Process Innovation Through Alpha Contracting

Author : George A. Schutter, III
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781423555988
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Process Innovation Through Alpha Contracting written by George A. Schutter, III and published by . This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of acquisition reform is not only to obtain a better product for the Department of Defense (DoD), but also to improve or innovate the actual process of acquiring defense systems and services. This thesis critically analyzes the DoD service contracting process with a focus on innovation through alpha contracting as a redesign enabler. Service contracting is increasingly important as the DOD shifts to contractor support with the many unique characteristics requiring special attention that service contracting entails. Data gathered from field research and interviews are employed to support comparative process analysis of eight service contracting process flows. Innovation analysis of these eight processes is employed to redesign the service contracting process through alpha contracting. Both positive implications and potential inhibitors to alpha contracting are discussed, as well as mechanisms to overcome the inhibitors. To generalize the results of this research, a decision model is developed to assist acquisition managers in assessing the likelihood of alpha contracting success. The thesis concludes that alpha contracting can innovate the service contracting process and offers suggestions for future research along these lines.

Author : George Aloysius Schutter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Process Innovation Through Alpha Contracting written by George Aloysius Schutter and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of acquisition reform is not only to obtain a better product for the Department of Defense (DoD), but also to improve or innovate the actual process of acquiring defense systems and services. This thesis critically analyzes the DoD service contracting process with a focus on innovation through alpha contracting as a redesign enabler. Service contracting is increasingly important as the DOD shifts to contractor support with the many unique characteristics requiring special attention that service contracting entails. Data gathered from field research and interviews are employed to support comparative process analysis of eight service contracting process flows. Innovation analysis of these eight processes is employed to redesign the service contracting process through alpha contracting. Both positive implications and potential inhibitors to alpha contracting are discussed, as well as mechanisms to overcome the inhibitors. To generalize the results of this research, a decision model is developed to assist acquisition managers in assessing the likelihood of alpha contracting success. The thesis concludes that alpha contracting can innovate the service contracting process and offers suggestions for future research along these lines.

Author : Mark E. Nissen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781423529415
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contracting Process Innovation written by Mark E. Nissen and published by . This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Process innovation pertains to making dramatic improvements in performance of enterprise processes. Stemming from total quality management, business process reengineering and other widely-accepted approaches to performance improvement in the business enterprise, process innovation has largely been practiced without a systematic method and required expertise only possessed by a few, highly-talented people. Now, as the result of research in this area, the process of process innovation now has a systematic method that helps ensure consistent and thorough analysis, and through measurement-driven reasoning, an automated tool now exists to enable the relative amateur to innovate enterprise processes as well as the professional. Moreover, process innovation is no longer the exclusive domain of business enterprises, as military, governmental and other organizational processes can be innovated with equivalent efficacy using the method and tool described in this book. In particular, the contracting process lends itself to process innovation and is addressed explicitly in this book.

Author : Connie M. Goodwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781423505396
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Acquisition Reform Through Alpha Contracting written by Connie M. Goodwin and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of acquisition reform is to obtain better products for the Department of Defense (DoD) and motivate the actual contracting process of acquiring those produces for defense systems. The motivation comes from acquisition reform. The Alpha Contracting Process is one of several innovative contracting concepts of acquisition reform that bas been implemented by several commands. The purpose of this thesis will be to determine the effectiveness of the Alpha Contracting Process. Data gathered from field research interviews, case studies, and survey data are employed to support the effectiveness of Alpha Contracting. Advantages and disadvantages and potential inhibitors to Alpha Contracting are discussed, as well as mechanisms to overcome thee inhibitors. This thesis will provide a model of the traditional contracting process versus the alpha contracting process. The thesis concludes that alpha contracting can innovate the contracting process and provides recommendations for future research.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Army RD & A Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Morris
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118000277
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Guide to Project Technology, Supply Chain, and Procurement Management written by Peter Morris and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to managing technical issues and procuring third-party resources The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects address critical, need-to-know information that will help professionals successfully manage projects in most businesses and help students learn the best practices of the industry. They contain not only well-known and widely used basic project management practices but also the newest and most cutting-edge concepts in the broader theory and practice of managing projects. This fourth volume in the series offers expert guidance on the supply chain and delivery cycle of the project, as well as the technology management issues that are involved such as modeling, design, and verification. Technology within the context of the management of projects involves not so much actually doing the "technical" elements of the project as managing the processes and practices by which projects are transformed from concepts into actual entities-and doing this effectively within the time, cost, strategic, and other constraints on the project. The contributors to this volume, among the most recognized international leaders in the field, guide you through the key life-cycle issues that define the project, ensure its viability, manage requirements, and track changes-highlighting the key steps along the way in transforming and realizing the technical definition of the project. Complete your understanding of project management with these other books in The Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects series: * The Wiley Guide to Project Control * The Wiley Guide to Project, Program & Portfolio Management * The Wiley Guide to Project Organization & Project Management Competencies

Author : Tian Wei
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000404579
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Networks and Innovation in China written by Tian Wei and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After almost twenty years of internationalization, Chinese firms have shown their growing innovation capability through benefiting from global networks and domestic efforts. However, how Chinese firm innovation is facilitated at the international and domestic levels remains to be understood. This book investigates innovation in China from three aspects. First, starting at the international level, the effects of Chinese–foreign linkages in innovation are examined from the relationship view and the foreign ownership perspective. Second, before moving to the domestic level, the moderating role of global networks (e.g., global supply chain collaboration) is examined to understand the relationship between competition of unregistered firms and innovation of registered firms. Third, at the domestic level, innovation is studied from both upstream and downstream of the value chain: consumers’ decision-making in innovative products and strategic choices, and environment constraints for product innovation. Collectively, this book actively investigates innovation in China at international and domestic levels. It investigates how the global networks contribute to innovation in China and how domestic Chinese firms strengthen their innovation capability. The volume, thus, makes an important attempt to extend existing knowledge on this subject and provides new insights to scholars and practitioners. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of International Studies of Management & Organization.

Author : Muddassar Sarfraz
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 178985153X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Management Practices written by Muddassar Sarfraz and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book encapsulates the advanced concept of sustainable management and will enlighten readers to understand this concept for practical applications. The book's salient features are as follows: • Illustrates the basic concepts of human psychology causing risk factors such as burnout; • Differentiates adaptive sustainable measures and management practices; • Emphasizes sustainable agriculture management to confront the current dynamic environment and defines specific rules for enterprise development while coping with global climate change; • Assesses inertia with respect to economic development; • Constructs the linkage between technological strategies and innovation among construction companies; • Demonstrates non-financial reporting through theoretical and empirical evidence; • Elucidates the principles of equality, elaborating the managing of equality and diversity in a Steiner school

Author : Holmstr”m, Jonny
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1615206930
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Industrial Informatics Design, Use and Innovation: Perspectives and Services written by Holmstr”m, Jonny and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides a sound grounding in what industrial informatics is and in what directions the field is moving, providing a broad state-of-the-art review and showing connections and gaps in knowledge for those who design and use information technologies in industrial settings"--Provided by publisher.