| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 15 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series |
Technical report ; TR-520-NAVY |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-520-NAVY.
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| Note |
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." |
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"RAND National Defense Research Institute." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 15). |
| Contents |
How the Navy Uses Labor- and Material-Cost Indexes -- A Very Simple Example -- A more Realistic Example -- Steel-Vessel Index -- Conclusions -- APPENDIX: Time-Phasing Material- and Labor-Cost Indexes -- Revisiting a Very Simple Example -- Revisiting a More Realistic Example. |
| Summary |
The more accurately a cost index captures a shipbuilder's risk, the less the Navy should have to pay its shipbuilders. The Navy uses such indexes to correct for significant cost risks outside its shipbuilders' control. A longtime material-cost index in Navy shipbuilding is the steel-vessel index, but it is outdated and volatile. The authors urge the Navy to develop a modern-vessel index that more appropriately represents the materials used today. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Shipbuilding -- Costs.
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Shipbuilding -- Materials.
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Ships, Iron and steel.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom.
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Shipbuilding -- Costs.
(OCoLC)fst01116228
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Shipbuilding -- Materials.
(OCoLC)fst01116247
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Ships, Iron and steel. (OCoLC)fst01116623
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| Added Author |
Keating, Edward G. (Edward Geoffrey), 1965-
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United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Using the steel-vessel material-cost index to mitigate shipbuilder risk. 0833042297 (DLC) 2008298184 (OCoLC)213775659 |
| ISBN |
9780833046031 (electronic bk.) |
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0833046039 (electronic bk.) |
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0833042297 (paperback) |
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9780833042293 (paperback) |
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