This report contains a descriptive model of the HQ, Army Materiel Command (AMC) PPBES (Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System) programming process for the Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA) appropriation. The model shows the organizational interfaces and information flow which comprise AMC's development and submission of programming requirements. It is a historical representation of AMC's activities in support of the Army FY 87-91 Program Objective Memo
By analyzing Army SAR systems during the transition from R&D to production, it was determined that a 35% average cost growth was occuring in the Procurement appropriation (excluding inflation and quantity changes) which amounts to over $5 billion. It was also determined that as in R&D, risks are inherent in all systems during early production and often lead to large production cost increases. The various techniques used to address risk ...
This report concerns the review and Evaluation criteria for management of the US Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (DARCOM) portion of the U.S. Army's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Current and planned reporting and Management Information Systems used for FMS management were reviewed and recommendations made for the use of a Series of customer satisfaction and program magnitude Management Indicators.