Accession Number:
AD1023260
Title:
Should Cost: A Strategy for Managing Military Systems Money
Descriptive Note:
Journal Article
Corporate Author:
National Guard Bureau Headquarters Arlington United States
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2016-03-01
Pagination or Media Count:
4.0
Abstract:
My first introduction to should cost occurred about 5 years ago when holding a nonacquisition billet. This peripheral perspective caused me to reach out to the Defense Acquisition University DAU community to learn more. As I recall, one remark about will cost and should cost was that they resembled a kitten with a yarn ballthings would get complex in due course. I chuckled, but I also kept tabs as the next few years passed, and I ended up directly handling should cost for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Centers AFLCMC Armament Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base AFB in Florida. That is where I got the hot wash of should costs evolution and quick handoff from a departing Service member who was the primary point of contact since introduction to the weapons portfolio in 2013.
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Subject Categories:
- Administration and Management
- Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies