Analysis of Items in Long Supply

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to update and enhance an earlier DLA long supply study completed in May 1985. The current study determined the number of items, quantity, cubic feet, and dollar value of long supply as of September 1991 for the Construction, Electronics, General, industrial, Medical and Textile Commodities. This study also tracked the stability of long supply over a 7 year period that was characterized by declining demands, identified characteristics which may influence long supply, determined long supply migration probabilities, calculated probabilities of buys, and determined methods to predict future long supply for the Electronics and General Commodities of DLA.... Long supply, Demand patterns, Purchasing patterns, Forecasting, Economic retention.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA261622

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Baker
  • Thomas P. Lanagan

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Bibliographies
  • Commodities
  • Construction
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Electronics
  • Information Science
  • Logistics
  • Migration
  • Probability
  • Procurement
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Supply Chain Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Industrial Economics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics