Defense Inventory: The Department Needs a Focused Effort to Overcome Critical Spare Parts Shortages

Abstract

The Office of the Secretary of Defenses (OSD) logistics strategic plan focuses on transforming the departments logistics operations by emphasizing weapon system support, customer service, and enterprise integration, but does not specifically address mitigating spare parts shortages. In addition, while it contains some key attributes of a strategic plan, such as broad goals andimplementation strategies, it lacks other key attributes. In June 2002, the department published the Future Logistics Enterprise, which serves as the strategic plan behind efforts to transform logistics operations within the department to ensure consistent, reliable support that meets the warfighters requirements. This plan presents its vision for accelerating logistics improvement, enhancing support to the warfighter and aligning logistics processes with the operational demands of the 21st Century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 2003
Accession Number
AD1154089

Entities

People

  • William M. Solis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Condition Based Maintenance
  • Congress
  • Customer Services
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Organizational Structure
  • Spare Parts
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Management
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting