Manufacturing Technology - A Cost Reduction Tool at the Department of Defense That Needs Sharpening.

摘要

The Department of Defense's Manufacturing Technology program has the potential for reducing costs of producing defense systems by applying new or improved technologies. Much needs to be done to determine systematically what benefits are achieved from the annual expenditure of program funds. Present funding is about $120million per year,and Defense plans to increase that to $200million by fiscal year 1983. Before that happens,Defense needs management controls to improve project selection,reporting of project results,program evaluation,and the active promotion of using new technology in the production of defense equipment.