A Critical Analysis of the Air Force's International Merchant Perchase Authorization Card (IMPAC) Program

Abstract

The United States Air Force (USAF) purchased over $ 1.3 billion worth of goods and services with the IMPAC in fiscal year (FY) 2000 alone. The proliferation of the IMPAC has changed the way organizations procure goods and services and empowered them with a tool to increase their procurement flexibility and responsiveness. These benefits have been accompanied by regulatory and procedural constraints that have presented challenges to key participants of this streamlined purchase process. This thesis addresses documented deviations of the IMPAC program's execution from its theoretical design. It describes the structure of the IMPAC program, analyzes the execution of the IMPAC purchase process, and documents and investigates the program's recorded deviations from established procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA390860

Entities

People

  • Roy D. Thrailkill

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Communications
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Literature Surveys
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).