Accession Number:

AD1016088

Title:

Bridging the DoD-Industry Communications Gap: Improving Strategic Knowledge Sharing

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Washington United States

Personal Author(s):

• Littlefield,Scott

Report Date:

2008-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Successful businesses are constantly concerned with understanding their customers needs. That applies equally to the defense industry. Industrys strategic investments in plant, people, equipment, and technology are driven by both actual and anticipated demand for their products. In the case of major Department of Defense contractors, billions of dollars and thousands of jobs can ride on a decision about where to expand or reduce capacity and what technologies and new programs to pursue. The quality of those decisions is directly related to having accurate knowledge and realistic expectations about what DoD will eventually want to buy and when DoD wants to buy it.

Descriptors:

• defense industry
• defense planning
• investments
• military acquisition
• contractors
• systems engineering
• government procurement
• product prototyping
• military research
• military standards
• management planning and control

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE