Download or read book Defense Industrial Planning for a Surge in Military Demand written by Rand Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the capability of the lower tiers (the subcontractors and suppliers) of the industrial base to surge production of defense-related output in time of crisis. Industrial Preparedness Planning (IPP) currently used by the Department of Defense (DOD) to measure and plan industrial capability is ineffective. A more productive approach would involve (1) surge demand analysis, (2) lower tier industrial activity overview, and (3) collection and analysis of data on potentially critical industries. This overview indicates that the lower tiers could significantly increase production of defense-related output in a year. Nonferrous forgings, semiconductors, and optical instruments were investigated using a data-gathering instrument that DOD could adopt as the third step in this new approach. In these industries current defense producers could double their defense-related output in a year's time and noncurrent defense producers could undertake some defense production within six months. The most critical determinants of the feasibility of surge are the availability of labor and capital, particularly skilled labor.

Download or read book Defense Industrial Planning for a Surge in Military Demand written by RAND CORPORATION, SANTA MONICA, CALIF. and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of post-Vietnam reductions in expenditures for military hardware, a concern arose that these reductions, together with certain supposedly perverse characteristics of defense business (such as purportedly low profitability) were eroding the lower tiers of the defense industrial base. As a consequence, DoD buyers were said to be having trouble getting adequate supplies of some products, to be paying monopoly prices for others, and to be in a position of extreme risk should demand increase in a crisis. For our study of the issue of surge capability--the capability of lower-tier industries to make quick responses (one year or less) to increased demands--we first undertook a more detailed examination of DoD's current approach to assessing industrial capability, the Industrial Preparedness Planning program. Although the IPP program has emphasized mobilization more than surge planning, it does not provide very useful information for either purpose, because of what is chosen for planning and how the planning process is carried out once these choices are made. About 6000 end items are selected for data collection and planning. Manufacturers of these products are then asked to provide data about their ability to increase production. Information furnished usually has no direct input from lower-tier firms, and it is often based on a number of questionable assumptions about availability of inputs to the production process.

Download or read book A New Approach to Defense Industrial Planning written by Geneese G. Baumbusch and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents a briefing on policy implications of recent Rand research on defense industrial surge capability. The briefing suggests that a methodology for assessing defense industrial surge capability should be based on good demand analysis, should provide a methodology for obtaining an overview of the industrial activity necessary for defense production, and should have a mechanism for gathering detailed information from potential problem industries. Such methodology was tested in the Rand research and is suggested as an alternative to the current Department of Defense Industrial Preparedness Planning (IPP) data-collection. (Author).

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