Military Standard on Work Measurement - A Way to Control Cost and Increase Productivity

Abstract

The Air Force's Military Standard 1567 work measurement holds the key to significant improvements in contractors' productivity and cost control. One Air Force study pegged the potential savings for acquisition of Air Force major weapon systems at $1 billion in future years. Implementation of Military Standard 1567 by the Air Force has been slow; but, where implemented, manufacturing labor productivity improvements have exceeded 20 percent. Adoption of the standard on a Defense-wide basis has been pursued since 1974 with limited success. GAO wants the Secretary of Defense to support the program and believes the concept ought to be applied to all major defense contractors--Army, Navy, and Air Force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 03, 1980
Accession Number
AD1176763

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Standards
  • Procurement
  • Production Control
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Work Measurement

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).