Using the steel-vessel material-cost index to mitigate shipbuilder risk /

Using the steel-vessel material-cost index to mitigate shipbuilder risk / / Edward G. Keating [et al.].

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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...

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Superior document:Technical report ; TR-520-NAVY
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United States. Dept. of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Keating, Edward G. 1965-
TeilnehmendeR:
United States. Dept. of Defense.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Place / Publishing House:Santa Monica, CA : : Rand Corporation,, 2008.
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-520-NAVY.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 15 pages) :; illustrations
Notes:
  • "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
  • "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Using the Steel-Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate ShipbuilderRisk; How the Navy Uses Labor- and Material-Cost Indexes; The Steel-Vessel Index; Conclusions; Appendix - Time-Phasing Material- and Labor-Cost Indexes; Revisiting a Very Simple Example; Revisiting a More Realistic Example; References

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