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Value Engineering Change Proposal (VECP) is a proposal submitted by a contractor under the Value Engineering (VE) provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (FAR Part 48) that, through a change in the contract, would lower the project’s life-cycle cost to DoD. It’s intended to reduce costs, increase quality, and improve mission capabilities across the

The Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC) is DoD-funded and provides products, training, and services related to the Reliability, Maintainability, Quality, Supportability, and Interoperability (RMQSI) disciplines. Government agencies can contract with RIAC to perform RMQSI support work at any phase of the acquisition life cycle. Products and services include: [1] System Reliability Toolkit Handbook of 217

Quality in Supply Management is a measure of providing products that are free from defects, deficiencies, and significant variations in the purchase-buyer transaction.  High quality is brought about by the strict and consistent adherence to measurable and verifiable standards to achieve uniformity of output that satisfies specific customer or user requirements. Quality management is a

A Quality Management Plan (QMP) helps guide the Program Manager (PM) and project personnel to execute quality management and quality assurance activities for a project or program. The QMP is usually developed by a contractor and reviewed by the customer. Quality is the degree to which the project fulfills requirements. Definition: A Quality Management Plan

Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. The goal of six sigma is to produce a process where 99.99966% of the products manufactured are statistically expected to be free of defects (3.4 defects per million).

Obsolescence is a lack of availability of an item or raw material resulting from statutory and process changes, as well as new designs. Obsolescence deals with the process or condition by which a piece of equipment becomes no longer useful, or a form and function no longer is currently available for production or repair. Implementation

Production Qualification Tests (PQT) are conducted post Milestone C to ensure the effectiveness of the manufacturing process, equipment, and procedures. It provides data for the independent evaluation required for materiel release so that the evaluator can address the adequacy of the materiel with respect to the stated requirements. These tests are conducted on a number

A Production Representative Article is a system that accurately represents the production configuration system for both hardware and software but is not produced on a final production line. To be considered a Production Representative Article, all of the following reviews must have been completed: Critical Design Review (CDR), Qualification testing, All Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs)