Decision Verification as an Element of Navy Quality Assurance Programs.

Abstract

Decision verification in quality assurance is simply the Government's determination of whether or not a contractor's inspection decisions are correct. This paper discusses procedures for accomplishing decision verification both as prescribed by directives and as actually done. It examines reasons why decision verification does not appear to be a viable element in current quality assurance programs even though this procedure is still prescribed in Navy directives for use by contract administrators. The use of operating characteristic curves as a managerial aid to determine whether or not to use decision verification is also discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039158

Entities

People

  • Wayne L. Chadick

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Directives
  • Government Procurement
  • Inspection
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Aircraft
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Quality Control
  • Shipbuilding
  • Space Shuttles
  • Spacecraft
  • United States Naval Academy

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.