Project Management Installation

AMETEK SCP has successfully managed numerous projects varying in degrees of complexity for both military and commercial customers. Each project is controlled within the ISO 9001 quality plan and specifically detailed to meet the customer requirements.

Project Management Organization

The Project Management Organization (PMO) has been established to supply the leadership and to perform the control and task monitoring activity needed to direct the efficient performance of the production contract. The AMETEK SCP' PMO is organized to provide consistent and efficient project direction; it is staffed with experienced personnel and draws heavily upon demonstrated experience and related project management experience. Task responsibility assignments within the AMETEK SCP' PMO provide clean lines of control, reporting, and direction. The AMETEK SCP' PMO is structured with emphasis in areas of design/development, manufacturing, test and evaluation, field support, CM/ILS support, scheduling and cost management. The following positions fill the roles of the AMETEK SCP' PMO:

• Project Manager
• Technical Project Manager
• Production Manager
• Quality Manager
• CM/ILS Manager
• Field Support Manager
• Financial Staff

Project Management Control

Institution of tight project control requires close and effective communications. To guarantee effective communication, a straightforward system of problem reporting and resolution is established. The central element in this system is the weekly staff meeting. Each PMO staff member who, presents status, reports problems, and proposes solutions to problem areas attends this meeting.

The weekly staff meeting is intended to provide updates on all situations to the Project Manager and to others, but it is not considered a substitute for personal communication between staff members. All problems, which require crossing lines of responsibility, are assigned actions by the Project Manager at the weekly meeting, if not resolved prior to that meeting.

In addition to and in support of weekly meetings, weekly status reports are compiled and issued. These reports are originated by responsible engineers and managers and include such items as task progress, weekly costs, material shortages, subcontract status, and monthly cost/schedule status reports. Imposition of the AMETEK SCP' Cost/Schedule Control System disciplines creates the need for detailed monthly analyses of task status and costs along with monthly projections of progress and analysis of significant variance from projections. Generation of this data is in the form of the monthly Cost Performance Report (CPR).

In addition to internal reports and status meetings, which ensure day-to-day control over program activities, a series of formal reports and reviews are scheduled to provide the customer with insight into progress of all project activity. Monthly progress reports are provided which detail status of design and development efforts, test results, status of deliverable data and related activity. The CPR is issued monthly to provide cost and schedule status of each task. Program reviews are scheduled at intervals, at which all status information, technical matters, and task progress is presented.

The combination of informal communication, regular status reviews, formal reports and direct lines of reporting within the project management structure and with team leaders, guarantees an effective measure of project control.

		Engineering and Design

AMETEK SCP has a complement of design engineers that can support the simplest design to the design of a completely integrated system. Design efforts that may be employed to support the installation of cables and harnesses can include: foundations, equipments, and racks; 2D and 3D mockups; special tools, jigs, and fixtures; weight and moment calculations; power requirements and shock envelope considerations.

• Investigation of connector mold angles
• Investigation of requirements for cable
• Investigation of optimal connector layout
• Determination assembly cable lengths

• Technical memos 
• Design memos 
• Results of computer simulation and analysis 
• Design Review results and action 
• Results of trade-off analysis 
• Contract data requirements 
• Finite Element Analysis 
• Formal/Informal Test Reports

		Quality & Testing

AMETEK SCP's quality and testing systems are second to none, building on decades of experience in both the commercial and military arenas.

Quality Assurance Quality assurance programs are developed utilizing in-place, government-approved, quality system procedures which are fully compliant with ISO 9002. The following paragraphs present an overview of the quality assurance effort at AMETEK SCP . Major tasks to be accomplished by the quality assurance program include: Initial Quality Planning Preparation of Quality Program Plan Acceptance of Purchased Equipment Manufacturing Control Control of test programs

Quality Assurance has primary and direct management responsibility for pre-production and limited production programs for which system integration and acceptance tests are conducted in the AMETEK SCP facility. Quality Assurance personnel also impact the design effort though the attendance of informal and formal design reviews throughout the program.

The Quality Assurance engineer is responsible for initial quality planning and for coordinating the accomplishment of all associated tasks. For the contract, overall management control is exercised through the Quality Program Plan. Satisfactory accomplishments of all tasks not under direct control of the Quality Assurance Engineer is verified by data review and/or periodic audits.

