NSWC Crane Business Model

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Unlike mission funded organizations, NSWC Crane is a working capital funded organization under the NAVSEA, which mean limited to no funds come from direct appropriations bills. Funding comes in through various other government agencies and we charge a fee for overhead execution along with various service cost center fees depending on the requirement. We provide support to the many program offices charged with keeping our military moving forward, and that is how we are funded. NSWC Crane provided technical engineering and total lifecycle support for primarily naval programs that protect and serve the Warfighter. We have three primary focus areas that drive what workload is performed. These three areas are: Strategic

This is a common theme among Department of Defense organizations due to the military aspect that performs in a near identical manner. First-line supervisors focus is on the execution of projects within the processes, procedures and guidelines that are provided by their superiors. This allows for minimal flexibility and innovation when each activity must have an approved Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to rely on. Innovation is a cornerstone to NSWC Crane’s mission, but the structure does little to enable employees to perform freely. To add some reasoning to this structure, we must look at the financial aspects. Specifically, the taxpayer is providing funding for NSWC Crane to perform work approved by their elected officials. If the organizational employees decided that they wanted to work their own projects and it was not tied to the funding that pays their salary, NSWC Crane would be misappropriating funding (Morgan,

Even though Crane is a naval institution, there are multiple organizations within the Department of the Navy that are vying for our resources. In the end, the parent organization, NAVSEA, receives priority while trying to appease the other organizations which are critical to NSWC Crane’s survivability. An example would be the workload tied to Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Marine Corps System Command (MCSC) or Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). One of the largest impacts to the armed services is the new technology development projects that support SOCOM. In addition, NAVAIR heavily relies on NSWC Crane’s technical capability and expertise to development and sustain many of the new high-tech systems on naval aircraft. Similar to the internal political struggles, the executive leadership must prioritize customers to ensure all stakeholders have a clear understanding of our strategic direction. The organization is holding onto several low priority workload that ties of both quality personnel and lab space which inhibits growth of top priority workload. With a strong strategic plan, with clear customer priorities, NSWC Crane can begin to divest of workload that is still important but not high value to the Department of