03393nam 22007814a 450 991022008140332120200520144314.01-281-73672-497866117367290-8330-4603-90-8330-4498-2(CKB)1000000000535233(EBL)357912(OCoLC)476182902(SSID)ssj0000266289(PQKBManifestationID)11239381(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266289(PQKBWorkID)10305381(PQKB)10561383(SSID)ssj0000598273(PQKBManifestationID)12225889(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000598273(PQKBWorkID)10583257(PQKB)11318960(Au-PeEL)EBL357912(CaPaEBR)ebr10235178(Au-PeEL)EBL4969997(CaONFJC)MIL173672(OCoLC)815685304(MiAaPQ)EBC357912(MiAaPQ)EBC4969997(oapen)doab114766(EXLCZ)99100000000053523320080717d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUsing the steel-vessel material-cost index to mitigate shipbuilder risk /Edward G. Keating ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica Rand Corporationc20081 online resource (xiii, 15 pages) illustrationsTechnical report ;TR-520-NAVY"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.""RAND National Defense Research Institute."0-8330-4229-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 15).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; ReferencesThe 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 A longtime material-cost index in Navy shipbuilding is the steel-vessel index, but it is outdated and volatile.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.Technical report (Rand Corporation) ;TR-520-NAVY.ShipbuildingCostsShipbuildingMaterialsShips, Iron and steelShipbuildingCosts.ShipbuildingMaterials.Ships, Iron and steel.338.4/7/62382Keating Edward G(Edward Geoffrey),1965-1027242United States.Department of Defense.Office of the Secretary of Defense.National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220081403321Using the steel-vessel material-cost index to mitigate shipbuilder risk2442577UNINA