New Applications for ARPANET Developed Information Processing Technology. Volume 1. On the Automation of the Procurement Process: Present Status, Feasibility for Improvements, Proposed Next Steps, and Payoffs

Abstract

The report discusses technical and economic feasibility of widespread computer-netting technology to aid DOD procurement effectiveness, and describes procurement automation system development, the software and hardware required, and provides a hardware configuration. Next steps are logically detailed in a procurement automation system. Cost-benefit analysis and a survey of procurement automation systems presently in use is provided. It is indicated that savings in excess of $1 billion per year might be achievable in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 1975
Accession Number
ADA006900

Entities

People

  • Carson E. Agnew
  • David C. Caulkins
  • Edwin B. Parker
  • Marc U. Porat
  • Paul Baran
  • Ronald C. Crane
  • Vinton G. Cerf

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering.