Defense Inventory: Process for Canceling Inventory Orders Needs Improvement

Abstract

Inventory management comprises several major functions, including determining what is needed; buying needed items; and storing, maintaining, distributing, and disposing of these items. The military services and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) use automated inventory management models that identify the need to place orders when the total inventory falls below a predetermined level. The models also periodically consider whether orders exceed requirements and are candidates for cancellation. After the models identify orders that are candidates for cancellation, the services and DLA use other models or analyses to determine whether canceling the orders is economical. The Department of Defense's (DOD) general process for placing an order and subsequently evaluating the order to determine if it is a candidate for cancellation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378996

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Budgets
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Lead Time
  • National Security
  • Reliability
  • United States

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.