Download or read book Data System for Weapon System Cost Analysis in the Army Materiel Command written by J. O'Flaherty and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report outlines a historical data base that will provide inputs to weapon system cost analysis in a form that will permit the estimate to be directly related to historical costs of similar systems. The report examines the reports required of contractors, the Army financial accounting system and certain logistic reports as data sources. A summary of management-type data required in the data base is furnished. The report concludes that for uniform estimates to be supported by a historical data base specifically listed revisions should be made in existing reporting systems. (Author).
Download or read book Fundamentals of the AMC Cost Data Base written by J. O'Flaherty and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report is a summary of a plan for the collection of weapon system cost data from contractors and in-house sources for use in the US Army Materiel Command. It is designed as a section in a guidebook on life-cycle cost analysis. (Author).
Download or read book Research and Development Cost Guide for Army Materiel Systems written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book System Analysis and Cost effectiveness written by United States. Army Materiel Command and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 432 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 1977 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operating and Support Cost Guide for Army Materiel Systems written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investment Cost Guide for Army Materiel Systems written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Standards for Presentation and Documentation of Life Cycle Cost Estimates for Army Materiel Systems written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Uniform Cost Factors written by Doris C. Berger and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is designed as a manual for weapon system costing for the US Army Materiel Command. It furnishes selected uniform cost factors for use usually in the early stages of system development. It is intended for use with a companion publication on cost estimating relationships. Factors covered are transportation, petroleum, oil and lubricants, integrated logistics support, data, personnel, project management and initial spares and repair parts. (Author).
Download or read book Army RD A Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1987-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Is Weapon System Cost Growth Increasing written by Obaid Younossi and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, there have been numerous attempts to rein in the cost growth of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs. Cost growth is the ratio of the cost estimate reported in a program's final Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) and the cost-estimate baseline reported in a prior SAR issued at a particular milestone. Drawing on prior RAND research, new analyses of completed and ongoing weapon system programs, and data drawn from SARs, this study addresses the following questions: What is the cost growth of DoD weapon systems? What has been the trend of cost growth over the past three decades? To address the magnitude of cost growth, it examines cost growth in completed programs; to evaluate the cost growth trend over time, it provides additional analysis of a selection of ongoing programs. This sample of ongoing programs permits a look at growth trends in the more recent past. Changes in the mix of system types over time and dollar-weighted analysis were also considered because earlier studies have suggested that cost growth varies by program type and the cost of the program. The findings suggest that development cost growth over the past three decades has remained high and without any significant improvement.
Download or read book Cost Categories written by John O'Flaherty and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report is one of a series, designed for use in a guidebook for life-cycle cost analysis in the Army Materiel Command. Its contents are based on weapon system cost studies. The concept used is that a good forecast of weapon system cost cannot be made using cost categories materially different from the categories in which historical costs for similar or related systems are available. A further premise is that, while historical costs are being collected in a new category structure, estimates must be made in that structure as a temporary expedient. (Author).
Download or read book System and Total Force Cost Analysis written by David Novick and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of the aims, concepts, and methods of military cost analysis as developed by RAND's Cost Analysis Department. The publication is basically concerned with estimating costs for proposed military activities so that informed choices can be made among them. The study considers in detail the underlying principles of cost analysis and examines methods for analyzing the cost of total force structures as well as of individual systems. Cost categories are refined, particularly by providing categories for research and development activities which constitute an increasing share of system costs. By generalizing methods and examples, the analysis is extended to support and control systems as well as weapon systems. The usefulness of cost sensitivity analysis is explained and illustrated by examples, and methods are described for estimating system manpower requirements.
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 1977 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book System Change Request Cost Model written by Richard E. Musser and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report discusses a cost model computer program developed at HQ, U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command. The Materiel Management Directorate requested the model to help them improve the cost savings estimates contained in system change requests (SCRs) they submit for the Commodity Command Standard System (CCSS) and other computer systems per AMCR 18-17. Army Materiel Command Logistics System Review Committee guidance states the SCRs should contain estimated benefits that are the best that can be derived. SCRs are submitted by systems analysts with heavy workloads who are not cost analysis experts. Various auditors have criticized SCR estimates for inconsistencies and insufficient documentation. The report details the methodology used and provides supporting rationale. Operation of the model is discussed. The appendices include a listing of the prompts and user inputs for a sample run session plus the example's cost factor data input file and output file. Keywords: Fortran, Cost estimates, Cost effectiveness, Economic analysis, Computer applications. (KR).
Download or read book Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth written by Joseph G. Bolten and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis uses data from Selected Acquisition Reports to determine the causes of cost growth in 35 mature major defense acquisition programs. Four major sources of growth are identified: (1) errors in estimation and scheduling, (2) decisions by the government, (3) financial matters, and (4) miscellaneous. The analysis shows that more than two-thirds of cost growth (measured as simple averages) is caused by decisions, most of which involve quantity changes, requirements growth, and schedule changes.
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 1968 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
