Achieving Quality in the Navy Field Contracting System

Abstract

The Navy Field Contracting System (NFCS) recently began a program of funding its activities based upon the productive units completed. Due to this emphasis on quantity of output, there was concern that the quality of the product would suffer. This thesis studies the effect of Productive Unit Resourcing (PUR) on the quality of contracts produced by the Navy Field Contracting System. In doing so it examines the current quality practices in the NFCS, as well as some past and present practices within the Air Force. These findings are presented along with some of the current ideas found in the commercial sector concerning achieving quality. A program for achieving quality in the NFCS is also proposed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177288

Entities

People

  • Richard D. Dowling

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Quality Control
  • Regression Analysis
  • Schools
  • Small Business
  • Statistical Samples
  • Surveys
  • United States

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