Reducing the Transportation Segment of Logistics Response Time.

Abstract

The 1994 and 1995 editions of the Department of Defense Logistics Strategic Plans, directed the Department of Defense (DoD) to significantly reduce logistics response time (LRT). LRT is the time consumed by requisition submission; requisition processing at the inventory control point; requisition processing at the depot (picking, packing, and holding for transportation); transportation; and receipt processing. This report focuses on the transportation segment of LRT. It benchmarks the carrier industry's delivery standards against those contained in the Defense Traffic Management Regulation (DTMR) and in guaranteed traffic (GT) agreements at several Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) depots. We conclude that DoD standards need to be made more stringent to capture the full carrier industry capability and recommend a step-by-step process to improve DoD standards. We also recommend the use of a best-value, rather than low-cost, approach to continuously improve transit time standards in GT agreements. We further recommend conducting a pilot best-value test for awarding GT agreements. The report containS a plan for the pilot test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA313498

Entities

People

  • Edward T. Fortunato
  • John T. Eanes

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Consistency
  • Department Of Defense
  • District Of Columbia
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Regulations
  • Standards
  • Time Standards
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.