Improving Depot Maintenance Cost Assessments. Review of the DoD Depot Maintenance Cost System

Abstract

The Depot Maintenance Cost System (DMCS) is designed to collect depot maintenance cost and production data on all depot maintenance services performed by or for the DoD. Its products are used for cost trend analysis, resource oversight, budget evaluation, and responses to Congressional queries. This report assesses the procedures and processes of the DMCS, including whether current guidance sufficiently defines the activities and costs to be reported, whether changing to an alternate data source would streamline data collection, and whether another milestone (the as of date for reporting costs) would streamline the reporting process. The report also examines the requirements of cost analysis with respect to meeting management's needs with DMCS data. The report concludes with a number of recommendations to strengthen reporting procedures, including guidance on using the data to identify cost drivers, assess performance, and validate budgets and other non-DMCS products.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402980

Entities

People

  • Harry J. Applegate
  • Robert C. Steans

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Production
  • Resource Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.