Allocating the Increased Operational Costs in Retail Prices at the Defense Electronics Supply Center as a Result of Defense Management Report Decision 901

Abstract

Defense Management Review Decision (DMRD) 909 requires inventory control points managing Department of Defense (DoD) stock-funded material to include all the costs of doing business in the stock fund surcharge. The inventory control points will no longer receive direct operational and maintenance (O and M) funding in the defense budget. As a result of DMRD 901, for fiscal year 1991, the Defense Electronics Supply Center (DESC) must recoup, through its operational surcharge. $84.1 million of its own operational costs and $100.9 million of DLA Headquarters and support activity costs (a total of $185.0 million). The increased surcharge has significantly raised the retail price DESC's customers must now pay for allocating costs by changing the allocation base and examine the use of a fixed order Surcharge, Defense Management Report Decision, Stock Fund, DLA, DESC charge to determine their effect on the retail prices of materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246967

Entities

People

  • Michael G. Ahern

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Commerce
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Procurement
  • Security

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics