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PSAD-77-1 1 (1976-10-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacaa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7-I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 PRO=uEM 9rM ANO SYSTEMS ACOUISITION DIVISION gOUT 6 1976 B-175462 IIIIIIlH 1111111 I ll 1111 ! 111111 II II l1 LM101103 The Honorable The Secretary of the Army Dear Mr. Secretary: We reviewed operations at the Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant located in Texarkana, Texas. Lone Star is a Government-owned, contractor-operated industrial activity under the jurisdiction of the Commander, U.S. Army Armament Command (ARMCOM), Rock Island, Illinois. The plant is operated by Day and Zimmermann, Inc., under cost-plus-award-fee contract DAAA09-71-C-0289. The con- tract is administered by the commanding officer of Lone Star, who acts as the Contracting Officer's Representative. The Army relies heavily on plants such as Lone Star for production of ammunition items. We reviewed Lone Star operations to see if there were ways to improve the efficiency and economy of ammunition production. We com- pleted our work at the plant in April 1976. Essentially, we found that efforts to increase productivity through the development and use of a work measurement program were partially successful at Lone Star but did not fully meet the objectives intended by ARMCOM. In addition, better controls are needed over scrap material generated and rework required at Lone Star. We are bringing our findings and suggestions to your attention in order to assist the Army in its efforts to increase productivity not only at Lone Star but at all Army ammunition plants. OBJECTIVES OF WORK MEASUREMENT PROGRAM ONLY PARTIALLY REALIZED ARMCOM guidelines require most contractors operating Government-owned plants under its jurisdiction to develop a work measurement program. The purpose of the program is to (1) increase productivity through the use of performance standards and (2) provide current and reliable work measure- ment data that can be used to plan, schedule, staff, and control operations and to evaluate performance effici 'cy. PSAD-77-1

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