Under the fast changing business environment, the manufacturer is no longer dominant in the market. Oppositely, it has become the customer-oriented, and all the product requirements are proposed by the customers. The manufacturer has to provide quality products to attract the attentions of the customers. It can increase the sales rate of the products. To reduce the costs and increase the profit, reducing the process of product manufacture and production time have become very important issues. After the gradual reformation of the military organization, it enhances its agility and response rate. The research and development and the production of the military products are required to conform to changing war types and strategies of the troops. It should provide various weaponries for military in suitable types and at right time.
In spite of all the operation procedures are ISO-certified, it is usually formality, and it can not effectively and continuously improve the operation processes. In this research, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is applied to the process improvement of the manufacturing industry to get rid of the illusion of ISO certification. The details will be elaborated in later chapters. In the case study, CMMI can improve the operation processes effectively. Therefore, it proves that CMMI is not only applicable to the software development industry, but also suitable for the process improvement in manufacturing industry.
