Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) Deskbook

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Table A-5. Manufacturing Readiness Levels for the Process Capability and Control ThreadAcquisitionPhasePre-MSA MSA TD EMD LRIP FRPTechnical Reviews – ASR SRR/SFR PDR CDRThreadSub-Thread– TechnologyMaturityE –-Process Capability & ControlE.1 – Modeling & Simulation(Product & Process)E.2 – Manufacturing Process MaturityPRR/SVRPCA –MRL 1 MRL 2 MRL 3 MRL 4 MRL 5 MRL 6 MRL 7 MRL 8 MRL 9 MRL 10Should beassessedat TRL 1Should beassessed atTRL 2– Initial modelsdeveloped, ifapplicable.– Identificationof materialand/orprocessapproaches.Should beassessed atTRL 3Identificationof proposedmanufacturingconcepts orproducibilityneeds basedon high-levelprocess flowchartmodels.Documenthigh-levelmanufacturingprocesses.Critical manufacturingprocessesidentifiedthroughexperimentation.Should beassessed at TRL4Productionmodeling/simulationapproachesfor process orproduct areidentified.Complete asurvey todetermine thecurrent state ofcritical processes.Should beassessed atTRL 5Initialmodel/simulation(product orprocess)developed atthe componentlevel and usedto determineconstraints.Maturity hasbeen assessedon similar processesinproduction. Processcapabilityrequirementshave beenidentified forpilot line, LRIPand FRP.Should beassessed atTRL 6Initialmodel/simulationdeveloped at thesubsystem orsystem level, andused to determinesystem constraints.Manufacturingprocessesdemonstrated inproduction relevantenvironment.Collection orestimation ofprocess capabilitydata from prototypebuild has begun.Process capabilityrequirementsrefined.Should beassessed atTRL 7Model/simulationused todetermine systemconstraintsand identifyimprovementopportunities.Manufacturingprocessesdemonstratedin a productionrepresentativeenvironment.Continuecollecting orestimatingprocesscapability data.Processcapabilityrequirementsrefined.Should beassessedat TRL 7Model/simulationverified bypilot linebuild.Resultsused toimproveprocess anddeterminethat LRIPrequirementscanbe met.Manufacturingprocessesverified forLRIP on apilot line.Processcapabilitydata frompilot linemeetstarget.Processcapabilityrequirementsrefined.Should beassessedat TRL 8Model/simulationverified byLRIP build,assists inmanagementofLRIP anddeterminesthat FRPrequirementscanbe met.Should beassessedat TRL 9Model/simulationverified byFRP build.Productionsimulationmodelsused as atool toassist inmanagementofFRP.Manufacturingprocessesare stable,adequatelycontrolled,capableand haveachievedprogramLRIPobjectives.Variabilityexperimentsconductedtoshow FRPimpact andpotentialforcontinuousimprovement.Manufacturingprocessesarestable,adequatelycontrolled,capable,and haveachievedprogramFRPobjectives.A-10
Table A-5. Manufacturing Readiness Levels for the Process Capability and Control Thread (continued)AcquisitionPhasePre-MSA MSA TD EMD LRIP FRPTechnical Reviews – ASR SRR/SFR PDR CDRThreadSub-Thread– TechnologyMaturityE –-ProcessCapability & ControlE.3 – ProcessYields and RatesPRR/SVRPCA –MRL 1 MRL 2 MRL 3 MRL 4 MRL 5 MRL 6 MRL 7 MRL 8 MRL 9 MRL 10Should beassessedat TRL 1Should beassessed atTRL 2Should beassessed atTRL 3– – Initial estimatesofyields andrates basedon experimentsor stateof the art.Should beassessed at TRL4Yield and ratesassessment onproposed/similarprocesses completeand appliedwithin AoA.Should beassessed atTRL 5Target yieldsand rates establishedfor pilotline, LRIP, andFRP. Yield andrate issuesidentified.Improvementplans developed/initiated.Should beassessed atTRL 6Yields and ratesfrom productionrelevantenvironmentevaluatedagainst targets andthe results feedimprovement plan.Should beassessed atTRL 7Yields andrates fromproductionrepresentativeenvironmentevaluatedagainst pilotline targets andthe results feedimprovementplans.Should beassessedat TRL 7Pilot linetargetsachieved.Yields andratesrequired tobegin LRIPrefinedusing pilotline results.Improvementplansongoing andupdated.Should beassessedat TRL 8LRIP yieldand ratetargetsachieved.Yields andratesrequired tobegin FRPrefinedusing LRIPresults.Yieldimprovementsongoing.Should beassessedat TRL 9FRP yieldand ratetargetsachieved.Yieldimprovementsongoing.A-11
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CONTENTS1. Introduction ...........
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APPENDICESA. Detailed MRL Definitio
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