NCJ Number
74576
Date Published
1980
Length
31 pages
Annotation
This report examines whether the Air Force work measurement program was being effectively implemented and whether the other military services could effectively use the program on contracts for their weapon systems.
Abstract
Data were collected at several Air Force sites and at two Air Force contractors' plants. Representatives of the Air Force was interviewed. The Air Force's Military Standard 1567 work measurement holds the key to significant improvements in contractors' productivity and cost control. One Air Force study pegged the potential savings for acquistion of Air Force major weapon systems at $1 billion in future years. Implementation of the standard by the Air Force has been slow, but where implemented, manufacturing labor productivity has increased 20 percent in 2 years. The General Accounting Office recommends that the Department of Defense (DOD) institute firm measures to ensure that implementation of the standard in major acquisition contracts still be aggressively pursued and actively promoted. DOD concurred with the report. DOD's progress in implementing the standard and a letter are appended. Footnotes are included. (Author abstract modified)