Defense Inventory: Navy Spare Parts Quality Deficiency Reporting Program Needs Improvement

Abstract

The Department of Defense budgets billions of dollars each year to purchase and repair the spare parts needed to maintain its weapon systems and support equipment. To the extent these parts contain product quality deficiencies, safety, readiness, and mission performance capabilities can be greatly reduced and support costs can increase. Thus, the quality of spare parts is an important indicator of whether the Departments investment of funds is effective, efficient, and economical. Since 1990, we have reported that the Departments inventory, including spare parts, is a high-risk area because it is vulnerable to fraud, waste, and abuse.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393224

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Inventory
  • Inventory Control
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Corps
  • Spare Parts
  • Training

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis