MIL-HDBK-896B
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CONTENTS
1 Scope ............................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 Scope .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Purpose ....................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 Statement of the problem ............................................................................................. 1
1.3.1 Symptoms ................................................................................................................ 1
1.3.2 Root causes.............................................................................................................. 2
1.4 Success criteria ........................................................................................................... 3
1.5 Benefits ........................................................................................................................ 4
2 Applicable Documents ................................................................................................. 5
2.1 General ........................................................................................................................ 5
2.2 Government documents ............................................................................................... 5
2.2.1 Specifications, standards, and handbooks ................................................................ 5
2.2.2 Other Government documents, drawings, and publications. ..................................... 5
2.3 Non-Government documents ....................................................................................... 6
3 Definitions ..................................................................................................................... 7
4 Manufacturing Management Program Fundamentals ................................................ 7
4.1 The Benefits of an effective MM Program .................................................................... 7
4.2 Manufacturing Management as part of the Systems Engineering Process ................... 7
4.3 MM Program Requirements vs Manufacturing Readiness Level Threads .................... 8
4.4 Acquisition Strategy Considerations ............................................................................. 9
4.4.1 Funding implications ................................................................................................. 9
4.4.2 Request for Proposal Considerations.......................................................................11
4.4.3 Contract considerations ...........................................................................................15
5 Requirements ............................................................................................................... 16
5.1 Manufacturing management system ...........................................................................16
5.1.1 Guidance .................................................................................................................16
5.1.2 Lessons Learned .....................................................................................................16
5.2 Design analysis for manufacturing ..............................................................................16
5.2.1 Producibility analysis ...............................................................................................16
5.2.2 Key and Critical Characteristics ...............................................................................19
5.2.3 Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis .............................................................24
5.3 Manufacturing Risk Identification ................................................................................28
5.3.1 Manufacturing Feasibility Assessments ...................................................................28
5.3.2 Manufacturing Readiness Level Assessments .........................................................29
5.3.3 Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) ...................................................................31
5.4 Manufacturing planning ...............................................................................................31
5.4.1 Manufacturing Plan ..................................................................................................32
5.4.2 Materials Management ............................................................................................32
5.4.3 Manufacturing technology development ...................................................................36
5.4.4 Cost .........................................................................................................................38
5.4.5 Manufacturing Modeling and Simulation ..................................................................39
5.4.6 Manufacturing System Verification ...........................................................................42
5.4.7 Manufacturing Workforce .........................................................................................43
5.4.8 Tooling/test equipment/facilities ...............................................................................44