Office of Production Management

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The Office of Production Management was a U.S. World War II-era agency responsible for coordinating and directing industrial production for national defense.

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Generate an image of the Office of Production Management (The Office of Production Management was a U.S. World War II-era agency responsible for coordinating and directing industrial production for national defense.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
defense production agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1942 ⓘ
fieldOfWork industrial mobilization ⓘ
national defense planning ⓘ
war production ⓘ
foundedBy United States federal government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver allocation of critical raw materials for defense production ⓘ
coordination between military requirements and civilian industry ⓘ
establishment of production priorities for defense contracts ⓘ
hasJurisdiction civilian industrial production for defense ⓘ
hasMainTask allocation of industrial materials and facilities ⓘ
coordination of industrial production for national defense ⓘ
mobilization of U.S. industry for wartime needs ⓘ
prioritization of defense-related contracts and orders ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalRole early central coordinating body for U.S. war production ⓘ
inception 1941 ⓘ
legalForm temporary wartime agency ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor coordinating U.S. industrial mobilization at the outset of World War II ⓘ
laying groundwork for the War Production Board structure ⓘ
operatedInPeriod World War II ⓘ
pre-war mobilization period of World War II ⓘ
parentOrganization Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States defense mobilization apparatus ⓘ
reasonForAbolition reorganization of U.S. war production under War Production Board ⓘ
replacedBy War Production Board ⓘ
replaces Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense ⓘ
significantEvent assumed many functions of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense ⓘ
functions transferred to the War Production Board in 1942 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → Office of Production Management ⓘ
Office of the Four Year Plan → hasPart → Office for Labor Allocation ⓘ
linked to: Office of Production Management
Office for Emergency Management → oversaw → Office of Production Management ⓘ
subject linked to: OEM
War Production Board → precededBy → Office of Production Management ⓘ
FEPC → reportedTo → Office of Production Management ⓘ
United States wartime aircraft production program → coordinatedBy → Office of Production Management ⓘ