Optimizing the cost of the telecommunication system

Over the past three years, a group of professionals at the AT&T Network Software Center have developed and implemented many technical and management procedures. They have made significant contributions to the profitability of the AT&T Network Systems Equipment Division (NSED) during their short tenure. The success of component management, through which much saving is effected, has been accomplished through the following three product realization processes: (1) product review team (PRT), which focuses on activities dealing with product modeling and content analysis; (2) cost management engineering (CME), which encompasses a cradle-to-grave viewpoint of all critical design decisions, along with a product development cycle; and (3) component utilization committee, which brings prime focus on all aspects of the component cost reductions