Better Methods for Validating and Reconciling Unfilled Materiel Orders Could Provide Substantial Economies to the Army.
Abstract
The Army can save an estimated $112 million or more in procurement and transportation costs over a 3-year period by improving its policies, procedures, and practices for periodically validating and reconciling older, outstanding orders for secondary items of materiel (repair parts, subassemblies, and consumables). GAO reported in 1974 that the services were spending over $100 million annually on materiel no longer needed by requisitioners because of ineffective procedures and practices for reconciling and validating older, outstanding materiel orders. The Army had one of the highest ratios of invalid materiel orders (27 percent) which were not detected by a quarterly reconciliation and validation check. The Army advised GAO of a number of corrective actions that would be taken to bring about the desired improvements. GAO made this followup review to assess the effectiveness of actions taken by the Army and to determine whether there were significant additional opportunities for improvement. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 02, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA116854
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office