Quality Program Management
To accomplish the Quality Project responsibility, the customers Contract Manager in conjunction with Engineering and Quality Assurance identifies the major quality tasks to be performed in compliance with contractual requirements, division policy and procedures, and otherwise as required in support of the development program. The Project Manager assigns functional responsibility for the performance of these tasks, and establishes schedules and budgets. The method of accomplishing these tasks are then formalized in the Quality Program Plan which will be prepared by the Quality Assurance functional organization.

To ensure cooperation and communication across functional lines, the Quality Assurance Manager is assigned with single point responsibility for verification of successful implementation of the Quality Program. He is responsible for quality status reporting to Program and Product Assurance Management. Throughout the contract, the Quality Assurance Manager maintains cognizance of program activities and quality status. As related to the project, his primary responsibilities include assurance of uniform implementation of company policy, procedures and standards; provisioning of resources including personnel, equipment and facilities to accomplish quality tasks; and independent assessment of quality. The Quality Assurance Manager has the authority to arbitrate unresolved quality issues and to stop production, or suspend shipment of a product which does not meet contractual requirements or company standards.

Engineering Quality Assurance

AMETEK SCP places major emphasis on problem avoidance, early problem detection, and on positive action to correct conditions adverse to product quality. During development programs, hardware quality specialists within the Engineering Group are responsible for preparation of quality program plans and for active participation in all design review and test activity. Their primary objective is to ensure the adequacy of design specifications regarding quality provisions, effectiveness and completeness of test programs, and finally, for proper identification and disposition of all detected non-conformances. During the manufacturing phase, the assigned hardware quality specialist will interface with all manufacturing functions to ensure that design quality provisions are fully understood and adequately covered.

Manufacturing Quality Assurance

All products manufactured within the AMETEK SCP facility are to uniform quality standards under the control of the company per the ISO 9001 Quality Program. Purchasing, manufacturing, and test operations will be performed in accordance with established procedures under the surveillance and control of the Manufacturing Quality Assurance organization.

AMETEK SCP brings over 30 years experience in manufacturing of commercial and military underwater connectors having designed and manufactured a wide variety of underwater connectors and associated hardware. These range from the simplest rubber-molded single pin connectors to state-of-the-art electrical, optical and hybrid electro-optical connectors for extreme underwater environments.

AMETEK SCP has been providing quality products to both Military and Commercial customers for the past three decades. In this time numerous changes have occurred in the connector and cable industries. AMETEK SCP has also made numerous changes to keep delivering quality products to all customers. AMETEK SCP quality assurance program was developed to meet DOD requirements as expressed in MIL-I-45208 and MIL-I-9858A and is compliant with ISO 9001 requirements. The US NAVY and many of our government contractor customers perform quality assessments at the AMETEK SCP facility in Westerly Rhode Island at various intervals. AMETEK SCP is a qualified source for LEVEL 1 SUBSAFE Hull Inserts and Electrical Hull Penetrators, which requires a rigorous quality program to retain this certification. The same rigorous quality plan will be enforced to ensure the highest quality cable assemblies are provided to customer in support of their project.

Testing

The accuracy of any test program is a direct result of the management attention, technical competence, and effort placed upon this task. Each test plan is a living document that must have the flexibility to change as the system evolves through its life cycle. A test program must not only be capable of determining production accuracy, and performance specification compliance, but it must also provide critical data needed to determine the need for upgrades. To accomplish this goal the testing process must provide clearly defined and measurable data reflective of system design operational characteristics. Additionally, the procedure must be formatted to ensure speed of test performance, quality of data gathering, and ease of use by the technician. We will utilize our extensive experience gained through years of system tests to ensure consistently exceptional test data systems are generated, maintained, revised and improved throughout the life cycle of cable system.

• Accelerated life aspects of the integrity program plan
• Durability/hydrostatic pressure cycling design analysis procedures
• Test failure analysis and corrective action report (TFCAR) system
• Design analysis procedures to assure meeting the Specification requirements
• Methods for satisfying the mating and de-mating requirements
• Analysis, test and inspection methods to assure achievement of the interchangeability requirements