1. Detection to Prevention & OASIS Pilot
Registration Management Committee (RMC) & Certification Bodies (CBs),& Certification Auditors
Presented by:
Michael E. Shields, Jr.
Defense Contract Management Agency
Quality Assurance Executive Director
22 July 2015

2. Goal 1: Inform and contribute to affordability decisions
DCMA Strategic Plan
Goal 1: Inform and contribute to affordability decisions
Objective 1.3: Modernize contractor oversight methods and practices to maximize effectiveness while reducing industry cost of compliance.
Initiative 1.3.1: Transition oversight activities from detection to prevention to reduce failures and rework, delivery delinquencies and in-plant presence based upon risk mitigation analysis of objective process and performance data. 2

3. Strategic Vision “From Detection to Prevention” Goals:
Quality Control to Quality Assurance (QC2QA)
Transition a Multifunctional workforce from inspection-based methodology to one of data-driven actionable information
Phased approach to increase the work force’s ability to adapt to a changing environment and requirements
Goals:
Provide customers with acquisition insight that increases their confidence in DCMA oversight activities
Transition from QC activities to improved collection of contractor data (inspection, test, process control, …) to assure contract compliance
Recruit, train, and retain a workforce prepared to meet future business environment

4. Methodology Establishing several pilots in collaboration with Primes
Leveraging 3rd party QMS audits
Creating consensus measures with suppliers that drive improvement
Using objective supplier / DCMA process and product performance data
Drive preventative actions, reducing contractor failure cost, improving outgoing quality and delivery performance 4

5. DCMA OASIS Pilot Concept -Application
Leverage Industry Controlled Other Party (ICOP) certification scheme and Online Aerospace Supplier Information System – (OASIS)
Leveraging objective evidence
Consistent standard practices
Align and/or reduce redundant QMS auditing
Feedback to CB’s via OASIS for DCMA QMS concerns
QMS / Approval Status of Organizations and critical Sub-tiers
Risk Reduction via Leveraging CB activity at Contractor Facilities
OASIS Watch List of Changes in Approvals 5

6. This Is a Journey
From Inspecting Bad Product out to Producing Good Product
Joint government-contractor development of the “value” proposition
Supports investment in preventative initiatives, reducing overall quality costs
Improves outgoing quality of goods produced for the Government
Remove duplication and redundancy, while maintaining the technical footprint required to ensure conforming product
The Results
Less DCMA inspection and improved Contractor Quality
Drive defects down while production quantities increase
Bottom line
You cannot inspect quality into a product 6

7. Questions? 7