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Defense Manufacturing Would Be Different
Pages 34-36

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... The need for fewer laws governing defense procurement. Greater access to information about the current status of weapon systems and greater understanding of the interaction between the DoD and the major contractors working on each system.
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... · Although there would still be disagreements over the political aspects of defense manufacturing and procurement (such as closing bases) , there should be a clearer understanding of the costs of politically based .
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... Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. According to the Institute for Defense Analysis, cycle time can be reduced 40-60 percent by using concurrent engineering techniques and manufacturing costs can drop 30-40 percent by having multifunctional teams integrate product and process designs.
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  • production rates
  • fewer laws
  • cycle time
  • budget office
  • congressional budget

  • meeting estimates
  • functional specifications
  • program costs
  • using concurrent
  • engineering techniques

  • closing bases
  • managers competent
  • increase production
  • initial testing
  • manufacturing levels

  • alternative procurement
  • concurrent engineering
  • increasingly stable
  • reduce unit
  • fewer overruns

  • unit costs
  • integrate product
  • lowering overall
  • strategy described
  • relatively minor

  • governing defense
  • procurement plans
  • multifunctional teams
  • eventually lowering
  • overall program


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