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Title Using the force and support costing system : an introductory guide and tutorial / James H. Bigelow [and others].

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [1999]
©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 56 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense by RAND's National Defense Research Institute."
Summary The Force and Support Costing (FSC) System is a set of models and databases that helps analysts project the cost implications of proposed changes in defense forces, infrastructure, and assets. The user interface and many of the models are implemented in Excel; most of the database resides on a network. The illustrated study projects effects on defense costs arising from the deactivation of an Army division. The FSC system allows the user to view the force structure in the current Army program, select the division to be cut, and specify when the deactivation will occur. The system then translates that deactivation into reductions in personnel and equipment assets, and costs out the implications. In addition to stepping through the specific procedures for the simulation, the authors show other ways the FSC System can be used to analyze the cost effects of various policy actions.
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Subject United States.
United States.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization -- Cost accounting -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Armed Forces.
Cost accounting.
Computer programs.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Subject United States -- Armed Forces -- Equipment -- Cost accounting -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Added Author Bigelow, J. H.
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Other Form: Print version: Using the force and support costing system. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, ©1999 0833026410 (DLC) 98029721 (OCoLC)39458895
ISBN 058524202X (electronic book)
9780585242026 (electronic book)
0833026410
9780833026415