An examination of the Marine Operating and Support Information System (MOSIS) as a mechanism for linking resources to readiness for Marine Operating Forces
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Authors
Cucinotta, Paul D.
Subjects
Budgeting
Budget justification
Cost analysis
Marine Corps Operating Forces
MOSIS
Operating and support cost
Operating tempo
OPTEMPO
OSMIS
Readiness
Resources-to-readiness
USMC
Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs
VAMOSC
Budget justification
Cost analysis
Marine Corps Operating Forces
MOSIS
Operating and support cost
Operating tempo
OPTEMPO
OSMIS
Readiness
Resources-to-readiness
USMC
Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs
VAMOSC
Advisors
Hildebrandt, Gregory G.
Mutty, John E.
Date of Issue
1997-12
Date
December 1997
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
eng
Abstract
Continued downsizing efforts have imposed increasingly stringent restrictions on Department of Defense budgetary resources. Program and activity managers are expected to justify their budgets based on well defined quantitative measures of performance, activity level and readiness. This thesis examines the resources to readiness issues in DoD, specifically focusing on Marine Corps Operating Forces. Additionally, this thesis evaluates the Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs (VAMOSC) program as a mechanism for analyzing detailed operating and support cost data in order to relate resources to readiness. DoD's VAMOSC program as a whole as well as the individual Service's VAMOSC systems are described. The Marine Operating and Support Information System (MOSIS), which incorporates Marine ground combat systems into Navy VAMOSC, is evaluated with regards to its contribution to cost analysis. Currently, the MOSIS database is limited in the number of weapon systems on which it collects data and the O & S cost categories it covers. In addition, it lacks critical operating tempo data needed to conduct useful cost analysis. This makes it extremely difficult to currently develop cost factors that can be effective in the formulation and justification of budgets. Ongoing efforts to expand MOSIS have the potential to enhance analysis of resources to readiness issues.
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Department of Systems Management
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Naval Postgraduate School
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