Mobilization and Defense Management Technical Reports Series. The Use of Reactivation Networks to Improve Mobilization Preparedness of the Ammunition Industry

Abstract

This report concerns the ways in which use of network analysis and computer modeling can improve the state of preparedness of the ammunition industry. It focuses in particular on the Venture Evaluation and Review Technique and progress being made to use the technique to build models of ammunition production lines. A brief history of the development of the U.S. ammunition industry from World War II to the present is included, and some of the anomalies of munitions production are explained. Emphasis is placed on the ability to reactivate ammunition production facilities under emergency conditions. The report concludes that network analysis is a practicable means to improve industrial preparedness, and recommends additional measures that if implemented could make the technique more effective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138165

Entities

People

  • David M. Pujmann

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Industrial Plants
  • Law
  • Management Engineering
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • War Colleges

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  • Computer Science.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.