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Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO21) was introduced as an initiative, in part, as a response to the Air Force's need to modernize and recapitalize our aging aircraft and equipment fleet. Antiquated and stove-piped processes contributed to wide spread inefficiency throughout all areas of the Air Force, ranging from administration to production processes. It includes the commercial practices of four proven process improvement methodologies, all of which share the traits of continuous process improvement (CPI). These methodologies are Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and Business Process Reengineering. Key principles contained in these methodologies ...