Download or read book Cost Estimating Relationships CER Compendium Army Weapon and Equipment Systems written by Ralph Frost and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of Cost Estimating Relationships (CER's) for use in estimating the cost of proposed army weapons and equipment. The CER's are presented by Commodity area, and for each CER the cost category (Research and Development, Investment, or Operating), subject, and title and date of the source document is stated. Portions of this document are not fully legible.
Download or read book Annual Department of Defense Bibliography of Logistics Studies and Related Documents written by United States. Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Estimating Relationships for Machine Guns Theoretical First Unit Cost written by Gerald W. Kalal and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cost estimating relationships (CER's) for predicting the theoretical first unit cost of single barrel machine gun type weapons during the investment recurring phase of a weapon's life cycle are discussed in this study. Physical and performance characteristics regarded as 'cost drivers' were selected as independent variables. Two CER's are presented in order of decreasing 'goodness of fit', and exhibit a correlation at a ten percent level (F-test) or better. (Author).
Download or read book Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs written by Mark V. Arena and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is one of a series from a RAND Project AIR FORCE project, "The Cost of Future Military Aircraft: Historical Cost Estimating Relationships and Cost Reduction Initiatives." The purpose of the project is to improve the tools used to estimate the costs of future weapon systems. It focuses on how recent technical, management, and government policy changes affect cost. This report focuses on the accuracy of cost estimates. For our analysis, we used a very specific sample of Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) data, namely only programs that are complete or are nearly so. The analysis indicates a systematic bias toward underestimating the costs and substantial uncertainty in estimating the final cost of a weapon system. In contrast to the previous literature, the cost growth was higher than previously observed. We also found few correlations with cost growth, but observed that programs with longer duration had greater cost growth and electronics programs tended to have lower cost growth. Although there were some differences in the mean cost growth factors among the military departments, the differences were not statistically significant. While newer programs appear to have lower cost growth, this trend appears to be due to factors other than acquisition policies.
Download or read book Systems Engineering and Program Management written by David E. Stem and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems engineering and program management (SE/PM) constitute a large portion of the acquisition cost of military aircraft and guided weapons systems. The goal of this study was the development of a set of cost-estimating relationships that can be used to estimate the SE/PM cost element for development and production of aircraft and weapons programs. The authors canvassed government and industry personnel to learn about current techniques for estimating SE/PM costs, and they collected historical data from several aircraft and weapons programs to investigate trends in SE/PM costs over time and to generate methods that cost analysts can use early in the life cycle of a program when little cost information is available. The authors also investigated the effects on SE/PM costs from acquisition reform, including the reduction in the number of military specifications and standards, the use of integrated product and process teams, and the trend toward "evolutionary acquisition." This product is part of the RAND Corporation monograph series. RAND monographs present major research findings that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND monographs undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. Book jacket.
Download or read book Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is one of a series from a RAND Project AIR FORCE project, "The Cost of Future Military Aircraft: Historical Cost Estimating Relationships and Cost Reduction Initiatives." The report complements another document from this project, "Impossible Certainty: Cost Risk Analysis for Air Force Systems," and includes a literature review of cost growth studies and a more extensive analysis of the historical cost growth in acquisition programs than appears in the companion report. Overall, most of the studies reviewed reported that actual costs were greater than estimates of baseline costs. The most common metric used to measure cost growth is the cost growth factor (CGF), which is defined as the ratio of the actual cost to the estimated costs. A CGF of less than 1.0 indicates that the estimate was higher than the actual cost -- an underrun. When the CGF exceeds 1.0, the actual costs were higher than the estimate -- an overrun. Studies of weapon system cost growth have mainly relied on data from Selected Acquisition Reports (SARs). These reports are prepared annually by all major defense acquisition program (MDAP) offices within the military services to provide the U.S. Congress with cost, schedule, and performance status. The comparison baseline (estimate) typically corresponds to a major acquisition decision milestone. Prior studies have reported Milestone (MS) II CGFs for development costs ranging from 1.16 to 2.26; estimates of procurement CGFs ranging from 1.16 to 1.65; and total program CGFs ranging from 1.20 to 1.54. Regarding the differences among cost growth due to service, weapon, and time period, prior studies tended to find the following: Army weapon systems had higher cost growth than did weapon systems for the Air Force or Navy; cost growth differs by equipment type; and cost growth has declined from the 1960s and 1970s, after it was recognized as an important problem.
Download or read book Government Reports Announcements written by and published by . This book was released on 1974-11 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army weapon systems analysis written by United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Estimating Relationships A Manual for the Army Materiel Command written by Alfred D. Stament and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report is a practical guide for developers and reviewers of cost estimating relationships (CERs) within the various organizational elements of the Army Materiel Command (AMC). It covers the basic methodology, data, and documentation considerations of parametric cost estimating and exemplifies these by drawing on field experience at the AMC major subordinate commands (MSCs). The field experience has also been used as the basis for providing general findings and conclusions regarding current and potential uses of CERs at ehe MSCs. In the report, emphasis is placed on clear exposition of currently available methodology and data. Thus prime consideration is given to standard regression techniques, to accepted data adjustment techniques (for example, those for learning and price level effects), and to types of data available from present sources. (Author).
Download or read book Military Airframe Acquisition Costs The Effects of Lean Manufacturing written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is part of a project responding to a call by the U.S. Air Force to update cost estimating methodologies for new weapons systems-in particular, fighter aircraft. The Air Force was concerned that Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs) based on older aircraft did not adequately reflect the acquisition and manufacturing environment within which a new fighter, such as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) would be produced. This report is one of a series, all of which address some aspect of how to incorporate the new DoD acquisition and manufacturing environments into historical cost estimating relationships or methodologies (See Younossi, Graser, and Kennedy, 2001; Lorell and Graser, 2001). Using the CER methodology for example, the cost of a future aircraft is estimated as a function of its physical or characteristics or other program variables, using a series of equations wherein the performance and program variables are inputs, and cost or labor hours are the outputs. To create these equations, actual costs (or labor hours) to produce previous aircraft are collected and used as the dependent variables in statistical regression analysis. Explanatory variables typically include such factors as cumulative production quantity, annual production rate, such aircraft characteristics as weight and speed, and others. The resulting equations are referred to as "cost estimating relationships," or CERs. Obviously, the ability of these equations to forecast future systems costs hinges on how well past performance is a predictor of the future.
Download or read book Government Reports Announcements Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1985-04 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cost Estimating Relationships for Manufacturing Hardware Cost of Gun Howitzer Cannons written by Gerald W. Kalal and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cost estimating relationships (CER's) for predicting the in-house manufacturing hardware unit costs for cannons during the early stages of weapon system development are discussed in this study. Physical/Performance characteristics regarded as 'cost drivers', known early in cannon development, were selected as independent variables. Six CER's are presented in order of decreasing 'goodness of fit', and each exhibit a correlation at the one percent level (F-test). (Author).
Download or read book Government Reports Annual Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contract Administration Manual written by United States. Defense Logistics Agency and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Government Reports Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guidelines and Metrics for Assessing Space System Cost Estimates written by Bernard Fox and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Introduction / 2. Space system fundamentals / 3. Reviewing a cost estimate / 4. Space vehicle cost crosschecks / 5. Common issues in estimating space programs / 6. Resources for space system cost estimation / 7. Recommendations.
Download or read book DLSIE Descriptor List written by United States. Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
