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03390 - [A2723935]
Planning for Source Data Automation in Government Industrial
Activities: Coordination Needed. LCD-77-441; B-175132. September
23, 1977. 27 pp. + 2 appendices (3 pp.).
Report to Executive Directcr, National Center for Productivity
and the Quality of Working Life; Secretary, Department of
Defense; by Fred a. Shafer, Director, Logistics and
Communicaticns Div.
Issue Area: Automatic Data Processing: social Impacts of
Computer-Based Systems (109).
Contact: Logistics and Communications Div.
Budget Function: Miscellaneous: Automatic Data Processing
(1001).
Organiz&ticn Concerned: General Services Administration.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Authority: P.L. 89-306. P.L. 94-136, sec. 204.
Source data automation techniques collect data in
computer readable form at the point and time of an activity. The
data are automatically transmitted to a central computer or
intermediate storage device where it is recorded ahd analyzed.
Properly applied in the iniustrial environment, source data
automation can increase productivity through improved data
timing and accuracy, improved production control, and reduced
inventories. Hovwver, a source data automation installation can
be expensive and its benefits, some of which are difficult to
identify or me,)ure, must be carefully weighed against the cost.
The Department of Defense, with its complex of manufacturing and
repair facilities and its large purchases from the private
sector, would be a prime benefactor of properly applied source
data automation. Yindings/Conclusions: Some Government
industrial-type activities have employed source data automation
systems to their advantage. Barriers to diffusion of this
technology include a lack of criteria for assessing source data
automation's potential, complexities involved in equipment
procurement, and poor use of pilot study results. 3ource data
automation systems and pilot projects are not tracked or
sponsored beyond the command level within the Department of
Defense, and feedback on the desirability of source data
automat.°,a is lacking. Application of source data automation in
Government industrial activities is growing, and a central
source for information on installed systems would be beneficial.
Recommendations: The Director of the National Center for
Productivity and Cuality of Working Life should coordinate the
Government's industrial source data automation efforts and
designate focal poirts to encourage development of criteria for
identifying potential applications, diffuse technology, study
problems affecting systems development and use, define aspects
needing standards, and coordinate with industry on source data](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaavxl0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)