DoD Medical Inventory: Reductions Can Be Made Through the Use of Commercial Practices

Abstract

The value of the Department of Defenses (DOD) secondary inventories, which include general supplies and spare parts for weapon systems, increased $60 billion between 1980 and 1988. Because of this increase, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, asked GAO to compare DOD'S logistics operations with similar practices of private industry and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).GAO selected medical supplies for one comparison because of the many similarities between military and civilian requirements. GAO'S specific objectives were to (1) compare DOD'S inventory practices for medical supplies with those used by very progressive civilian hospitals and by VA and (2) identify practices DOD could adopt to reduce its logistics costs for medical supplies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 1991
Accession Number
AD1100219

Entities

People

  • Donna M. Heivilin
  • Joan B. Hawkins

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corporate Information Management
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Supply Depots
  • Therapy
  • United States

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting