Download or read book DOD s Industrial Modernization Incentives Program an Evolving Program Needing Policy and Management Improvement written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dod s Industrial Modernization Incentives Program written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD's Industrial Modernization Incentives Program: An Evolving Program Needing Policy and Management Improvement
Download or read book The Industrial Modernization Incentives Program written by William J. Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decreases in the manufacturing productivity growth rate, rising weapon systems costs, and the decline of the defense industrial base are major interrelated problems currently facing the Department of Defense (DOD). The Industrial Modernization Incentives Program (IMIP) is a DOD capital investment incentive plan designed to help alleviate these problems. The objective of this research is to trace the historical elements of the IMIP, provide an analysis of the IMIP and the actions that have been taken to implement it, and to advance recommendations regarding the IMIP for consideration during the Program test period.
Download or read book Implementing the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program written by Geneese Gottschalk and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defense contractors have often been reluctant to make significant investments in modern, more efficient equipment that could lower costs for weapons systems. This reluctance is due to the risk of premature program termination and a pricing policy which can make investment financially unattractive. This report reviews DoD's test of the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program (IMIP), a DoD-wide effort to provide incentives to invest in modern capital equipment by allowing contractors to retain a share of productivity-induced cost savings. Conclusions are drawn with respect to IMIP's objectives and applicability, the need to carefully project financial effects of IMIP agreements, and IMIP's relationship to other acquisition issues.
Download or read book Industrial Modernization Incentives Program written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interim observations of review of DOD s manufacturing technology program written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to a congressional request, GAO provided interim observations on the management of the Department of Defense's (DOD) Manufacturing Technology (MT) Program and described its relationship to other DOD productivity programs. GAO found that the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the military services have taken several actions to improve the management of the program since GAO issued a report disclosing weaknesses in program management. However, further management improvements may be warranted in some areas. DOD disagreed with a GAO recommendation to ensure that the services prioritize projects to achieve primary program goals. DOD asserted that funding should be permitted for MT projects that go beyond the primary aims of cost reduction and productivity enhancement. DOD also disagreed with a GAO recommendation to devise and institute a consistent project ranking system. DOD asserted that a consolidated project ranking system would not improve the project selection process because the program is funded from various appropriations and funds are not transferred between appropriations. GAO disagreed with these assertions stating that: (1) the program objectives are distorted by funding some types of projects; and (2) the second recommendation would not involve any transfer of funds. DOD concurred with five other GAO recommendations and asserted that strengthening centralized program management within each service would provide a positive response to most of the GAO recommendations. GAO stated that the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program, if successful, could increase the likelihood that the results of some MT projects will be used in actual production. In addition, GAO found significant differences between the Productivity Enhancing Capital Investment Program and the MT program.
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program IMIP written by David E. Spenny and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Industrial Modernization Incentives Program (IMIP) is the first significant DOD attempt to provide a catalyst for defense contractors to modernize the defense industrial base. IMIP evolved from the Air Force's Technology Modernization (TECHNMOD) program that was designed to reduce weapon systems cost and strengthen the industrial base. While IMIP is maturing since its 1982 beginnings, standardized criteria for evaluating its effectiveness have been lacking. This second stage of research is built upon the study completed by Cooper and Houck, measuring the effectiveness of the industrial modernization incentives program. They identified nine criteria that were validated as useful tools in evaluating the effectiveness of IMIP. During the second stage, these criteria were applied to selected IMIP projects to see if IMIP reduces weapons systems cost and modernizes the U.S. defense industrial base. The nine criteria were rephrased into nine investigative questions. Results of the research indicate that two of the nine should always be used on a selected basis depending on the project being evaluated.
Download or read book Manufacturing Technology and Industrial Modernization Incentive Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of the Navy's need to advance the U.S. industrial modernization and technology base, this document was developed to accentuate the Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) and Industrial Modernization Incentives Program (IMIP). Goals of the NOSC ManTech and IMIP programs are to develop new and improved processes, methods, techniques, and equipments to enhance our industrial-base capability, ensure quality and affordability of command, control, communications and ocean surveillance systems, enable the transition of Research and Development (R and D) from development to production, and expedite the implementation of advanced methods and technologies in defense production facilities. The Manufacturing and Computer Engineering Technology Branch personnel directly contributed to the concept and development of this report.
Download or read book The Industrial Modernization Incentives Program An Experimental Effort to Improve Defense Contractor Productivity written by A. D. Reeves and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper concentrates on the philosophy and concepts behind the current test of Industrial Modernization Incentives Program (IMIP). The paper discusses how the test has been structured and applications to date. The test program is still in the early stages and the paper stresses that there are currently many more questions than answers. The aspects requiring further analysis are explored in detail. The paper also ties together other areas that relate to the IMIP and encompass the total environment motivating contractor productivity improvement efforts. These include Weighted Guidelines, Cost Accounting Standards, employee productivity incentive and bonus systems, multiyear procurement, economic production rates, the source selection process, and manufacturing technology. (Author).
Download or read book Using the Industrial Modernization Incentive Program to Preserve Critical Processes written by Robert Leo Michels and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Measuring the Effectiveness of the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program IMIP written by Stephen R. Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Industrial Modernization Incentives Program (IMIP), cited by Secretary of Defense Weinberger as the number one DOD initiative upon which the future of a strong industrial base largely rests, will soon be evaluated to determine its ability to restore positive productivity growth rates and improved surge/mobilization capabilities within the U.S. defense industrial base. The ultimate validity of this review has been questioned, however, due to a lack of standard measurement criteria. As the first stage of a two-stage effort to test the hypothesis that the IMIP will revitalize the U.S. defense industrial base, government and industry IMIP managers were interviewed to identify valid measures of effectiveness. Nine criteria were recommended as valid, quantifiable measures of IMIP effectiveness upon which accurate measurement of IMIP project benefits should be completed during follow-on Stage II research.
Download or read book DoD Digital Modernization Strategy written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global threat landscape is constantly evolving and remaining competitive and modernizing our digital environment for great power competition is imperative for the Department of Defense. We must act now to secure our future.This Digital Modernization Strategy is the cornerstone for advancing our digital environment to afford the Joint Force a competitive advantage in the modern battlespace.Our approach is simple. We will increase technological capabilities across the Department and strengthen overall adoption of enterprise systems to expand the competitive space in the digital arena. We will achieve this through four strategic initiatives: innovation for advantage, optimization, resilient cybersecurity, and cultivation of talent.The Digital Modernization Strategy provides a roadmap to support implementation of the National Defense Strategy lines of effort through the lens of cloud, artificial intelligence, command, control and communications and cybersecurity.This approach will enable increased lethality for the Joint warfighter, empower new partnerships that will drive mission success, and implement new reforms enacted to improve capabilities across the information enterprise.The strategy also highlights two important elements that will create an enduring and outcome driven strategy. First, it articulates an enterprise view of the future where more common foundational technology is delivered across the DoD Components. Secondly, the strategy calls for a Management System that drives outcomes through a metric driven approach, tied to new DoD CIO authorities granted by Congress for both technology budgets and standards.As we modernize our digital environment across the Department, we must recognize now more than ever the importance of collaboration with our industry and academic partners. I expect the senior leaders of our Department, the Services, and the Joint Warfighting community to take the intent and guidance in this strategy and drive implementation to achieve results in support of our mission to Defend the Nation.
Download or read book Discounted Cash Flow Model for the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program written by Myron G. Myers and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determining the appropriate productivity savings reward under an Industrial Modernization Incentives Program agreement requires identification of the total potential reduction in contract price. The contract price must be determined for each of two situations, one with business as usual and one after the proposed productivity enhancement. Finding these two sets of expected contract prices requires consideration of changes in direct and indirect cost and changes in profit objectives in each year of the period under analysis. Discounted cash flow analysis is the appropriate tool for evaluating the financial attractiveness to the contractor of a proposed investment. Contractor-related cash flow includes payments based on depreciation, imputed cost of money, and profit, which is influenced by cost and by facilities capital employed. Contractor return on investment is usually evaluated in after-tax terms, which implies a need to consider the accelerated cost recovery system and investment tax credit provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. The cash flow model documented in this report provides evaluations of proposed savings share provisions. It identifies the benefit to DoD and to the U.S. Government (including income tax effects). It measures the internal rate of return to the contractor. The parties are expected to evaluate several possible savings share arrangements in the process of developing an equitable contractual agreement.
Download or read book Industrial Modernization Incentives Program IMIP written by George A. Grabits and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New industrial base initiative written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Strategic Long Term Participation by DoD in Its Manufacturing USA Institutes written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To effectively mature and transition DoD manufacturing science and technology advances into production, DoD must have access to a robust and responsive U.S. industrial base which is often driven by advanced manufacturing technologies. The Manufacturing USA institutes are considered crucial and game-changing catalysts that are bringing together innovative ecosystems in various technology and market sectors critical to DoD and the nation. Since 2012, DoD has invested $600 million directly in its Manufacturing USA institutes with the understanding that the initial federal investment included (1) core funding and (2) one-time, start-up funding to establish the institutes within a period of 5 to 7 years. As the institutes now begin to reach year five, DoD is evaluating the effectiveness of the institutes in fulfilling their goals and the best on-going roles for the federal government, including on-going funding options, to ensure optimal benefit to U.S. competitiveness. This report reviews the role of DoD's investment to date in establishing its eight institutes as publicâ€"private partnerships and its engagement with each institute after it has matured beyond the start-up period.
Download or read book Measuring the Effectiveness of the Industrial Modernization Incentives Program IMIP written by Stephen R. Cooper (CAPT, USAF.) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
