Total Quality Management and Reform of the Military Acquisition System.

Abstract

The author analyzed Total Quality Management (TQM) and the acquisition system and assessed the probability that TQM could help reform the acquisition system. TQM concepts deemed critical to success in Japanese commercial enterprises were noted. Significant differences between commercial and military management environments that might interfere with the effective implementation of TQM in the acquisition system were noted. Then government TQM policies and plans were analyzed and assessed for their congruence with fundamentally important TQM concepts and their consideration of impediments due to differences in the commercial and military environments. An informed conclusion was then reached about the prospects for shortening the time to acquire things as a result of applying TQM within the acquisition system.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA241059

Entities

People

  • David C. Carter

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Environment
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Military Acquisition
  • Political Science
  • Probability
  • Procurement
  • Public Administration
  • Total Quality Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design