The Impact of Contracting Initiatives on Lead Times,

Abstract

In response to the increasingly recognized practice of certain commercial vendors charging excessive prices to government procurement agencies for materials, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Department of Defense and the United States Congress have implemented a number of initiatives directed at reducing or eliminating such practices. One major effort has been to cultivate new sources of products to reduce prices by means of a more competitive marketplace. The Competition Advocacy Program (COMPAD) has been effectively achieving this goal and realizing significantly reduced prices. These savings have not been won without cost, and a question has been raised whether one of the costs has been increased administrative and production lead times. The DLA Competition Advocate tasked DLA's Operations Research and Economic Analysis Office (DLA-LO) to conduct an analysis addressing this question. The scope of the study was lead times experienced by the four DLA hardware centers; Defense General Supply Center (DGSC). Defense Construction Supply Center (DCSC). The period of the study was fiscal years 1983 through 1985.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA179349

Entities

People

  • Lester M. Stacey

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

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Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programs
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Government Procurement
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Operations Research
  • Periodicals
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Intervals

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Strategic Security Studies