Accession Number:

ADA040455

Title:

Report of the Task Force on Specifications and Standards

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1977-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

70.0

Abstract:

Military Specifications and Standards have long been a target for criticism This study convinced the Task Force that such criticism is generally misdirected. It found that the existing Specifications and Standards are reasonably good, more than adequate to Department of Defense needs. In general, the documents contain much more flexibility than appears to be used in practice. MOst of the instances of excessive cost examined by the Task Force resulted from a failure to utilize this flexibility in a reasonable way, rather than a fundamental problem with the specification itself. Industry was as guilty of over-interpretation as Government was of over-enforcement.

Descriptors:

• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• *MILITARY PROCUREMENT
• *SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
• COST ANALYSIS
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• DOCUMENTS
• INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
• MILITARY RESEARCH
• REDUCTION
• RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
• SPECIFICATIONS
• STANDARDS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Operations Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE