Breaking the mold : forging a common defense manufacturing vision / Committee on Defense Manufacturing Strategy, Manufacturing Studies Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Defense Manufacturing Strategy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Defense industries--Government policy--United States.

Defense industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Given the dramatic changes in the environment for national defense, concurrent with rapid improvements in commercial manufacturing capabilities, the Department of Defense (DOD) requires a new approach to designing, engineering, manufacturing, buying, and upgrading weapon systems. This book provides both a vision for that new approach and a strategy by which the DOD can accomplish the necessary changes. The result will be a higher quality, more cost-effective weapon systems and a stronger industrial base while still accommodating diminishing procurement budgets.

Contents:

BREAKING THE MOLD

Copyright

Acknowledgments

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

IMPLEMENTING A NEW DEFENSE MANUFACTURING STRATEGY: AN ILLUSTRATIVE MODEL

Create a Vision of Manufacturing

Create a Working Cadre

Select a Change Strategy

Communicating The Initiative

LATER IN THE CHANGE PROCESS

SUMMARY

1 Defense Manufacturing on the Defensive

THE DEFENSE BUDGET

TECHNOLOGY

COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING RENEWAL

NOTES

2 A Change Process...That Changes...

NOTE

3 The Change Process

STEP 1: PREPARATION

STEP 2: COMMITMENT

STEP 3: DEPLOYMENT

STEP 4: ACTION

STEP 5: REINFORCEMENT

STEP 6: RESULTS MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK

4 DoD Is Different...Partly

CHANGING PROCUREMENT, ACCOUNTING, AND AUDITING PROCESSES

PROBLEM SOLVING, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND TEAM BUILDING

TRAINING

DECENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY

MANAGEMENT TURNOVER

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND REWARD SYSTEMS

IMPROVEMENT AND RESOURCES

MEASURE PROGRESS OVER THE LONG RUN

5 ''We're Already Doing That!

6 Defense Manufacturing Would Be Different

7 Implementing a New Defense Manufacturing Strategy: An Illustrative Model

CREATE A VISION OF MANUFACTURING

CREATE A WORKING CADRE

SELECT A CHANGE STRATEGY

COMMUNICATING THE INITIATIVE

APPENDIXES

A Review of Study Panels

PANEL ON NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

PANEL ON POLICY

PANEL ON PROGRAM INITIATIVES

PANEL ON SUPPLIERS

WORLD-CLASS CUSTOMERS2

WORLD-CLASS SUPPLIERS

B A Review of Selected Reports on Defense Acquisition and Management

SUMMARIES OF PAST REPORTS

SYNOPSIS OF RELEVANT DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD REPORTS

DOD DIRECTIVES, INSTRUCTIONS AND OTHER POLICY DOCUMENTS

C Suggested Reading

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-84).

ISBN:

9786610211494

9781280211492

1280211490

9780309572996

0309572991

9780585154107

0585154104

OCLC:

647366539