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Article: An integrated approach to production base planning
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- Army RD & A
- Article date:
- September 1, 1999
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CopyrightCopyright Superintendent of Documents Sep/Oct 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Introduction
Shrinking budgets. Competition for scarce dollars. Reduced procurements. Large overhead costs associated with retention of facilities for replenishment. Increased demands for innovative technologies that are rapidly changing. Policy shifts toward commercialization of the production base. These are just a few of the new challenges of production base planning today. A new approach to planning is needed to effectively deal with these challenges.
The Ammunition Production Base
The existing production base was designed for the type of large-scale production needed for a conflict with a major superpower such as the now defunct Soviet Union. Shaped by the needs of the times in ...