Depot Maintenance: Key Unresolved Issues Affect the Army Depot System's Viability

Abstract

The Armys five maintenance depots produced work valued at$1.5 billion in fiscal year 2002, with the remaining 49 percent of the Armys depot work performed by contractors. GAO was asked to assess (1) the trends in and there liability of depot workload projections; (2) whether workloads are sufficient for efficient depot operations, initiatives are underway to improve efficiency, and additional workloads are possible;(3) whether the Army has identified depots core capability and provided workload to support that capability; and (4) whether the Army has a long-range plan for a viable, efficient depot system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2003
Accession Number
AD1153905

Entities

People

  • Barry W. Holman

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Army Procurement
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Electronic Mail
  • End Items
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Iraqi-War
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Productivity
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons
  • Workload

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