Defense Inventory: Opportunities Exist to Improve Spare Parts Support Aboard Deployed Navy Ships

Abstract

GAO is conducting a series of reviews in response to a congressional request to identify ways to improve the Department of Defense's (DOD's) availability of high-quality spare parts for ships, aircraft, vehicles, and weapons systems. This report focuses on the effectiveness of the U.S. Navy's spare parts support to deployed ships. It examines (1) the extent to which the Navy is meeting its spare parts supply goals, (2) the reasons for any unmet supply goals, and (3) the effects of spare parts supply problems on ship operations, mission readiness, and costs. To conduct the review, GAO looked at data on parts requisitions, maintenance work orders, and casualty reports for various Navy ship deployments between fiscal years 1999 and 2003.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 29, 2003
Accession Number
AD1153037

Entities

People

  • Allan Roberts
  • Dale Yuge
  • Gary Kunkle
  • Jean Orland
  • Joel Aldape
  • Lionel Cooper
  • Nancy Benco
  • Odilon Cuero
  • William M. Solis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Accuracy
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Congress
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Instructions
  • Inventory
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Ships
  • Spare Parts
  • Training
  • United States
  • Websites

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies