Defense Inventory. Status of Inventory and Purchases and Their Relationship to Current Needs,

Abstract

As part of our ongoing analysis of the Department of Defense's (DOD) secondary inventory, we have updated our prior analyses of DOD's reported on-hand and on-order inventory. As requested, we determined whether DOD (1) had on-hand inventory exceeding current requirements as of September 30, 1996, and 1997, and (2) was buying inventory for which it had no current requirement as of those same dates. Our analyses are based on reported secondary inventory data relating to spare and repair parts, clothing, medical supplies, and other items to support DOD's operating forces. The scope and methodology of our work are described in appendix I.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA362189

Entities

People

  • Charles Patton
  • Gary Billen
  • James Murphy
  • Leonard Hill
  • Robert Sommer

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Analysis
  • Logistics
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Shortages (Logistics)

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.