Accession Number:

ADA090699

Title:

An End Item Manufacturing Process Guide (A Functional Cost Analysis of Manufacturing Operations)

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER WATERVLIET NY LARGE CALIBER WEAPON SYSTEMS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Goodheim, Harold

Report Date:

1980-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to develop a systematic procedure for pinpointing areas for future funding requests aimed at improving production methods. The approach taken was to describe current manufacturing processes in terms of the functions they performed, thus allowing assessment of costs without reference to the methods employed. Such technology-independent assessment allowed cost comparison both within and among end items, thereby highlighting the high-cost functions.

Descriptors:

• *COST ANALYSIS
• *FUNCTIONS
• *MANUFACTURING
• COMPARISON
• GUN BARRELS
• PROCESSING
• STANDARDS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Guns

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE