A Cost-Efficient Approach to Inventory Management: Using IUID to Meet an Organization's Specific Requirements

Abstract

Members of the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition workforce are very familiar with the S-curve that describes a weapon system s life-cycle costs; they also know that approximately 60 percent to 70 percent (or more) of a weapon system s life-cycle costs are typically associated with day-to-day operations and support (O&S) costs. In other words, O&S costs comprise more than half the total ownership cost (TOC) of most programs, and for this reason O&S costs have become the target of many proposed savings initiatives. One projected savings area within the O&S budget is better inventory management. Inventory management is the focus of this article in particular, the efforts of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (EODTECHDIV), Indian Head, Md.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA608657

Entities

People

  • Duane Mallicoat
  • Jerry Decker
  • Mike Kotzian
  • Mindy Rash-gehres
  • Robert Landry
  • Tim Simpson

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Identification
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Inventory
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Shipping Containers
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.