F. RESPONSIBILITIES

     1. The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall have production management responsibilities including:

a. Developing directives and issuing instructions, consistent with DoD 5025.1-M (reference (l)), relating to production management, production readiness, production priority, and industrial preparedness.

b. Evaluating the production management activities of the DoD Components in major systems acquisition and other programs to ensure consistent application of production management policy and principles.

c. Providing guidance for the research’programs for the development of defense-related manufacturing technology.

d. Exercising policy and operational control of the DoD Product Engineering Services Office, OUSDR&E, in its mission of providing assistance to DoD Components on production management matters and conducting independent assessments of producibility and production readiness of major programs throughout the acquisition cycle.

e. Ensuring that funds budgeted for manufacturing technology, value engineering, facilities, and industrial preparedness within the Department of Defense are adequate.

     2. The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering in the role of the Defense Acquisition Executive shall:

a. Review the production management, engineering, and planning provisions of the System Concept Paper (SCP) or Decision Coordinating Paper/Integrated Program Summary (DCP/IPS) and other programming documents.

b. Assess the status of production management at the DSARC.

c. Ensure adequate funds are budgeted in the FSD phase for producibility engineering and production planning.

d. Ensure adequate funds are budgeted for dual sourcing and competition when appropriate.

e. Review the production management status of existing domestic or foreign systems and equipment being considered for DoD adaptation and use.

     3. The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installation, and Logistics) (ASD(MI&L)) shall review production planning provisions incident to meeting post-production materiel support requirements.

     4 . The Heads of the DoD Components, and their program managers, shall:

a. Plan, program, budget, and execute production management in compliance with this Directive.

b. Establish a production management point of contact.

c. Conduct a vigorous manufacturing technology program in cooperation with other DoD Components, federal agencies, and the private sector.

d. Conduct manufacturing assessments relating to major systems acquisition programs.

e. Make appropriate contacts with and delegations of authority to cognizant contract administration activities.

f. Ensure that consideration is given to the producibility of proposed concepts during the demonstration and validation phase.

g. Ensure that program funding and schedule reduce production risk through manufacturing technology and producibility engineering and planning activities.

h. Integrate industrial preparedness planning and IRAS into the production management of defense systems.

i. Conduct production planning to meet materiel requirements for the post-production period.

j. Conduct PRRs in support of limited-production and full-production decisions. These reviews may include participation by consultants, other DoD Components, and attendance by OSD representatives.

k. Ensure that system contractors develop and pursue effective production plans and that system contractors impose the same requirement on their subcontractors.

l. Employ pilot production lines, when necessary, to validate production readiness, manufacturing operations, and cost and to provide production articles for test and evaluation.

m. Plan and fund continuous cost-reduction activities during the FSD and the production and deployment phases (including dual sourcing, competition and component breakout).

n. Measure and report design-to-cost status during FSD and later cost experience during production.

o. Exercise surveillance over contractor production operations using the services of the cognizant contract administration office to identify variances from the production plan and cost in time to direct remedial action.

p. Present the program production management status to the DSARC or Service System Acquisition Review Council ((S)SARC)), or both, at program milestone decision points I, II, and III.

q. Provide production engineering and production management training for program manager staffs and other technical personnel involved in the acquisition of defense systems.