Title :
Could cost in a TQM environment
Author :
Ward, Michael ; Erickson, Gerald ; Fleming, Dallas
Author_Institution :
Modern Technol. Corp., Dayton, OH, USA
Abstract :
Within the scope of total quality management (TQM) could cost is a means to achieve reductions in the cost of developing and producing weapon systems. Basically, could cost is a team effort of government and industry to identify and negotiate the elimination of non-value-added efforts in return for savings. Overall system cost reductions realized through conducting a could cost are achieved by saying no to added capabilities or added sophistication not needed to meet essential mission requirements. The steps undertaken to conducting a could cost are described. The approach undertaken to conduct an actual could cost on an Army system is described. The objective was to test the could cost concept
Keywords :
economics; management; military systems; quality control; weapons; Army system; cost reductions; could cost; government; industry; military systems; mission requirements; savings; total quality management; weapon; Computer integrated manufacturing; Continuous improvement; Costs; Government; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing processes; Productivity; Proposals; Teamwork; Total quality management;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1990. NAECON 1990., Proceedings of the IEEE 1990 National
Conference_Location :
Dayton, OH
DOI :
10.1109/NAECON.1990.112967
