Constraints Placed on Marine Corps Ammunition Requirements by the PPBS (Planning, Programming and Budgeting System)

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to determine whether the products of the Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS) are worthwhile, they must be measured against some form of output. The prepositioned War Reserve (PWR) of the Marine Corps is a measure of sustainability: a desired output of the PPBS. This thesis investigated the PPBS, the Marine Corps programming methodology and ammunition requirement generation to determine whether these processes artificially constrain ammunition purchases. This thesis suggests that the constraints placed on ammunition requirements are related to the lack of long- range strategic goals, inadequate planning in the PPBS and the inherent weaknesses of program budgeting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA197378

Entities

People

  • Donald M. Burlingham

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Computer Programming
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Marine Corps
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Schools
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.