Economic value of Army foreign military sales
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aten, Kathryn | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dillard, John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Allen, James P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bailey, Scott A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pye, Brandon A. | |
| dc.contributor.corporate | Department of Defense Management (DDM) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP) | en_US |
| dc.date | Dec-15 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-17T18:37:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-17T18:37:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-12 | |
| dc.description | MBA Professional Report | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This project identifies current sources of cost savings and cost avoidance generated through Army foreign military sales (FMS). Using a comparative high-low case-study approach, a high-demand volume case and a low-demand volume case were selected in major weapons categories. The cases were analyzed on an internal basis to determine cost savings, cost avoidance, and public value. Once the cases were analyzed and compared against each other, advantages or trends in cost savings, cost avoidance, and public value became apparent. Upon completion of our analysis, we determined that cost savings were usually gained from reduced system unit costs due to higher economic order quantities, reduced overhead costs per unit, and reduced unit costs resulting from manufacturing learning curves. Additional costs were avoided by reducing gaps in production lines. Furthermore, we determined that the Army’s FMS strategy needs improvement in order to take full advantage of these sources of cost savings and cost avoidance. | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.recognition | Outstanding Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.service | Major, United States Army | en_US |
| dc.description.service | Captain, United States Army | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/economicvalueofa1094547803 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/47803 | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Master of Business Administration (MBA) Professional Reports | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | NPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations | |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | foreign military sales | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | learning curve | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | economic order quantity | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | cost avoidance | en_US |
| dc.title | Economic value of Army foreign military sales | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Business Administration | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Business Administration | en_US |
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