Ammunition Production Management: A Study in Coordinated Joint Service Management Techniques

This report is an examination of the composition, valuation and, specifically, the management aspects of the ammunition production base under the cognizance of all services from its inception to the present. It reviews the management structures within the three services and reports on the various studies conducted on both the condition and the management of the total ammunition production base. The most recent development is a coordinated management proposal that has come about due to a 1972 tri-service study which recommended establishment of a standing group composed of general officers at the operating level of each of the three services. This panel is charged with formulating coordinated policy from which guidance to all elements of the ammunition production base will flow. This structure, titled the Joint Conventional Ammunition Program Coordinating Group JCAPCG, represents a new concept in achieving effective and efficient management while not interfering with the management prerogatives of the individual services.