Assessing production capabilities and constraints in the defense industrial base
This review identified several important matters that should be considered by defense industrial preparedness planners. They include: the extent to which information and production problems occur at the subcontractor level, below that of prime contractor; the actions that can be taken to improve the armed services' understanding of and response to problems in the defense industrial base; the extent to which the services can improve their monitoring and verification of contractor data; the feasibility and cost of implementing an assessment method, such as the one presented in this report, consistently across all of the armed services to insure continuous, accurate, and generalizable information on the state of the defense industrial base; and the desirability of further expanding cooperative, tri-service efforts, such as naming a central unit in the Department of Defense for collecting, computerizing, and analyzing DIB data or a DOD-wide composite production-base analysis, such as that recommended by the Task Force to Improve Industrial Responsiveness. Recommendations and agency comments are included.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Program Evaluation and Methodology Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 5383723
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/PEMD-85-3; ON: TI85901762
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Report to The Subcommittee on International Trade, Finance, and Security Economics of the Joint Economic Committee
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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