Government management of contractor submission of value engineering change proposals
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Authors
Given, Gary George
Subjects
Value engineering
VECP
VECP
Advisors
Carrick, Paul M.
Date of Issue
1985-12
Date
December 1985
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to determine how the Department of Defense value engineering
policies and processing procedures affect a contractor's motivation to submit value engineering change proposals. A comparative analysis of the DOD Value Engineering Program with private industry's value analysis program and also an examination of how the Hughes Aircraft Company has used the DOD Value Engineering Program, resulted in three conclusions. The first conclusion is that the incentives offered by the DOD Value Engineering Program have been found by private industry to be ineffective in attracting supplier participation in value analysis. The second conclusion is that delays in incorporating the VECP in the end-item significantly reduces a contractor' s motivation to submit future VECPs. The third conclusion is that the contractor's perception of the government buying activÂity's willingness to fairly evaluate VECPs is the most significant influence on a contractor's motivation to submit VECPs.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
64 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.