An Analysis of Selected Department of Defense Reprocurement Programs for Acquisition of Legacy System Spare Parts Via Small Manufacturers.

Abstract

The life-cycle extension of weapon systems has created problems for sustaining spare parts procurement. This study analyzes selected DOD reprocurement initiatives for securing responsive manufacturing capacity of small manufacturing companies to overcome these problems. Interviews were also conducted with Government and industry representatives and managers of small manufacturing shops to identify possible barriers to the application of the DOD initiatives. The findings reveal that the DOD initiatives and their associated technologies could dramatically reduce costly lead time delays by enabling the electronic exchange of technical product data between a geographically dispersed set of qualified machine shops and DOD supply centers. However, unless DOD efforts are directed at unifying the components necessary for procuring legacy weapon system spare parts, the barriers will remain as significant obstacles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA342244

Entities

People

  • Brett E. Fillmore

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Economic Analysis
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory Control
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Procurement
  • Spare Parts
  • Supply Chain
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics