MIL-HDBK-500A

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                   MIL-HDBK-500A, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDBOOK KEY SUPPLIER PROCESSES FOR AERONAUTICAL SECTOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT PROGRAMS. The objective of this handbook is to identify and describe key management processes for program execution. It is oriented to the aviation and space business sectors suppliers who support acquisitions and sustainment. The processes and their associated performance attributes are applicable to all program phases, though their relative importance to program objectives will change throughout the product life cycle. The content of this document may be used to: a. develop performance-based acquisition strategies through the identification of process performance attributes most critical to the successful execution of the program; b. construct solicitations which encourage supplier-defined processes in place of processes defined and controlled by military standards; and c. provide a common basis to communicate desired process characteristics and performance attributes. This will facilitate efficient communication between government and industry. It may be used by suppliers to define and improve common, facility-wide processes and develop a set of top-down process metrics to assess process effectiveness and monitor process improvements.