Using Incentives to Improve Maintainability

Abstract

The objective of this thesis was to determine if contract incentives were appropriate for use in Dept. of Defense contracts for the purpose of motivating defense contractors to improve the maintainability of weapon systems under design. To accomplish the objective it was necessary to review the components of maintainability to determine appropriate targets for the incentives and to study the concepts and issues involved in the use of incentives to motivate contractor performance. The conclusions were based in part of the responses obtained during interviews conducted with Government representatives and engineering, contracting, and corporate and program management personnel from the defense industry. In addition, the incentive program in the case of the F/A-18 aircraft was reviewed and analyzed to determine the reason for its success.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA153792

Entities

People

  • L. Farnen Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Software Engineering.