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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"Defense industry"”.
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Defense Industry Offsets: The President's Hands on Policy
Defense industry offsets are negotiated benefits that exporters add to arms deals to satisfy importer desires for something beyond a basic exchange. They are estimated at 30%-40% of the total value of the worldwide arms trade, and while not commonly understood, offsets are so prevalent that most …
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Creating sustainable competitive advantage in the Norwegian defense industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Analysis of engineering management characteristics employed in the defense industry
… characteristics present in companies in the defense industry was performed. These aspects include the organization characteristics of structure, hierarchy, and standards and procedures, as well as various features of company culture. This study revealed that the companies that make up most of …
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The role of strategic foresight in shaping the Τransatlantic defense industry
Η εργασία υποστηρίζει ότι ο τομέας της άμυνας και η παγκόσμια ασφάλεια χαρακτηρίζονται από βαθιά αβεβαιότητα, πολυπλοκότητα και ταχέως εξελισσόμενες υβριδικές απειλές, καθιστώντας τον παραδοσιακό, αντιδραστικό αμυντικό σχεδιασμό ολοένα και πιο ανεπαρκή. Υποστηρίζει ότι η δυτική αρχιτεκτονική …
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Manufacturing productivity at the firm level in the US defense industry
This thesis will develop measures of labor productivity for a Government-owned and operated manufacturing facility that produced military products to unique customer orders. The methodology used to calculate labor productivity is the recently revised Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labor …
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The impact of Cost Accounting Standard number 409 on the defense industry
… thesis is two-fold. First, it seeks to develop a defense industry perspective on depreciation in general and Cost Accounting Standard No. 409 in particular. The historical development of the Standard and the issues arising from it provide a framework for evaluation. Second, it evaluates these …
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Mechanisms of Credential Inflation in the United States Aerospace and Defense Industry
… guided this analysis: In the Aerospace and Defense industry, do human resource managers favor Credential Theory or Human Capital Theory as an explanation for increasing employer education requirements? Existing literature is enhanced through a purposive survey of professional perceptions …
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Managing the defense industry transition to performance-based practices and supply chain integration
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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A systems approach to the evaluation of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in the defense industry
… capacity may revolutionize supply chains in the defense industry and commercial world. Widespread adoption of RFID will require that companies achieve a return on their investment. System interactions between the implementation decisions, costs, benefits and performance of an RFID installation …
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A proposed approach to assess supply chain risks to meet the new challenges in the Defense industry
Department of Defense (DoD) had doubled its planned investments in new weapon systems from about $700 billion in 2001 to nearly $1.4 trillion in 2006. Despite the technical superiority of its weapon systems, DoD's weapon systems acquisition process had been plagued with cost increases, schedule …
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Reducing enterprise IT fragmentation through standard metrics and decision tools : a case study in the aerospace and defense industry
Over the last several decades, manufacturing companies around the world have embraced new and powerful business tools made possible with Information Technology. Major investments are frequently made in enterprise-wide systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to take advantage …
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The intersection of geopolitics and strategic procurement: an exploration of sourcing in the defense industry from a six sigma perspective
… to the operational effectiveness of modern U.S. defense systems. However, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) remains structurally dependent on geographically concentrated foreign fabrication—particularly advanced-node production in Taiwan—and upstream material inputs subject to geopolitical …
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Evaluation of a planning process considered as a curriculum component in the education of program managers in the defense industry
… of a model for planning programs in the defense industry.One of the major reasons for deficiencies in both training and education of Program Managers is the lack of a generic Program Management Planning Process which contains essential elements of program planning and which can be …
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Barriers and Best Practices in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives: A Case Study from the United States Aerospace and Defense Industry
… to improve DEI efforts in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. There has been a multitude of research conducted on DEI in the past few years. However, very little research has focused on DEI practices in the A&D industry. This case study focused on one large company in this industry to …
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Analysis of military contracting procedures.
… -third of the annual budget of the Department of Defense is spent for the research, development, and production of weapons systems. All but a very small fraction of these activities are carried out by private industry under contract with the government. Over the years this contractual relationship …
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HURDLES TO JAPAN’S QUEST FOR SELF-PROCURED SECURITY
… with a lagging and constrained domestic defense industry, and is the manning of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) at risk amid population decline and an aging population, or have adequate measures been put in place to address these challenges? This thesis seeks to explore the drivers …
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Application of commercial best practices for new technology development within the constraints of defense contract funded R&D
… development within the constraints of the defense contract funded research and development (R&D) environment. Key elements of successful new product development (NPD) are identified from the literature, including strategic fit, organizational structure, financial considerations, and use of …
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An analysis of incentive strategies for single-source suppliers to drive cost reduction
… chain that contracts can alleviate. However, the defense industry typically has low uncertainty in demand, which offers a unique environment to study contract development. This thesis focuses on contract development with certain demand through case studies in the defense industry. The essence of …
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Implementing a new organization to manage manufacturing technology innovation
… a competitive advantage to a company. The defense industry is undergoing a lean transformation that focuses on "Better, Faster, Cheaper" defense systems demanding better products within a faster development timeframe at cheaper development and production costs. Defense companies have an …
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Defense Spending and the System of Regional Economies
… and extensive geographic concentration of defense production emerging during the post World War Two era. The evaluation and impact of the regionalization of the defense industry, and the potential impacts on the system of regional economies stemming from defense production, serve as the …
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