Contractor Initiatives for Reliability, Maintainability, and Cost Improvement.

摘要

This paper presents a synthesis of major findings and conclusions derived from four years of research in electronics subsystem acquisition. Department of Defense policy statements for achieving improved reliability, maintainability, and cost are reviewed. The application and implementation of these policies are examined and the management response of system and subsystem contractors is described in areas of operating policies and procedures, project organization, cost management and control, and development program planning. The contractor experiences during their engineering development programs are subsequently evaluated in terms of operating problems or policy barriers. In total, the experiences of 43 contractors responding in 25 separate programs are examined and analyzed. Based upon their past experiences and management behavior, the appropriate response to successfully embrace future policy initiatives is postulated.