One of the largest acquisition organizations within the U.S. Department of Defense, charged with managing the design and construction of a range of ships and craft for U.S. agencies as well as foreign military sales. The organization is responsible for multibillion-dollar programs that enable the United States to maintain the world’s most advanced forward naval presence, across any mission type, in both peacetime and wartime.
A shipbuilding program needed to improve processes and cut costs while fulfilling the complex requirements of transformational mission systems. Because of ongoing reductions in ship procurement quantity, the client was faced with the need to reduce costs significantly. The program’s complex systems did not readily lend themselves to cost analysis, but time was short. Program executives needed a way to cut through the details and arrive at the cost reduction initiatives improvements that would have a real impact on the bottom line. With a multibillion-dollar program on the line, the client trusted the Herren team to deliver actionable insights.
Herren’s should-cost analysis resulted in immediate cost avoidance of over $200 million, enough to offset the cost of 1,400 sailors. By relying on Herren’s disciplined analysis, the client was able to maximize the program’s budget.
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