership
Enable a DoD voice in focusing >$2B/yr R&D investment
Leverage “Partner Success Stories” and “Insight” events
Many individually licensed solutions across DoD customers
53. 53 Oracle Recommendations Continue
Executing national security mission as the unifying action driver
Developing personnel skills – tactical/strategic, technical/leadership
Explore new ways to…
Execute many Big Bang strategic initiatives
Don’t Boil the Ocean
Rapidly roll successes across DoD and government
Decouple requirements definition from the real pace of technology
Often out of phase
Embrace enduring partnerships with industry
More return on DoD investments; more industry interest in DoD
Utilize actionable metrics
Consistent data sources
54. 54 Time Warner Leading media & entertainment company
Employees: 96,000
Revenue: $44B ($7.3B net income)
Seven business units
Digital products reinforce brands
Competitive advantage through collaboration and Joint Ventures
CNNMoney.com a collaboration between two business units
Turner Broadcasting (CNN) and Time, Inc (Fortune/Money/Fortune magazines)
Delivers premium destination for business and personal finance information
#1 business and financial information portal
Highest unique visitors, page views and total use minutes
Breaking news and in-depth original content to decision makers and influencers
Suite of interactive tools
Assignment:
CNNMoney with rotation through Time Warner units in NYC
Turner Broadcasting (broadcast & digital media)
Time, Inc (print & digital media)
AOL (web services)
55. 55 CNNMoney.com Observations Users customize their online experience thanks to Web 2.0
Transition websites from silos to interlinked computing platforms
Tools such as blogs, social networking, wikis, web interface
Participatory elements provided over “read-only” websites
Allows users to do more than just retrieve information
Ordinary users: publishers, movie producers, song writers, story tellers
Social media is a profound and pervasive internet innovation
Sharing what users know and feel online build conversations/communities
Content packaged/delivered based on user demand, device, delivery
Customer responsiveness the “killer app” of the future
The Attention Economy
Due to information explosion, users no longer read - they skim
Rapid growth of information causes scarcity of attention
Winners will use data aggregation and personalization to deliver value
Web widgets, Real Simple Syndication, Mashups, iGoogle, myYahoo
56. 56 CNNMoney.com Observations Online Video Surge
Adoption of broadband
Push by content producers to promote
Viewers contribute to viral and social nature of online videos
57% share video links
75% receive and play video links
Mobile Web…the next big thing
Big in Asia and Europe… but slow boil in the U.S.
Issue is usability
iPhone’s revolutionary user interface paves the way
Explosion of location aware services, information/commercial portals
57. 57 CNNMoney.com Recommendations Explosion of data in battlefield & combat systems
Web 2.0 tools/gadgets are ubiquitous parts of everyday life
Ready made solutions for DoD C2 and combat systems
Aggregate and streamline data to increase relevance and context
DoD’s video management and distribution needs
Emerging online video technologies can be COTS solutions
Data compression, embedded players, encoding algorithms
Quest for consumer attention a moving target
Web companies must continually innovate, reposition, partner
Improved data capture, analytics, and knowledge management
Better informed business decisions
Digital ecosystem with other firms = shared costs, greater value
People matter
Relevant, timely, and meaningful content essential
Recruiting and retaining editorial and management