"USMEPCOM Prescreens: A Value-Focused Thinking Approach" by Phillip M. Koenig

Date of Award

3-2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Operational Sciences

First Advisor

Phillip M. LaCasse, PhD

Abstract

As the recruiting crisis continues to impact the United States Armed Forces, the United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) continues to search for ways to increase its capability to efficiently determine which applicants are suited for military service. Unfortunately, USMEPCOM does not have a way to evaluate newly suggested alternatives. By leveraging Value-Focused Thinking (VFT), this research describes 28 fundamental objectives that can be applied to a variety of current and future decision problems. Further, this research applies these fundamental objectives to analyze a current decision problem: reengineering the prescreen process to decrease the time from prescreen submission to contract.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-ENS-MS-24-M-084

Comments

A 12-month embargo was observed for posting this work on AFIT Scholar.

Distribution Statement A, Approved for Public Release. PA case number on file.

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