Defense Inventory: Management of Repair Parts Common to More Than One Military Service Can Be Improved,

Abstract

This report is one in a series of reports on the Department of Defense's (DOD) management of secondary inventory-spare and repair parts, clothing, medical supplies, and other items that support DOD's operating forces on land, at sea, and in the air.1 We have identified the management of defense inventory as a high-risk are a.2 Past reports have identified management weaknesses that make some portion of DOD's inventory vulnerable to waste and inefficiency As requested, we reviewed DOD's management of identical repairable parts used by more than one DOD component (hereafter referred to as identical parts). Over 57,000 identical parts, with an estimated value of $4 billion, are used and typically managed by more than one service. They include such supply items as hydraulic pumps, computer circuit card assemblies, wing sections, and landing gear. This report discusses (1) DOD's progress in correcting problems in the management of identical parts and (2) opportunities to improve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA369765

Entities

People

  • Charles Patton
  • David R. Warren
  • George Surosky
  • Gerald Thompson
  • James Murphy

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Best Practices
  • Clothing
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Procurement
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Industrial Economics