dctyke,
Yes, there were several LEAN exercises conducted at HQSTC. It wasn't possible to take a 30% manpower cut without having some process to find out what work was contributing to the desired result and what wasn't. As with all organisations pre-LEAN - including those out there in the big wide world - about 25% of the overall effort was being spent on activities subsequently categorised as 'waste'. I would like to think a similar exercise was conducted when the Air Staff (and CAS) was rusticated from MB but I wasn't there. Perhaps someone who was involved can enlighten us?