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

Abstract

The Department of Defense's (DOD) annual appropriation totals billions of dollars for spare parts. In addition, it has received supplemental funding totaling $1.5 billion since fiscal year 1999 to increase the availability of spare parts. However, DOD continues to experience critical spare parts shortages that impact military readiness. GAO examined whether (1) DOD's logistics strategic plan addresses the mitigation of critical spare parts shortages that adversely affect readiness, (2) DOD's logistics initiatives are likely to mitigate spare parts shortages that affect readiness, and (3) DOD has the ability to identify the effect of increased investments for spare parts on readiness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 27, 2003
Accession Number
AD1154317

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

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management