Controls Over the Return of Repairable Assets.
Abstract
The Military Departments' inventory control points (ICPs) manage about 549,000 secondary items identified as depot level repairable (DLR) items. The inventory value was about $50.5 billion as of September 1995. DLR items are identified during the item introduction process and represent those type assets that can usually be economically repaired, on a program basis, and returned to use. DLR items are relatively high unit cost items and are uniquely coded in the Services' logistics systems. Assets requiring repair, recovered from users, are scheduled for repair or rework by depot repair facilities or commercial contractors. The repaired assets are a more economical and more timely source of supply than new procurement. DoD ICPs spend about $6 billion annually for DLRs, about 60 percent for repair programs and the remainder for new procurements. The objectives were to determine whether the Army and the Air Force had established adequate systems and procedures for the return of repairable assets to the supply system. The audit evaluated the processes established in the Army and the Air Force at various echelons of the supply system to recover or otherwise account for repairable assets to be returned for repair and reuse. We also examined the Army and the Air Force management control programs as they applied to the audit objectives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA370013
Entities
People
- Alexander L. Mckay
- Donna S. Long
- Gordon Nielson
- Pat Golden
- Shelton R. Young
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense