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DAU PMT 352B Exam 4 Part 4
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Term
Immediate Warfighter Need (IWN)
Definition
A subset of JUON (Joint Urgent Operational Need).
Term
Immediate Warfighter Need (IWN)
Definition
Designated by the Joint Rapid Acq. Cell, have a materiel or logistics solution that must be resolved within 120 days or less.
Term
Immediate Warfighter Need (IWN)
Definition
This special category will confirm an added emphasis on the timely resolution of this urgent operation need and enhanced visability to OSD and the Deputy Secretary of Defense
Term
Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON)
Definition
An urgent operation need identified by combatant commander involved in an ongoing named operation.
Term
Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON)
Definition
Main purpose is to identify and subsequently gain Joint Staff validation and resourcing of a solutoin, usually within days or weeks, to meet a specific high priority combatant commander need.
Term
Joint Urgent Operational Need (JUON)
Definition
Prevents combat related loss of life and / or mission failure
Term
Multi-Year Contract
Definition
A single contract for a specific quantity of usuable end items to be delivered over a period of time greater than one year but not more than five years
Term
Criteria for a Multi-Year Contract
Definition
Significant Savings compared to annual contract buys
Term
Criteria for a Multi-Year Contract
Definition
Stable requirements and design
Term
Criteria for a Multi-Year Contract
Definition
Confidence in the cost estimates
Term
Criteria for a Multi-Year Contract
Definition
Confidence in contractor's ability to produce
Term
Criteria for a Multi-Year Contract
Definition
Committment by the Service, OSD, and Congress to provide the appropriate level of funding for current and out years
Term
Statisical Process Control (SPC)
Definition
A way to monitor and understand the behaviour of a process
Term
Statisical Process Control (SPC)
Definition
uses statistics to give feedback on abilities and limitations
Term
Statisical Process Control (SPC)
Definition
Help to make economical decisions about causes that affect the process
Term
Statisical Process Control (SPC)
Definition
Focuses attention on detecting and monitoring process variation over time
Term
Statisical Process Control (SPC)
Definition
Distinguishes special from common cuases of variation as a guide to local or management action
Term
Statisical Process Control (SPC)
Definition
Provides a common language for disucssion process performance
Term
Variation
Definition
Sources:
Engineering Changes
Reqt and Specs
Material properties
Service Environment
Mission Profile
Manufacturing Process
Measurement System
Tooling
Term
Varability (Inherent)
Definition
Statistical Process Control is a way to monitor and understand a process in order to reduce varability
Term
Manpower, Methods, Machinery, Measurements, Material
Definition
Sources of Variation
Term
Variation
Definition
-Can be measured
-individual outcomes are unpredictable
-Groups form patterns
Term
Common Cause, Random Cause, Natural Cause
Definition
Causes of Variation
Variations that are part of a stable process are therefore called this. (ex. Machine vibration, temperature, fluctuations, slight variation in raw materials, human variation in setting control dials)
Term
Common
Definition
Causes of Variation
Inherently part of the process
usually need mgmt to resolve / change, since process change often needed
Term
Common
Definition
Causes of Variation
If this cause of variation are present, the process output forms a distribution that is stable over time and is predictable.
Term
Special Cause, Assignable Cause, or Unnatural Cause
Definition
Causes of Variation
Anything that causes variations that are not part of stable process is called this. (ex. batch of defective raw material, faulty setup, human error, incorrect recipe, blown gasket, earthquake)
Term
Special
Definition
Causes of Variation
Not part of the process all of the time, arise from a specific circumstance
-usually can be resolved by locals (workers)
-Process is unstable if this cause of variation are present
Term
System: Stable
Definition
If special causes in variation are not present
Term
Detecting Variation
Definition
Gather Historical Data
Select a validated statistical formula set
Input data
Plot data, mean, limits on a control chart
control limits
Term
Contol Limits
Definition
Based on performance of the process
Tell us when to take action on the process
Term
Specification Limits
Definition
Based on performance of the product
Tell us when to disposition the product
Term
Issues with Statistical Process Control
Definition
It takes time to train and implement
Statistics must be used with process expertise
Control and Capability are often used interchangeably
Industry gurus estimate that 50% or more of all control charts are worthless
Term
Privity
Definition
The legal relationship and responsiblities between parties to the same contract
Term
Prime Contractor
Definition
Who does the government have privity with?
Term
First-tier Subcontractor
Definition
Who does the prime contractor have privity with?
Term
No, privity of contract is not a prerequisite for submitting a request for Special Priority Assistance (SPA)
Definition
Do you need a privity of contract to request a SPA?
Term
SPA (Special Priority Assistance)
Definition
A request for this can be submitted on behalf of another intersted party as in the case of a prime contractor submitting a request on behalf of its subcontractors
Term
no, DPAS cannot be used to force a contractor to produce an item they no longer produce or for one that they want to cease production
Definition
Can DPAS be used to force a contractor to produce an itme they no longer manufacture or no longer want to manufacturer?
Term
Lean Enterprise Principles, Practices and Implementation
Definition
This refers to a fundamental way of thinking, involving all people, functions, and levels of expertise that is intended to enable flexiblity and waste reduction by focusing on actys that will promote value for the end item user of that organizaiton's products
Term
Transitioning to the Field
Definition
User must involved in planning and execution of system fielding
Term
Transitioning to the Field
Definition
-Start planning early
-Establish a team
-Be flexible - things will go wrong
-Use lessons learned
-Lack of training, manpower, facilities, manuals,etc, can hobble the best system
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
Potential to reduce cost and risk for both Govt and contractor
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
-Limit cost growth and provide stability
-Criteria must be met
-Allows EOQ purchases (Economic Order of Quantity)
-Funded in annual budget
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
Funds commitment from Congress / DOD
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
Limits cost to government
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
Criteria must be met
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
Allows EOQ (economic order quantity) purchases
Term
Multi-Year Procurement
Definition
Funded in annual budget - funds committment from Congress/DOD
Term
Proven Government/Contractor Techniques
Definition
-Use tailored cross functional teams
-Use DCMA, BMPCOE, and DAU resources
-Manage the supply chain
-lean principles
-design in quality
Term
Post Deployment Review
Definition
Begins at IOC
Term
Post Deployment Review
Definition
System continues to meet / exceed threholds/objectives for C/S/P
formal feedback on fielded system
every 3-5 years after IOC or changes in reqt or performance problems
Term
Learning Curve Theory
Definition
Is most straightforward applied in situations with the following conditions:
-Uninterrupted serial production
-Consistent product design
-Management emphasis on productivity improvement
Term
Worker familiarization
Process Improvements
Definition
These conditions promote the behaviors underlying the decline of unit cost with increased production costs
Term
Worker Familiarization
Definition
THis is with required tasks (learning)
Term
Process Improvements
Definition
This results from experience with tasks, e.g. more effiencient layout of assembly line; simplifications of methods sheets; reduction of rework, repair, and scrap; improved parts and bin accessiblity; new or improved tooling
Term
Production conditions that can affect a system's learning curve
Definition
-Manufacturing methods and processes
-Item Complexity
-Workforce stability
-Production Breaks
Term
Learning Curve
Definition
Should be applied to the production portion of a systems cost estimate. May be dervived from actual observation of the production line or by analogy to similar systems that have similiar systems that have previously been produced
Term
Planning
Programming
Budgeting
Executing
Definition
PPBE Phases
Term
Planning
Definition
Review threat / assess capabilities
Develop guidance
Term
Programming
Definition
Turn to guidance into achieveable and affordable packages/ programs
5 year defense program (FYDP)
Term
Budgeting
Definition
Scrub budget year
prepare defensible budget
first year of the FYDP
Term
Execution
Definition
measure performance against plan
assess effectiveness of resource allocation
Term
FYDP (Future Year Defense Plan)
Definition
Computer database maintained by Office of SECDEF, Director Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
Term
FYDP (Future Year Defense Plan)
Definition
Approved force structure and resouces in SECDEF Defense program
Term
Learning Curve Theory
Definition
States as the quantity of a product produced doubles, the recuring cost per unit decreases at a fixed rate or constant percentage
Term
-Eliminating special causes
-Improving consistency of measurement systems
-COntrol product by controlling the process
-Reducing losses and eliminating waste
Definition
Continuous improvement comes from reducing variation by these means.
Term
Key Characteristics
Definition
Are features who variablities has the greatest impact on fit, performance, or service life
Term
Quality Mangaement Process
Definition
-Establish capable processes
-Continiously improve processes
-Monitor and control critical processes and product variation
-Establish mechanisms for field product performance feedback
-Implement an effective root cause analysis and corrective action system
Term
Production Readiness Reviews (PRR)
Definition
This is intended to monitor the status of the required resources and efforts necessary to acutally produce a product
Term
Defense Contract Mangement Agency (DCMA)
Definition
teams ususally have the ability to look across contracts, i.e. at all aspects of facilities and product creating processes and establish day to day working relationship with facility personnel. These teams can often provide excellent advance notice of either problems or improvements
Term
DOD/Service Manufacturing Technology (MANTECH) Programs
Definition
These are primarily intended to address manufacturing technology issues and challenges that are impacting or could benefit multiple programs
Term
Supply Chain Mangement
Definition
The management of all activities and organizations associated with the flow and tranformation of materials and related information from source to end item user
Term
Basic and Advanced Quality Systems (AQS)
Definition
Many of these specifically target process variation, and promote a variety of methods ranging in complexity from brainstorming, affinity diagrams and Pareto Analysis to quality function deployment (QFD), statistical process control (SPC) and design of experiements (DOE), to identify product and process characteristics that must be properly controlled to produce high quality products
Term
Design for X (Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, Design for Disassembly, Design for Simplicity_
Definition
THis approach to risk reduction is based upon the fundamental understnading that the designers of any system must deliberately take steps during the design phase to address certain features or aspects that are either critical to the manufacturing and supportiabilty of the sytem being designed, or address some key features that are of substantial importance to the end item user.
Term
Eveolutionary Acquisition
Definition
Can reduce risk by providing capabilities in increments in increments when technology is mature
Term
Change Clause
Definition
Increase in quantity of major items typically NOT authorized
Term
Fixed price contracts (within scope):
-Drawings, designs, or specifications
-Method of shipping or packing
-Place of inspection, delivery or acceptance
Definition
Provides rapid response to issues but what are the rules for use for contract change clause
Term
Expense and Investments
Definition
What are two elements of funding
Term
Expense and Investments
Definition
What does RDT&E use for funding elements?
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
A way to monitor and understand the behavior of a process.
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Uses to give feedback on abilities and limitations
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Help to make economical decisions about causes that affect the process
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Focuses attention on detetcing and monitoring process variation over time
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Distinguishes special from common causes of variation, as a guide to local or management action
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Provides a common language for discussing process performance
Term
Learning Curve Theory
Definition
This applies where the followng conditions exist:

-Uninterrupted serial production (no production breaks)
-Consistent Product Design
-Management emphasis on productivity improvement
Term
Variation
Definition
Any unwanted condition or as the difference between a current and desired end state
Term
-Insufficient design margins resulting from poor design practice
-Inherent variability of any manufacturing process
-Measurement systems all possess inherent variability
-Varibility products provided by subcontractors and vendors
Definition
What are the four major sources of variability in the technical process?
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
A way to monitor and understand the behavior of a process.
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Uses statistics to give feedback on abilities and limitations
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Help to make economical decisions about causes and effects
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Focuses on attention on detecting and monitoring process variation over time
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Distinguishes special from common causes of variation, as a guide to local or management action
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
Provides a common language for discussing process performance
Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition
-Focuses on attention on detecting and monitoring process variation over time
-Distinguishes special from common causes of variation, as a guide to local or management action
-Provides a common language for discussing process performance
Term
Learning Curve Theory
Definition

This applies where the following exist:

-Uninterrupted serial production (no production breaks)

-Consistent Product Design

-Management emphasis on productivity improvment

Term
Conditions that impact learning curve
Definition

-Manufacturing methods and processes

-Item Complexity

-Workforce stability

-Productions breaks

Term
Producibility
Definition
The measure of relative ease of manufacturing a product; easily and economically fabricated, assembled, inspected and test
Term
Impacts to Producibility
Definition

-Design

-Manufacturing Capability and Control

-Inspection Methods

-CAIV

Term
Variation
Definition
This is defined as any unwanted condition or as the different between a current and desired end state
Term

-Insufficient design margines resulting from poor design practice

-Inherent variablity of any manufacturing process

-Measurement systems all possess inherent variabilty

-Varibility Products provided by the subcontractors and vendors

Definition
What are the four major sources of variability in the technical process?
Term

-Stable, realistic reqts

-Design process that includes Producibility

-Use of proven, mature manufacturing processes

-use of Statistic tools, such as design experiments, SPC and analysis of variance

 

Definition
What are then counters to Variability?
Term
Decreases in variability
Definition
What will eventually result in greater product performance, fewer defects and lower manufacturing costs?
Term

-Establish capable processes

-Continously improve processes

-Monitor and Control critical process and product variation

-Establish mechanisms for field product perofrmance  (Feedback)

-Implement an effective root cause analysis and corrective action

Definition
What shall Quality Management shall do:
Term
Annual Funding
Definition
What kind of funding is O&M, MILPERS appropriations?
Term
Learning Curve Theory
Definition
As the quantity of a product produced doubles, the recurring cost per unit decreases at a fixed rate
Term
Annual Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

Prepare annual budget request on the basis of funding needed to operate and maintain DOD activities and pay personnel on a 12 month period

Term
Annual Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

To provide only those funds required to pay expenses associated with normal operations for a 12 month period.

Term
Annual Funding-Service Contract Exception
Definition

What kind of funding?

Funds for a given year may be obligated for the total amount of that contract

Term
Incremental Funding
Definition

What type of funding?

RDT&E (expenses and investments)

Term
Incremental Funding
Definition
Prepare annual budget request on basis of what kind of funding reuqired to cover only thoses costs expected to be incurred for work to be done during a given fiscal year.
Term
Incremental Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

Govt will pay for work performed that fiscal year with that fiscal year's appropriated funds?

Term
Incremental Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

Intent is to achieve effective rationing of scarce funds among RDT&E programs

Term
Full Funding
Definition

What kind of funding:

Procurement, MILCON

Term
Procurement, MILCON
Definition
What kind of funds are considered investments only?
Term
RDT&E
Definition
What kind of funds are considered both investments and expenses?
Term
Full Funding
Definition

What kind of funding:

Prepare an annual budget request to cover total estimated cost for a specific quanity of militarily usable end items deliveries in a 12 month funded delivery period

Term
Full Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

Intent is to provide total funding for investment items to satisfy an approved 12 month requirement

Term
Annual Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

  • Prepares annual budget request on the basis of funding need to operate and maintain DOD activities and pay personnel for a 12 month period
  • To provide only those funds required to pay expenses associated with normal operations of a 12 month period

 

Term
Incremental Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

  • Prepare annual budget request on basis of incremental funding reuqired to cover only those costs expected to be incurred for work to be done during a given fiscal year
  • Government  will pay work perofrmed that fiscal year with that year's appropriated funds
  • Intent is to achieve effective rationing of scarce funds among RDT&E programs

 

Term
Full Funding
Definition

What kind of funding?

  • Prepare annual budget request to cover the total estimated cost for a specific quantity of militarily usuable end items deliveries in a 12 month funded delivery period
  • Intent to provide total funding for investment items to satisfy an approved 12 month requirement
Term
Procurement
Definition

What color of money?

  • LRIP:  Permit orderly increase in production ramp up
Term
Procurement
Definition

What color of money?

LRIP: Establish an initial production base

Term
RDT&E
Definition

What color of money?

LRIP: Provide production configured or representative articles for OT

Term
Product Improvement
Definition

-One that increases performance

-One that does not increase perforamnce

Term
Procurement or RDT&E
Definition

Activities to be funded:

Determine how to do the modifications

Term
Procurement
Definition

Activities to be funded:

Purchase the modification

Term
Procurement
Definition

Activities to be funded:

Install the modfication kids

Term
Reprogramming
Definition
Only funds currently available for obligation
Term
Reprogramming
Definition
Funds in the FYDP can be moved or shifted
Term
Transfer
Definition
Occurs when a programming action results in movement of budget authority from one appropriation to another
Term

-Congressional Prior Approval

-Congressional Notification

-Internal

-Below Threshold Reprogramming

Definition
What are the types of reprogramming?
Term
Allocation
Definition
Funding provided to the DOD component
Term
Committment
Definition
Administrative reservation of funds
Term
Obligation
Definition
Legal reservation of funds tying the government to a liablity
Term
Expenditure
Definition
(Disbursement) payment for some or all of an obligation
Term
Outlay
Definition
Actual moeny is withdrawn for the teasury and transferred to recipients bank account
Term
MIPR
Definition
Military Interdepartment Purchase Request
Term
Reprogramming
Definition
Realignment of the budget authority from the purpose for which it was intended to finance another
Term
Deferral
Definition
Temporary impoundment or withholding of funds (due to schedule slip or technical issue)
Term
Rescission
Definition
Permanent impounding or cancellation of funds (Program Cancellation)
Term
Impoundment
Definition
The President may identify specific amount of funding and initiate this?
Term
  • Change to drawings design or specification
  • Method of shipping or packaging
  • Place of delivery
Definition
Contracting Office issues a unilateral change if change is within scope and ...
Term
Change Order
Definition
What is issued unilaterally
Term
Also called a change order
Definition
Unilateral is also called ______
Term
Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA)
Definition
Refers only to new work not within the general scope of an existing contract - is not a change order
Term
Lean
Definition
Is a factor in production:  eliminates waste and improves processes
Term
Appeals
Definition
  • Must be kept in the same phases (Authorization or Appropriation)
  • Can only be made for the amount in or closes to President's Budget
  • You can appeal more than just dollars (Manpower, quantities, policy language)
Term
Quality Mangement
Definition

-Monitor

-Reduce

-Measure

-Implement

Term
CPI (Cost Performance Index)
Definition
How much actual work was accomplished for each dollar spent (BCWP/ACWP)
Term
Schedule Performance Index (SPI)
Definition
How efficient is the contractor in terms of schedule. (BCWP/BCWS)
Term
Favorable
Definition
Greater than >1
Term
Unfavorable
Definition
Is less than <1
Term
SPI <1
Definition
Program is behind schedule
Term
CPI <1
Definition
Program is over budget
Term
Variance
Definition
This measures magnitude
Term
Indices
Definition
This measures efficiency
Term
RDT&E
Definition
Funding valid for 2 years
Term
Procurement
Definition
Funding valid for 3 years
Term
OM&N and MILPERS
Definition
Funding valid for 1 year
Term
MILCON
Definition
Funding valid for 5 years
Term
5
Definition
Appropriation life cycle adds how many years
Term
Phase 1
Definition
(1-5 years) available for new obligations, increased in scope on existing obligations, payments and adjustments
Term
Phase 2
Definition
(5 years) account expired, available for payments and adjustments
Term
Phase 3
Definition
10 years - no longer avaiable
Term
Alpha Contracting
Definition

What are these key factors:

