Initial Transportation Cost Analysis of the Enhanced Defense Logistics Agency Distribution System (EDDS) Los Angeles Site

Abstract

This report documents the preliminary results of a transportation cost analysis of the Enhanced Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Distribution System (EDDS). The study compares actual costs incurred for outbound shipments though the Los Angeles EDDS site against the costs of those same shipments had EDDS not been implemented. The study did not consider inbound shipments in that vendor consolidation data does not currently exist to consider such shipments. The analysis examined costs for only the first 6 months (December 1988 to June 1989) of operation at the Los Angeles EDDS site. Based upon the available data of the first 6 months of operation, EDDS has incurred a loss of over $200,000 thus far at the Los Angeles site. However, the study shows that had new, renegotiated shipment rates (as of 1 October 1989) been used, the Los Angeles site would have saved in excess of $35,000, and, further, that increases in shipment consolidation show a potential for real dollar savings. Keywords: Transportation; Distribution; Los Angeles; Analysis; Depot.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA220374

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  • Mark Kleinhenz
  • Stephen R. Von Hitritz

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  • Defense Logistics Agency

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