Transportation Industrial Fund Policy: Improving Efficiency

Abstract

The Military Services received funding for only 90 percent of their FY89 transportation requirements. A comparable shortfall applies to FY90. Such funding shortfalls are severely constraining DoD transportation budgets. They also are contributing to shipment delays that threaten to degrade readiness and sustainability. Although many of the causes of the funding shortfalls are outside DoD's control, it can still undertake a variety of actions to improve transportation efficiencies and reduce transportation expenditures consistent with readiness and sustainability goals. We recommend the following: Adjust Military Airlift Command's (MAC's) Charges to Reflect Actual Mission Cost; Increase Aerial Port Holding Times; Improve Airlift Workload Stability; Introduce Discrete Military Sealift Command (MSC) Billing Rates; Revise MSC's Contracts to Improve Rate and Service Stability; Reduce Cost of the International Shipment of Personal Property; and Introduce More Flexibility in Traffic Management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA216118

Entities

People

  • Alfred H. Beyer
  • Lawrence Schwartz

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Budgets
  • Classification
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Efficiency
  • Governments
  • Logistics Management
  • Military Personnel
  • Resilience
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transportation
  • Workload

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management