Defense Inventory Improvements Needed to Prevent Excess Purchases by the Air Force

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 and other items that support DoD's operating forces on land, at sea, and in the air. As requested, we focused this review on inventory the Air Force had on contract (that is, ordered but not yet delivered) that was excess to current operating requirements. Specifically to determine whether the Air Force was canceling purchases that exceeded current operating requirements, we judgmentally selected and reviewed 160 items with inventory valued at $162.4 million on contract that exceeded current operating requirements as of September 30, 1997.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA370576

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • High Pressure
  • International Relations
  • Inventory
  • Lead Time
  • Logistics
  • National Security
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.