Implementation of a Cost-Accounting System for Visibility of Weapon Systems Life-Cycle Costs

Abstract

The lack of a common, robust cost-accounting process is one of the biggest obstacles to controlling and managing the cost of weapon systems for their useful life. Existing DoD accounting systems neither communicate with each other effectively nor organize program information in a way that is most useful to management. As a result, the DoD accounting systems provide only limited insight into the total cost of buying, operating, maintaining, and disposing of DoD inventories. The DoD Acquisition Reform Goal 10 required DoD to define requirements and establish an implementation plan for a cost-accounting system that provides routine visibility into weapon system life-cycle costs through activity-based costing and management. The system must deliver timely, integrated data for management purposes to permit understanding of total weapon costs, provide a basis for estimating costs of future systems, and feed other tools for life-cycle cost management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393117

Entities

People

  • Jack D. Snider
  • John E. Meting
  • Kimbery L. Pnoteau
  • Mary L. Ugone
  • Neat J. Gause

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Cost Analysis
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis