Date of Award

12-1992

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Abstract

DOD has been undergoing changes toward a competitive business-type environment as a result of the Packard Commission and -the Goldwater-Nichols Act. As a result of the Goldwater-Nichols Act, two programs directly affect the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT): Defense Management Report Decision 971, better known as the Defense Business Operations Fund (DBOF); and, the Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative. DBOF requires that organizations provide unit cost per output figures as the basis for organizational funding. Unit cost resourcing changes the way federal managers manage and allocate resources, and promotes quality management and continuous improvement principles. Defense Information Management recognizes information as a resource to be managed. CIM initiatives use information as the basis to improve the way organizations operate. This research effort Purports to identify strategic level requirements that will allow the establishment of an integrated information system which will provide AFIT insight into the cost and value of their products and services.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GIR-LSP-92D-7

DTIC Accession Number

ADA258984

Comments

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Logistics and Acquisitions Management of the Air Force Institute of Technology

The authors' Vita pages are omitted.

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