I would add that we are also processing a block change and that the idea
of allowing this type of "mass modificatoin" of contract(s) for a given
site is being well supported / driven by DoD.  I would suggest if you
have questions contacting Jim Woodford DoD-OSD/ASDC(ES) (SecDef office)
at [log in to unmask]
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Jim Maguire
Senior Principal Engineer
Boeing Defense & Space Group
(206)657-9063     fax 657-8903
Email:  [log in to unmask]
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>From: 	Mike Buetow[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 	Thursday, March 06, 1997 10:38 AM
>To: 	Mient van der Molen
>Cc: 	[log in to unmask]
>Subject: 	Re: assem
>
>I don't know if there is an "easiest way," but I do know that Texas 
>Instruments signed a "block change" contract modification with the US 
>Department of Defense in which TI replaced about 65 variations of 38 base 
>specifications for product assembly with a set of 8 commercial ones. 
>
>I know that may sound simple, but it took a dedicated team of four TI 
>staff spent 2.5 years to develop a strategy and to educate the rest of 
>the company.
>
>The DoD does not require its contractors to build to J-STD-001 (A or B 
>revisions) or any other electronics soldering process document (if you 
>disagree, please carefully re-read that sentence). It cancelled 
>MIL-STD-2000 without replacement, indicating in a letter to Dave Bergman, 
>IPC's VP of technical programs, that "citing any soldering process standards 
>as a requirement in Defense procurements is antithetical to [then] US 
>Secretary of Defense Dr. William Perry's mandate that the DoD specify 
>requirements in performance terms only." (Brackets mine.)
>
>Thus, although J-STD-001 is viewed by the DoD as the "accepted industry 
>practice" for bulding reliable hardware, the DoD has "no plans" to adopt 
>it as a standard.
>
>You may contact Jim Woodford at the DoD Acquisition Practices office for 
>help on how to specify soldering processes in military contracts. His phone 
>no. is 703-695-7580; email: [log in to unmask]
>
>Mike Buetow
>IPC Staff
>2215 Sanders Road
>Northbrook, IL 60062
>P: 847-509-9700, ext. 335
>F: 847-509-9798
>[log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Mient van der Molen wrote:
>
>> Who knows the easiest way to change my military contracts from
>> MIL-STD-2000 to ANSI-J-STD-001.
>> 
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