Defense Inventory: Opportunities to Reduce Warehouse Space

Abstract

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), service headquarters, and inventory control points are responsible for managing secondary inventory. Through their respective item managers, DLA and service inventory control points ensure that needed items are available to the operating forces when and where needed. An item managers tasks include determining when to repair or purchase items, positioning them at depots to meet demands, and disposing of unneeded items. The items managed by DLA and service item managers are stored at depots operated and managed by DLA. Depot managers have no authority over what items are stored or whether they should be disposed of. These decisions are made by the item managers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 24, 1995
Accession Number
AD1106572

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Base Closures
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Information
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Corps
  • Materials
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Ships
  • Supply Depots
  • System Software
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

  • Space