Accession Number:

ADA324688

Title:

Defense Science Board Task Force on Vertical Integration and Supplier Decisions.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1997-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

97.0

Abstract:

This report provides findings and recommendations on the Department of Defenses needs to determine whether vertical integration has increased in the defense industry, to understand its potential effects on defense products, and to identify whether the Department should take any action.

Descriptors:

• *INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION
• *DEFENSE INDUSTRY
• DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• COMPETITION
• MARKET RESEARCH
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• INVESTMENTS
• INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
• INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION
• MILITARY PROCUREMENT
• INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE