Quality Assurance for 1200 PSI Steam Boiler Maintenance by Commercial Contractors.

Abstract

This thesis compares military, commercial, and international quality assurance standards and uses the framework of Dr. W. Edwards Deming's philosophy of management to evaluate and set appropriate quality assurance standards the Hellenic Navy should include in contracts with commercial contractors for 1200 psi steam boiler maintenance. The Hellenic Navy could experience long term benefits by implementing ISO 9002 quality assurance standards in all production and service contracts. (MM)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA306096

Entities

People

  • Vasilios K. Papaiakovou

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptability
  • Assembly
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Personnel Management
  • Quality Control
  • Standards
  • Statistical Sampling
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).