THE QUALITATIVE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION (QDRI) REGISTERED ORGANIZATION DATA BANK (RODATA)
Abstract
The QDRI Program is the Army's research and development information- to-industry program, which has been assigned to the U. S. Army Materiel Command for management. QDRI is defined as information (written or verbal) regarding current and future Army requirements for development of materiel exclusive of advanced procurement information. It has become apparent to most of the managers of the QDRI program that there are enough items of data being collected about qualified organizations and from the information interfaces between the Army and Industry to require the development of an automated data system to acquire, store and process commonly needed information in a uniform manner, and in addition certain specialized information for individual Army installations, which data might be useful to other installations under varying circumstances. There is enough evidence to indicate that a QDRI oriented data bank can be designed and be put into partial operation by the end of FY 1965, using existing technology and equipment available to the AMC installations involved in the QDRI program. In the development of the QDRI Managers Guide, the concept of a data bank for QDRI continuously crystallized into the description now presented. This data bank will be an information science oriented operation, using primarily existing operational IBM equipment and the existing AUTODIN/AUTOVON network for rapid transmission of data from each RDTE and procurement qualification activity/installation, and vice-versa.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0612595
Entities
People
- Charles Beugless
- James G. Peirce