Defense Logistics Agency Market Basket.

Abstract

The primary objective of this study effort was to provide DLA management with the ability to evaluate DLA performance in controlling the material cost of items sold to the services. A series of indices, similar in concept to that used to calculate the Consumer Price Index, was developed that allowed comparison in DLA price and cost growth or decline relative to general market trends. Two separate general measures that distinguish between the price of goods sold and the cost of goods bought were created. In addition, index substratifications were examined to determine any differences in prices experienced by tha various services and to identify any advantages in cost control by various procurement instruments such as indefinite delivery contracts. Other facets of the indices were developed by restricting the items under consideration to those that generated consistent demand over the time periods or those that consistently had buys over the time period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA308132

Entities

People

  • Annette Stephens

Organizations

  • Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Commodities
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Operations Research
  • Price Index
  • Procurement

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design