Commercial Practices: Leading-Edge Practices Can Help DOD Better Manage Clothing and Textile Stocks

Abstract

Between 1980 and 1988, the Department of Defense's (DOD) secondary inventories, which include spare parts for weapon systems and consumable items such as shoes and socks, increased by about $60 billion. Concerned about identifying ways in which DOD can address wasteful inventory management practices, the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, asked GAO to compare DOD'S logistics practices with the private sectors. This report focuses on DOD'S inventory management system for supplying clothing and textile (C and T) items to the military services, currently valued at $1.8 billion. Specifically, the report addresses(1) inventory problems and other inefficiencies in the Defense Logistics Agencys (DLA) C and T logistics system, (2) commercial practices used in the private sector to reduce inventory holding and distribution costs, and(3) Dons progress in improving C and T inventory management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1994
Accession Number
AD1168740

Entities

People

  • Donna M. Heivilin

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Law
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Money
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Depots
  • United States

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.