Military Specification / Standards Reform

Author:  Doyle E. Bell, The Boeing Co., Seattle, WA
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 12/Issue 3, Fall 1998
Doc ID:  1998040
Year of Publication:  1998
Abstract:  
Reprinted with permission from Advanced Materials & Processes, July, 1998. 1998 by ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio. In 1994, the new Secretary of Defense, William Perry, instructed the Department of Defense (DOD) to stop imposing Military Specifications that dictate business practices. The purpose of that notice, dubbed "The Perry Directive", was to remove the cost burden of "business system" Mil-Specs from defense contractors. Instead, the contractor was required to provide his own system for assuring the military that contract requirements were being met.