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Title: Assessing production capabilities and constraints in the defense industrial base

Abstract

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.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Program Evaluation and Methodology Div.
OSTI Identifier:
5383723
Report Number(s):
GAO/PEMD-85-3
ON: TI85901762
Resource Type:
Technical Report
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
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; NATIONAL DEFENSE; EMERGENCY PLANS; US DOD; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; AUDITS; NATIONAL SECURITY; PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; SECURITY; US ORGANIZATIONS; 290000* - Energy Planning & Policy

Citation Formats

. Assessing production capabilities and constraints in the defense industrial base. United States: N. p., 1985. Web.
. Assessing production capabilities and constraints in the defense industrial base. United States.
. 1985. "Assessing production capabilities and constraints in the defense industrial base". United States.
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