Supply Inventory Management: Evaluation of the Defense Supply Center Columbus Qualified Products List and Qualified Manufacturers List Program
Abstract
This report is a review of the Defense Supply Center Columbus Qualified Products List and Qualified Manufacturers List Program. The Defense Supply Center Columbus Qualified Products List/Qualified Manufacturers List Program was started in 1962 when qualifying activity responsibility for about 75 Qualified Products Lists was transitioned from the Military Departments. The Defense Supply Center Columbus currently has management responsibility for over 300 Qualified Products Lists and 4 Qualified Manufacturers Lists. The Defense Supply Center Columbus actively procures approximately 186,000 National Stock Numbers from Qualified Products Lists with sales of over $126 million in FY 2000. The Sourcing and Qualifications Unit was assigned the responsibility of managing the Qualified Products List/Qualified Manufacturers List Program. Because the Defense Supply Center management directed the Sourcing and Qualifications Unit to shift engineers to the Commodity Management Group and Base Reutilization and Closure, the workforce has been reduced from approximately 90 staff-years in FY 1989 to 50 staff-years in FY 2000. In the same time period, the Qualified Products Lists and Qualified Manufacturers Lists managed increased from 164 to over 300.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 14, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA401537
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense