Office of Production Management

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United States federal agency defense production agency

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Production Management canonical	5
Office for Labor Allocation	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency ⓘ defense production agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1942 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	industrial mobilization ⓘ national defense planning ⓘ war production ⓘ
foundedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: 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	Office of War Mobilization ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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 of Production Management ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office for Labor Allocation

OEM → oversaw → Office of Production Management ⓘ

subject surface form: Office for Emergency Management

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 ⓘ