Aerospace Price Indexes,

Abstract

An analysis of publications prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics relating to price indexes leads to a criticism of the sufficiency of data on aerospace items, with the exception of hourly earnings information. Overhead is an important cost component of major purchased materials and finished production items, but it has not been treated in any regularly published report. Thus any index purporting to measure price changes in aerospace products may be questioned. Simple and convenient indexes, including those presented here, are no substitute for reasonably thorough analysis and should be used only if such analysis cannot be accomplished.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0718089

Entities

People

  • H. G. Campbell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Costs
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Price Index
  • Production
  • Statistics

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space