Accession Number:

AD0769912

Title:

Problems Encountered in Implementing Design to a Cost in Major Air Force Weapon System Acquisition Programs

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Hamer, Stephen A.

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

106.0

Abstract:

Increasing pressure to reduce defense spending has encouraged new approaches to managing weapon system acquisition and ownership costs. The design to a cost concept is one of the newest approaches to cost reduction in DoD. Design to a cost is the process of controlling cost by treating an established cost target as a parameter of equal importance with system performance. Problems which have been identified as being caused by design to a cost fall in the categories of communication, culture, operation and applicability.

Descriptors:

• *CONTRACTS
• *COST ANALYSIS
• *DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
• *WEAPON SYSTEMS
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• COSTS
• EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
• MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• MILITARY PROCUREMENT
• REDUCTION
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE