The Determinants of Base Operating Support Costs

The study analyzes spending on base operating support (BOS) activities at 144 domestic naval installations. Statistical regression techniques are used to derive a cost-estimating relationship (CER) that relates BOS spending to such base characteristics as the number of military personnel and the tot...

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Main Authors: Levine, Daniel B, Jondrow, James M
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration and Management
ALLOCATIONS
BOS(BASE OPERATING SUPPORT)
BUILDINGS
CENTRALIZED
COST EFFECTIVENESS
COST ESTIMATES
COSTS
DETERMINANTS(MATHEMATICS)
DOMESTIC
LOGISTICS SUPPORT
MISSIONS
NAVAL BUDGETS
NAVAL PERSONNEL
NAVAL SHORE FACILITIES
OPERATION
RATIOS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SCALE
Statistics and Probability
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Summary:The study analyzes spending on base operating support (BOS) activities at 144 domestic naval installations. Statistical regression techniques are used to derive a cost-estimating relationship (CER) that relates BOS spending to such base characteristics as the number of military personnel and the total building area. The CER is then applied to several issues concerning the management of the naval shore establishment: whether there are economies of scale in BOS spending that could be captured through base consolidation; how a given total BOS budget should be allocated across bases that differ in characteristics; and whether statistically-derived cost estimating relationships are better tools for analysis of BOS spending than simple ratios, such as BOS cost per mission person, that are favored by OSD.