scope:

Use/relationship: The Proposed Critical Manufacturing Process Description (PCMPD) identifies processes which are proposed for inclusion in the technical data package (TDP) as mandatory to meet the engineering requirements of the item or a component part thereof for which the TDP is being prepared.

a. This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instructions for the data resulting from the work task described by 5.4.3 of MIL-STD-31000.

b. This DID is applicable to acquisitions in which the Government intends to retain approval authority over designating manufacturing processes as mandatory.

c. This DID supersedes DI-SESS-81012D and is related to DI-SESS-81000E, "Product Drawings/Models and Associated Lists".