DOD Manufacturing Technology Program - Management is Improving but Benefits Hard to Measure

Abstract

The DOD Manufacturing Technology Program provides money mainly to defense contractors, to demonstrate initial "factory floor" application of new or improved technology to produce defense items. Goals are to improve productivity and decrease Defense acquisition costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1984
Accession Number
AD1173317

Entities

People

  • Charles A. Bowshel

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerospace Industry
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Systems
  • Management Information Systems
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Military Acquisition
  • Money
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics
  • Software Engineering