The effects of the Single Process Initiative on aerospace subcontractors
By: Anthony A. Winicki
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
Description: The purpose of this study was to identify and discuss the difficulties aerospace subcontractors have faced since      the implementation of the Single Process initiative (SPI). In addition, the thesis provided recommendations to      address these difficulties and promote greater industry participation in the SPI. The research determined that      aerospace subcontractors have experienced increased costs and/or administrative burdens due to prime      contractors utilizing the block change process. The methodology used to identify the apparent inequities faced      by the subcontractors was a review of current literature and 40 telephone interviews with representatives of      aerospace prime contractors and subcontractors. The interview questions either complimented the information      garnered from the literature or asked the respondents to provide personal opinions about the SPI. The      questionnaires were compared to one another, analyzed and recommendations were generated. Specifically,      the recommendations included; continue to promote the use of the SPI, open lines of communications between      prime contractors and subcontractors through teaming, the Management Council should identify the best      possible practices in each proposal, more realism needed with Rough Order of Magnitude estimates, and the      Government should better categorize SPI proposals and ensure more timely recommendations from key      stakeholders during the proposal approval process.
Notes: "June 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Jeffrey R. Cuskey, Mark W. Stone.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116)

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US Marine Corps (USMC) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 10/6/98.