Quality Assurance - Air Force Logistics Command,

Abstract

This paper examines the scope of the Air Force Logistics Command's (AFLC) mission and focuses on current management indicators and initiatives related to Quality Assurance. The Quality Assurance discipline within AFLC is tasked with the responsibility of corporate oversight of the quality of workmanship of the commands' products, goods, and services. Since fiscal year 1976, adverse trends have been noted in frequency of customer reported defects on these weapon systems, and several innovative and dramatic steps have been taken to reverse the decline in the technical competence of our work. In February 1981, the command established a Maintenance Industrial Quality Study Group that was chartered to examine the entire spectrum of quality, with special emphasis on five major categories. The five categories were: Policy Guidance; People Programs; Technology; Investment Benefits; and Management Systems. The ultimate goal of the study was to formulate a quality effort which placed maximum emphasis on defect prevention rather than defect correction.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP002816

Entities

People

  • Philip N. Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Indicators
  • Investments
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Procurement
  • Spectra
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Synergism
  • Virginia
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Library and Information Science