Defense Inventory: DOD Needs To Continue Efforts To Improve Its Requirements Determination and Ordering Processes

Abstract

I am pleased to be here today to discuss inventory management issues in the Department of Defense (DOD) and our conclusion that the Congress needs to encourage DOD to stop buying items that it does not need or sooner than it needs them HO as to avoid having on hand large amounts of unrequired inventory. As I wrote to you on January 28, 1992, we believe the appropriations for DOD secondary items in fiscal year 1993 should be at least $5 billion less than the appropriations for fiscal year 1992. As you know, I recently discussed inventory management issues before the Senate Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Armed Services. My testimony today will follow some of the same lines of my earlier testimonies, but it will specifically address our work on the longstanding problems with the requirements determination and ordering processes for DOD inventory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 1992
Accession Number
AD1100084

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

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  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Spare Parts
  • Standards
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.