Cost Models and the Corporate Information Management (CIM) Initiative

Abstract

This thesis provides a brief history of the Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative, and includes a summary of the methodology being employed to complete the initiative. The focus of this thesis on the alternative cost models that are available to the Department of Defense (DoD), and the information requirements for each of them. The cost models reviewed include: actual, normal, standard, variable, cost-volume-profit analysis, and job order. Advantages and disadvantages of each of these models is discussed. In addition, the current DoD implementation of unit costing is also discussed and compared and contrasted to the alternative models that exist.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243554

Entities

People

  • David P. Faulk

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Corporate Information Management
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Indirect Costs
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Schools
  • Standards
  • United States
  • Universities

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis