A Guide to Quality Assurance Indicators for the Defense Electronics Industry

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide the inexperienced quality assurance specialist (QAS) with a guide to quality assurance indicators for use when working with contractors in the defense electronics industry. The quality indicators used by two defense industry contractors (ITT and Texas Instruments) with excellent quality programs were studied, as were the indicators used by two of the AFSC product divisions (ESD and ASD) that interface with the defense electronics industry. This research focused on the elements of a MIL-Q-985A quality program required for the complex systems produced by the contractors studied. Quality indicators and observations about quality programs were discussed, presenting the uses, merits, and shortfalls of the elements of QAS might find in an ideal quality program. Keywords: Military theses; TQM. (kt)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA215630

Entities

People

  • Ronald A. Goertz

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Acceptance Tests
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Birds
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Reductions
  • Data Analysis
  • Electronics Industry
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Quality Control
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene