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] =============================== Jim Maguire Senior Principal Engineer Boeing Defense & Space Group (206)657-9063 fax 657-8903 Email: [log in to unmask] ================================ >---------- >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. >> >> *************************************************************************** >> * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * >> *************************************************************************** >> * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * >> * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * >> *************************************************************************** >> * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * >> * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * >> *************************************************************************** >> >> > >*************************************************************************** >* TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * >*************************************************************************** >* To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * >* with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * >*************************************************************************** >* If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * >* Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * >*************************************************************************** > > *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To subscribe/unsubscribe send a message <to: [log in to unmask]> * * with <subject: subscribe/unsubscribe> and no text in the body. * *************************************************************************** * If you are having a problem with the IPC TechNet forum please contact * * Dmitriy Sklyar at 847-509-9700 ext. 311 or email at [log in to unmask] * ***************************************************************************