The U.S. machine tool industry and the defense industrial base

COVER -- COPYRIGHT -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM -- THE U.S. MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY: THE PROBLEMS OF MATURITY -- THE DOD INTEREST -- APPROACH TO THE STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF STUDY -- NOTES -- 2 AN INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURED -- OVERVIEW OF CHANGES -- THE TRADITIONAL U.S. MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY -- TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRY -- Computers and Automation -- New Materials and Methods -- ECONOMIC TRENDS -- Globalization of Machine Tool Competition -- NEW ENTRANTS AND NEW COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES -- RESPONSE OF MACHINE TOOL BUILDERS TO THESE CHANGES -- Economic Pressures -- Coping With Change -- Specific Steps -- Requests for Federal Assistance -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 3 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, PRIME CONTRACTORS, AND THE MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY: RELATIONSHIPS THAT AFFECT -- SIZE OF DOD AND CONTRACTOR MARKETS -- DOD PROCUREMENT: INCENTIVES AND DISINCENTIVES -- MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS -- ManTech Programs -- TechMod Programs -- MACHINE TOOL SUPPLIERS' PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEFENSE PROCUREMENT PROCESS -- Dealing With the Government -- An Important Counter-Example -- PERCEPTIONS OF THE U.S. MACHINE TOOL INDUSTRY: THE PRIME CONTRACTORS' VIEWPOINT -- In-House Machine Tool Capability and Performance -- Contracting Procedures -- Technology Flow -- Experience With Foreign Suppliers -- DOMESTIC LEGISLATION AFFECTING THE PURCHASE OF U.S. PRODUCED MACHINE TOOLS -- "Buy America" and Other Preferences -- Machine Tool Stockpiles -- INDUSTRIAL BASE RESPONSIVENESS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- 4 PROBLEM SYNTHESIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- PROBLEM SYNTHESIS -- What is Happening to the U.S. Machine Tool Industry? -- How Did the Industry Get This Way? -- What are DOD's interests Regarding the U.S. Machine Tool Industry? -- What are DOD's Policy Options, Levers, and Constraints? -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Recommendations for DOD -- Recommendations for Agencies with Which DOD Has Frequent Contact -- Recommendations for Machine Tool Industry -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- APPENDIX A HIGHLIGHTS OF PHASE I STUDY -- Defense Needs and the Machine Tool Industry -- APPENDIX B POLICIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS -- JAPAN -- FRANCE -- FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (FRG) -- NOTES TO APPENDIX B.