Design-to-Cost. From Buzzword to Necessity.

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to describe DTC from its inception and introduction into the defense systems acquisition process. It demonstrates that DTC is a management concept for early identification and control of costs that requires cost to be a design parameter equal in importance with performance and schedule. The project results clearly demonstrate that DTC is not another BUZZWORD but rather a sine-qua-non of all future DOD major programs. The implications of the results to potential users are that DTC will be implemented on all programs in all phases that it is applicable, and to be successful, it must be tailored to each application. Inherent to its success is the flexibility to perform the cost-performance trade-offs and design iterations necessary to identify cost as a system parameter and control it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043208

Entities

People

  • William J. Rustia

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directives
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Program Management
  • Standards
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).