DocumentCode
2746998
Title
Cost effective and competitive product logistics through CALS
Author
Warthin, Jonathan
Author_Institution
M. Rosenblatt & Son Inc., Bremerton, WA, USA
fYear
1994
fDate
11-13 Oct 1994
Firstpage
101
Lastpage
105
Abstract
CALS (Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support) is a program to improve US Government major systems acquisitions processes in light of current technology. Specifically, CALS is an initiative to enable and accelerate the integration of digital information in the processes for major systems design, manufacture, support, and acquisition. The goal is to transition from today´s paper-intensive, sequential, life-cycle processes to integrated, digitally-based, concurrent processes
Keywords
logistics data processing; CALS program; Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support; US Government major systems acquisitions processes; digitally-based concurrent processes; product logistics; Business; Consumer electronics; Contracts; Costs; Government; Logistics; Manufacturing industries; Procurement; Total quality management; US Department of Defense;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Northcon/94 Conference Record
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9995-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NORTHC.1994.639660
Filename
639660
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