Property Management: DOD Can Increase Savings by Reusing Industrial Plant Equipment
Abstract
In 1962, DOD established the Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center in Memphis, Tennessee, to coordinate the purchase and disposal of industrial plant equipment within the services and to repair, rebuild, and overhaul the equipment for reutilization when appropriate. Under the control and direction of the Defense Logistics Agency, the Center became the central clearinghouse in DOD for plant equipment purchases and disposals. Each service requests purchases of plant equipment through the Center, which searches its inventory records to determine if idle equipment is available from another location. Each service is also responsible for reporting its idle or excess equipment to the Center. The Center screens these items against known and projected mobilization and peacetime reutilization requirements. Those items with identifiable potential are retained; the remainder are slated for disposal.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 06, 1992
- Accession Number
- AD1150197
Entities
People
- Donna M. Heivilin
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office