Title :
R&M 2000 process: a cornerstone to the total quality movement
Author_Institution :
US Air Force, Andrews AFB, MD, USA
Abstract :
The US Department of Defense´s total quality management (TQM) campaign to support continuous process improvement is discussed. Reliability, maintainability, and producibility (RM&P) are discussed as key building blocks of TQM and continuous quality improvement of weapon systems. This relationship supports the strategic importance of R&M 2000 in the TQM movement and clearly supports the R&M 2000 goals. The strategic relationship of the R&M 2000 process is reviewed. To demonstrate the conceptual relationships defined by the R&M 2000 process and TQM, the R&M quality team concept is used. The R&M quality team concept is the first TQM initiative to support the R&M 2000 process. The concept has been successfully used in the design of the C-17A airlifter
Keywords :
maintenance engineering; quality control; reliability; weapons; C-17A airlifter; maintainability; producibility; reliability; total quality management; weapon systems; Atmosphere; Books; Costs; Councils; Defense industry; Maintenance; Reliability engineering; Safety; Total quality management; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, 1990. Proceedings., Annual
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
DOI :
10.1109/ARMS.1990.67940
