Two-Step Industrial Preparedness Planning: Balancing Funds and Production Capability,

Abstract

The industrial Preparedness Planning program provides data relative to the capability of the production base to accelerate and expand production during a national emergency. Planning data also includes identification of Industrial Preparedness Measures (IPMs) which can be funded during peacetime to compress production build-up time. However, determining what IPMs to fund can be difficult since: Build-up times for components of end-item weapons vary by substantial margins; and Available funding is usually inadequate. This difficulty could be minimized by adjusting IPM data for pacing components to correspond to a common build-up time based on an affordable funding level. Formalizing the adjustment of IPM data in this manner as a second step in the Industrial Preparedness Planning process would facilitate effective prioritizing of peacetime funding for IPMs. This would insure funding of only those IPMs for potential insure funding of only those IPMs for potential production bottlenecks to support a balanced production response capability.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP002802

Entities

People

  • K. B. Johnson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Emergencies
  • End Items
  • Governments
  • Identification
  • Industrial Preparedness
  • Peacetime
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Synergism
  • Virginia

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.