Evaluation of a Technological Change in Production.

Abstract

The Management System Development Office (MSDO) of the Naval Air Integrated Logistic Support Center (NAILSC) is presently evaluating a prototype system at the Naval Air Rework Facility, North Island (NARFNI). The system is called 'work-in-progress inventory control system', (WIPICS). This paper is concerned with that evaluation and shall use before WIPICS production functions for three different outputs each with three input variables are discussed and inter-relationships are identified and explained. Three Cobb-Douglas production functions constrain the cost minimization problem. Prices of inputs are constant and a minimum budget is derived for various output levels. Finally, a discussion of the possible results and their meanings is offered to improve understanding of the before and after WIPICS analysis. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753588

Entities

People

  • Robert Lee Spooner

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Control Systems
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Production
  • Prototypes
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design