Total Ownership Cost a Decade Into the 21st Century

Abstract

The intent of this research is to gather together the various approaches for controlling and reducing Total Ownership Cost (TOC) and to describe tools and methods to assist PMs and others in addressing TOC more effectively. This study examines TOC from the perspective of congressional direction, the perspective of the OSD and Service leadership's governance the perspective of PM execution, and the perspective of available infrastructure support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563544

Entities

People

  • Brad Naegle
  • Michael W. Boudreau

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Cost Estimates
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • Performance Tests
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • System Software
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

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