Defense Logistics Agency: Why Retention of Unneeded Supplies Persists
Abstract
A primary responsibility of DLA is to provide effective and economical logistics support, including procuring, stocking, and issuing supply items to U.S. military services. As of March 31, 1991, DLA stocked about 1.8 million different consumable items (national stock numbers), excluding fuel and food. The Department of Defense (DOD) requires DLA to purge unneeded items from its inventory and cataloging records. Two programs that DLA established to reduce unneeded items from its inventory are the Defense Inactive Item Program (DIIP) and the Six Year No Demand Disposal Program. DIIP provides for the systematic review and elimination of inactive national stock numbers' from the defense supply system. Potentially inactive national stock numbers are referred automatically to the users annually to ascertain if they want to be retained or deleted as a registered user of the item. The objective of the Six Year No Demand Disposal Program is to dispose of unneeded assets. Potential assets for disposal are required to have had no demand for the past 6 years and have been under DLA's management for at least 6 years. The program does not allow for removal of the national stock number from the supply system, only its assets. Items meeting the program's criteria are selected and referred to item managers for review to determine if the assets are needed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1992
- Accession Number
- AD1150196
Entities
People
- Donna M. Heivilin
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office