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3. Strategy and Organization
Pages 17-21

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... expenditures on durable goods, convey to defense contractors the importance of manufacturing technology to DOD, and remove some of the costly uncertainty facing defense contractors. The strategy must encompass not only the prime contractors and internal DOD organization, but also the myriad suppliers and vendors to the prime contractors.
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From page 18...
... The ManTech office at the Air Force Materials Laboratory has provided centralized control, redirected resources when needed, coordinated related projects, and defined future needs. It identifies the projects for which contractors compete.
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From page 19...
... Management structure and responsibilities should reflect the following principles: · communication among the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the services in defining priorities so that projects respond to defense needs; · some centralized control in OSD to coordinate the services in a unified program; · since the services can best identify manufacturing improvements to support mission objectives and are more closely involved in defining product requirements, they retain control of project definition and management; · centralized control of the program within each service to provide unity and strong program management direction; · in consonance with the Packard Commission's recommendations for decentralized management, 2 the military services define and manage individual ManTech projects; and · the services work with contractors and vendors, particularly in designing projects, to determine the state of the art and future needs; projects should reflect not only the priorities but also the contractors' economic and technological needs and capabilities.
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... Working with contractors, ManTech program managers determine that producing complex, large, or numerous composite structures is either impossible with current technology or extremely expensive. Specific technological objectives are defined.
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From page 21...
... NOTES L The Statement of Principles for Department of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program, dated March 14, 1980, provides guidance that the services follow to varying degrees.
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  • enabling process
  • strategy probably

  • including contractors
  • management structure
  • created essentially
  • lndustrial base
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  • mayor portion
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  • manufacturing policy
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  • individual projects
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  • tailoring specific
  • advisory function


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