Contractor Initiatives for Reliability, Maintainability, and Cost Improvement.

Abstract

This paper presents a synthesis of major findings and conclusions derived from four years of research in electronics subsystem acquisition. Department of Defense policy statements for achieving improved reliability, maintainability, and cost are reviewed. The application and implementation of these policies are examined and the management response of system and subsystem contractors is described in areas of operating policies and procedures, project organization, cost management and control, and development program planning. The contractor experiences during their engineering development programs are subsequently evaluated in terms of operating problems or policy barriers. In total, the experiences of 43 contractors responding in 25 separate programs are examined and analyzed. Based upon their past experiences and management behavior, the appropriate response to successfully embrace future policy initiatives is postulated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047378

Entities

People

  • C. David Weimer

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Guarantees
  • Organizational Structure
  • Production Engineering
  • Program Management
  • Prototypes
  • Value Engineering

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics