Improving the Army Maintenance Depot System

Abstract

The United States has always had a defense industrial base. The base has expanded and decreased according to the requirements of the nation. One part of the industrial base is the Army depot maintenance system. After the Cold War ended, there was no longer a requirement for as large a defense budget. However, the Army has been forced to keep more depot maintenance infrastructure than it can afford. The current depot maintenance system has challenges to include decreasing workload and unneeded depot capacity. Statute and congressional interest protect it. The Army needs dollars to modernize its' equipment. It has attempted to fund modernization through dollars saved by various management initiatives such as the Revolution in Military Logistics and Acquisition Reform. One major management initiative is competitive sourcing and privatization. This paper examines ways to change the current depot system to make it responsive to the warfighter, and more cost effective in order to free up dollars for modernization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377592

Entities

People

  • Mary K. Browm

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Base Closures
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Strategic Security Studies