CLAUSE FOR EFFECT


Te production processes have changed and have become more automated and sometimes intertwined with the inspec- tion processes, so we wanted to come up with one, all-inclusive AIE clause that could be used across the four military services and that will address the auto- mation issues.”


He added that the command also sought to develop a clause that applies a unified standard instead of changing standards, as in the past, that depended on which service the product was for. Te result is the MSE clause, developed by a multiser- vice, multidisciplinary Supplier Quality Initiative (SQI) process action team rep- resenting contracting, legal, quality and engineering personnel.


“Our current requirements are pretty good. It’s just that they’re in so many different places,” said Sanket Patel, a member of the SQI team and the Joint Ordnance Commanders Group (JOCG) Quality Assurance (QA) Subgroup chair- person. “Tere were minor variances between the requirements, like the three top-level contract clauses.


“Our goal,” he explained, “was to come up with one contract clause, one data item description, and pull all these references to commercial industry best practices into one place, so a contractor could bid on these effectively and execute to the requirements effectively.”


Because contract requirements were not in the same place, Munoz said, “if the contractor or even the engineers here wanted to review what the requirements were, they had to go to different sources. Tere was no ‘one-stop shop.’ By using the MSE clause instead of the three AIEs, all of the DIDs and CDRLs for all of the requirements would be in one place,” he noted.


132 PILLARS OF QUALITY


MSE was designed with continuous improvement in mind to complement the four pillars of supplier quality, derived from MIL-STD-1916. The four pillars represent a robust: 1. Prevention system (process control). 2. Critical characteristic control (CCC) system. 3. Quality management system (QMS).


4. Detection system (measurement devices and inspections). (SOURCE: SQI Team)


READY FOR FIRE


Ammunition awaits loading and firing June 26, 2013, during the 2013 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition M-4 nighttime event at Fort McCoy, WI. (Photo by SSG Gary Hawkins)


Army AL&T Magazine


April–June 2014


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