  • There is a specific managment buy-in
  • A willingness to trust exists on both sides
  • Honesty is evident
  • The Team is empowered
Term
  • Worker familiarization with required tasks
  • Process improvements resulting from experience with tasks
  • More efficient layout assembly line
  • Simplification of methods sheets, reduction of rework, repair and scrap
  • Improved parts bin assembly
  • New improved tooling
Definition
What are the conditions that promote the behaviours underlying the decline of unit cost with increased production quanitites
Term
Traditional Approach
Definition
Requirements are developed by the governemnt and segregated into 3 or 3 groups to develop a WBS.  Contractor gets info via RFP. Contractor responds and they go back and forth unti the contract is negotiated and awarded
Term
Alpha Contracting
Definition
  • Principles of concurrent and integratred rather than serial processing in a sole source environment to reduce acquisition time.
  • From solicitation development through proprosal prep, evaluation, negotiation and award
  • Relies on team approach to concurrently develop scope of work, price the scope, and prepare the contract to execute the scope
  • Streamling technique where the team must agree before proceeding to the next stage
Term
Manging and reducing Variation
Definition
The variation must be tracked back to its source.
Term
Occurs in all natural and man made processes
Definition
Variation occurs where?
Term
Producibility
Definition

 

- Parts Obsolescence

- Supply Chain, Industrial Base

- Design Flexibility

Term
Process Control
Definition

 

- New Production Line

- Variation in Key Characteristics

- Implementing Lean Manf & QMS

Term
Criteria to be eligible for a multiyear
Definition
  • substantial savings—debatable, contractor estimated $50M (2.8%) gov’t savings 
  • minimum needed will remain unchanged 
  • agency will request funding
  • stable design, low risk
  • costs are realistic—debatable, BMPCOE estimates $75M net (compared to $150M)
  • will promote the national security
Term
SECDEF
Definition
Who certifies certifies to Congress current FYDP fully funds support costs
Term
Multi-Year Contract
Definition
Multiyear contract provides for production at not less than minimum economic rates
Term
Proven contractor/Govt techniques
Definition

Use tailored cross-functional teams

Use DCMA, BMPCOE and DAU resources

Manage the supply chain

Lean principles

Design in quality

Term
Obsolescence
Definition

Provide performance incentives for innovation, open systems architectures

Require contractor to manage supply chain (PBL approach)

Consider component breakout

Term
JUON
Definition

 This is applicable for what?

nOnly for ACAT II, III or IV Fielding
nMay be used with existing programs even ACAT I programs
Term
JUON
Definition

This prevents the following:

 

nCombat related loss of life and/or

nMission failure

Term
JUONs
Definition
This requires resolution and fielding in 120 days or less
Term
Authorization
Definition
Authorizes programs and propose funds to cover those programs.
Term
HASC and SASC
Definition
Who is responsible for Authorization
Term
Appropriation
Definition
Type of funds (color of money) covered by HAC/SAC; budgets and applies to money that was authorized
Term
Apportionment
Definition
Budget release authority by OMB of appropriated funds - which is then given that was authorized
Term
Impoundment
Definition
Money that is not apportioned. Type types: Deferral and Recission
Term
Deferral
Definition
Temporary withholding of funds
Term
Recission
Definition
Permanent cancellations of funds
Term
Allocation
Definition
Portion of apportionment dollars provided by OMB to the Services
Term
Allot
Definition
Issuance of "allocation" dollars by the Resource Managers for the services
Term
Committment
Definition
Once funds are issued, "Administrative reservation" saying they will be used
Term
Obligation
Definition
Signing of a contract for goods or services
Term
Expenditure / Disbursement
Definition
Paying some or all of the obligation
Term
Outlay
Definition
Money withdrawn from the treasury "cashing the check"
Term
Reprogramming
Definition
Realignment of appropriated funds (usually for emergent, unfunded requirements). Only applies to appropriated funds
Term
Congressional Prior Approval
Definition
  • Highest
  • Submitted through USD (C) to Congress
  • Change in quantities
  • Special Interest Items
  • New Starts
  • Can move between appropriaitions
  • Exceeds dollar of BTR
Term
Congressional Notification Letter
Definition
  • Next Higher Level
  • In advance of initiation
  • Requires a 30 day notification to the Defense Committee with no action taken until 30 days after notification
  • Exceeds dollar of BTR threshold
Term
Internal Reprogramming
Definition
  • Realigns appropriated funds (usually to a different line item or appropriation) for proper execution of the same requirement with no change in purpose.
  • Requires OSD involvement
Term
Transfer
Definition

This is the method for Internal Reprogramming:

Movement of funds from one service to another (can change appropriation)

Term
Below Threshold Reprogramming
Definition
  • Based on dollar figures and appropriations
  • RDT&E:  $10M or less
  • Procure: $20M or less
  • OM&N: $15M or less

 

Term
Misappropriation
Definition

Not using the funds for a program and purposes which the approrpriation is made

 

Example: Using OM&N when you should use RDT&E

Term
Anti-Deficiency Act
Definition
Spending more than you were authorized by the approrpriation
Term
Current Funds
Definition

Based on the type of funds; how long they are good for;

  • O&MN = 1 year
  • RDT&E = 2 years
  • SCN = 5 years

 

Term
Expired funds
Definition
Current life is over, funds move over to expired. Can still process contractor invoices
Term
Closed / Cancelled
Definition
Current life of fund is over. Money is expired. no more expenses can be paid with this money
Term
Manufacturing Key Characteristic
Definition
A tool to help decide where to focus limited resources.
Term
Manufacturing Key Characteristic
Definition

 Features whose variability has the greatest impact on fit, performance, or service life.

 
Key characteristics provide a focus for product improvement
Quality is conformance to nominal on all key characteristics
Continuous improvement comes from reducing variation by:
Eliminating special causes
Improving consistency of measurement systems
Control Product by controlling the process

Reducing losses and eliminating waste

Term
A contractor’s quality management system should be capable of these activities.
Definition

Monitor, measure, analyze, control, and improve processes

Reduce product variation

Measure/verifyproduct conformity

Establish mechanisms for field product performance and feedback

Implement an effective root-cause analysis and corrective action system.”

Term
Statistical Process Control
Definition

 What does it do?

Focuses attention on detecting and monitoringprocess variation over time

Distinguishes special from common causes of variation, as a guide to local or management action

Provides a common language for discussing process performance

Term
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Definition

 What is it?

A way to monitor and understand the behavior of a process.
Uses statistics to give feedback on abilities and limitations
Help to make economical decisions about causes that affect the process
Term
Common causes of variation
Definition
Machine vibration, vibration, temperature fluctuations, raw material variations, human variation in setting control dials
Term
Common causes of variation
Definition
This is present, the output of the process forms a distribution that is stable over time and is predictable
Term
Common Cause Variation
Definition
Needs management to resolve since process change is required
Term
Quality Management for User's Perspective
Definition
The quality of products or services is determiend by the extent they meet (or exceed) requirements and satisfy the customer(s), at an affordable cost.
Term
Producibility Fundamental Factors
Definition

1.  Design

2.  Manufacturing Capability and Control

3.  Inspection Method

4.  CAIV

Term
For Producibilty what should you do to maximize
Definition
  • Simplicity of design
  • Standardized materials and components
  • Process repeatabilty
  • Product inspectabiltiy
  • Environmental
  • Use of Open Systems
  • Use Commerically available components

 

Term
For Producibility, what should you do to minimize?
Definition

1. Total Part Count

2. Skill levels required to manufacture

3. Special test systems

4. Inappropriate tolerances

Term
Common Causes of Variation
Definition
  • Machine vibration, vibration, temperature fluctation, raw material variations, human variation in setting control dials
  • if only these are present, the outpout of the process forms a distribution that is stable over time and is predictable
  • Need management to resolve
Term
Special Causes of Variation
Definition
  • Anything that causes variations that are not part of the stable process
  • assignable cause or unnatural cause, batch of defective material, bad set up, human error, incorrect recipe, blown gasket, earthquake
  • If these are present, the process output is unstable over time and unpredictable
  • Resolved by local workers
Term
Control Limits
Definition
Based on performance of the process.
Term
Special Limits
Definition
Based on the performance of the product
Term
Control vs. Capability
Definition

____ repeats the process

____ produces product to spec

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