Management of Potentially Inactive Items at the Defense Logistics Agency
Abstract
This report, the second in a series of reports on obsolete national stock number (NSN) items, discusses the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) management of potentially inactive NSNs. Inspector General, DoD, Report No. D-2000-185, "Allegations to the Defense Hotline Concerning Management of Obsolete Reparable Items," September 7, 2000, discusses obsolete NSNs in Navy weapon system files. An NSN is considered obsolete if the NSN is inactive and there are no current or future requirements anticipated by any registered user or the integrated materiel manager of the NSN. Potentially inactive, or obsolete, NSNs that are not reviewed and deleted from the DoD supply system needlessly consume cataloging and supply system files, machine time, personnel resources, and warehouse space. As of July 2000, DLA supply records, excluding the clothing and textile, medical, and subsistence commodities, identified 91,097 NSNs that were coded as potentially inactive because the Military Departments had withdrawn their interest as users and no longer required the items. DLA policy requires that item managers review potentially inactive NSNs to determine whether the NSNs should be deleted or retained in the DLA supply system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 24, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADA386206
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense