WHAT IS NSS-SY?

• NSS-SY is the Navy’s overarching initiative to drive transformational reduction in availability duration for the Navy’s nuclear-powered warships.
• The goal is to deliver all availabilities on time by FY23 and meet class maintenance plan (CMP) by FY26.

• NSS-SY is a business and process improvement initiative to increase the on-time delivery of submarines and aircraft carriers across all four public shipyards.
  • NSS-SY improves work execution by streamlining processes, enhancing coordination between work groups and dismantling barriers.
  • Personnel directly benefitting from the NSS-SY effort have provided feedback this is helping to track and accomplish jobs in a more timely manner.
  • The goal:  to not just improve the way we currently do things, but to fundamentally transform them, by eliminating certain functions if they do not provide value.
  • A collection of commercial industry best practices, tailored to specific needs.
     
• It’s about working smarter in planning, not harder in execution.
  • In addition to effective planning, accelerating momentum is crucial to this effort.
  • Through NSS-SY, the contributions our shipyard workers make to Navy readiness and lethality will become even more consequential.
     
• So, how does NSS-SY do that?
  • NSS-SY ensures the production workforce has the tools, equipment, material, and information needed to execute jobs in the most efficient manner possible.
  • Getting people what they need when they need it.
    • Treating mechanics as surgeons, for example. When they ask for an instrument, it’s handed right to them. Not an hour later, causing delays.
       
• Fixing problems across the entire ship maintenance system/ not just the shipyard.
  • Fundamentally transforming high priority processes and eliminating unnecessary ones.
  • Improving operational level maintenance practices.
  • Providing stable, predictable requirements to industry.
  • Removing barriers that permit our people to do their best work.

It’s a cultural shift for everyone, but it’s one we are embracing, together.