COMDTINST 5297.1
22 JUN 1989
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b.
Proposed productivity projects must demonstrate a potential to generate actual dollar
and/or personnel savings for the Coast Guard. Projects that would produce intangible
savings only will not normally be approved for financing from the PIF.
c.
The dollar and/or personnel billet savings which result from the implementation of a PIF
financed project will be shared. One-half (50%) of the net savings will be retained by
the program and one-half (50%) will be returned to the PIF.
d.
Approved projects will be tracked for savings by Commandant (G-CPE) for up to 5
years. If project savings are recurring, fiscal budget allocations will be adjusted
annually by Commandant (G-CBU).
4.
DEFINITIONS.
a.
Outputs are products or services delivered.
b.
Inputs are costs of resources used to produce outputs.
c.
Quality is the degree to which products or services meet user needs or requirements.
d.
Productivity (output/input) is the efficiency with which resources are used to provide a
service or product at specified levels of quality and timeliness.
e.
Productivity Improvement is an increase in the efficiency with which resources are used
while maintaining specified levels of quality and timeliness. Increases in efficiency can
be realized by increasing outputs, decreasing inputs, or by changing both outputs and
inputs appropriately.
5.
CRITERIA. The following criteria will be used to evaluate projects for PIF financing:
a.
Net Return on Investment (40%): The higher the net return on the amount of funds
invested into the project, the higher the value.
b.
Transferability of Benefits (30%): The greater the potential applicability of the
proposed project to other areas of the Coast Guard where similar types of savings may
be obtainable, the higher the value.
c.
Measurable Inputs and Outputs (15%): The greater the clarity with which measurable
inputs and outputs are defined, the higher the value.
d.
Cost Sharing (15%): The higher the proportion of costs paid by the project originator,
the higher the value.
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