Constraints placed on Marine Corps ammunition requirements by the PPBS
By: Donald Michael Burlingham
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
Subjects: Management
Description: The purpose of this report is to determine whether the products of the Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS) are worthwhile, they must be measured against some form of output. The prepositioned War Reserve (PWR) of the Marine Corps is a measure of sustainability: a desired output of the PPBS. This thesis investigated the PPBS, the Marine Corps programming methodology and ammunition requirement generation to determine whether these processes artificially constrain ammunition purchases. This thesis suggests that the constraints placed on ammunition requirements are related to the lack of long-range strategic goals, inadequate planning in the PPBS and the inherent weaknesses of program budgeting. (sdw)
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): McCaffery, Jerry L.

"June 1988."

Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 1988.

Includes bibliographical references: (p. 72-73)

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited.

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