Management of DoD's Shelf-Life Program--Better, But Still in Need of Improvement,

Abstract

We have completed our limited survey of the management of the Department of Defense's (DOD's) shelf-life program. Since our last review, DOD has appointed an Administrator with overall responsibility for the shelf-life program and has taken other initiatives to improve program management. However, problems still exist which can increase management costs and lead to unnecessary disposal of material: (1) sufficient data has not been accumulated and reported to allow management to evaluate the program's effectiveness; (1) The service's inventory control points (ICPs) assign erroneous shelf-life designations to many items. (2) The Air Force's storage activities do not apply shelf-life management controls to many items designated for shelf-life management by non-Air Force ICPs, and (3) Military storage activities have not corrected longstanding deficient shelf-life management practices, although these deficiencies have been reported many times.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 25, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118046

Entities

People

  • Donald J. Horan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Congress
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • End Items
  • Instructions
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Pennsylvania
  • Program Management
  • Shelf Life
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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