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Week 12: Looking Ahead

Key Insights and Decisions   The hypotheses we intended to examine this week were:   Can we leverage existing technologies as well as our teams technical capabilities to design, develop and deploy Spear. After discussions with a few professors in the areas we will need help in as well as research into the field. It […]

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Week 11: Continued Discovery, Technical Assessment

Key Insights and Decisions The two hypotheses we intended to examine this week were: Is there enough inefficiency in the EHR hierarchy to warrant further discovery? After further discovery with Medical Professionals, it appears that this is an even bigger issue than we had originally anticipated. The worst patient scenario for a clinic, the referring […]

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Connectivity Opens Doors

Key Insights and Decisions   Key Decision:   As we explored both the input and output of relevant logistics information into and out of the maintenance area of the Marine Corps, we realized our goal as a group was becoming extremely spread out. As we began thinking about how we could wrap up two different […]

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Lejuene Trip #2

Key Insights and Decisions Going into this week, here were the two hypotheses we intended to examine:   Would OVE checks being partially automated be both feasible as well as increase accountability and accuracy to a significant enough degree where Marines would be willing to switch from the paper based system.   Our biggest concern […]

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Week 8 – Progress on Phase 2

Key Insights and Decisions Going into this week, here were the two hypotheses we intended to examine:   Would an automated equipment inventory and vehicle checks provide value to Operators and QC Chiefs?   It really depends on what we do with it. By simply making the process automated, i.e. some sort of app that […]

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MPR Auditing vs. Maintenance App.. Where the Majority of Value Lies

Key Insights and Decisions Going into this week, we had two hypotheses we intended to examine:   Would the ability to have a Maintenance Production Report audited autonomously provide value to a higher level, Quality Control level Marines?   It turns out that this sort of tool would primarily provide benefit to the Marine’s in […]

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Approval to Test POC, Thinking Ahead to Scooter

Key Insights and Decisions Going into this week, we had two hypotheses we intended to examine:        1. We can run a mechanical test of our product live on site to establish a Proof of Concept. We received immediate approval from Brigadier General Stewart to come down and test with his support. We […]

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Progress on Initial Tool

Key Insights and Decisions Going into this week, we had two hypotheses we intended to examine:   The different systems used by the Marine Corps are currently able to communicate with one another   We examined this hypothesis by first looking into the features of the different systems (GCSS, MoL, TCPT) and found that they […]

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Narrowing Focus

Key Insights & Decisions   Over the course of the first three weeks, we have documented a host of different issues experienced by personnel in a variety of functional areas. We have also identified a handful of frequently repeating themes as we delved into each.   Many functions have only a bare minimum of standard […]

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Week 3 – Site Visit Leads to Pivot

Beneficiaries Interviews — GySgt Borbor: Training personnel goes onto MCTIMs to find out who is delinquent on their personal training. Readiness is the Commander’s responsibility but delegated to him Battalion Command asks Company command why Marines aren’t ready, Company command asks Platoon command, Platoon Command asks him. The main problem is not giving Marines enough […]

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