A DLA Study on the Costs of Reducing Depot Processing and Transportation Time.
Abstract
Every inch that we can take off of the logistics pipeline is known to result in reduced customer inventories; and therefore, it reduces costs to the taxpayer. However, unlike many other DLA response time reduction initiatives, this report addresses response time reductions in areas that are known to have cost implications to the wholesale organizations. Many logisticians believe that these added costs will be minimal in light of the potential retail inventory reductions associated with faster wholesale replenishment. In this report we quantify the costs incurred by DLA as depots reduce requisition bank time, hold time, and in-transit time. Furthermore, we investigated different stock positioning issues relating to range and depth of stock in order to provide a reduced response time at the lowest possible cost.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA306542
Entities
People
- Benedict C. Roberts
- Russell S. Elliott
- Sara P. Rudd
Organizations
- Defense Logistics Agency