Download or read book Reducing the Military s Inventory written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Inventory Management written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Inventory written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Inventory written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Army, Navy, and Air Force are responsible for about $78 billion of DOD's $98 billion in secondary item inventory, such as spare parts needed to maintain military equipment. GAO identified DOD supply chain management as a high-risk area due in part to ineffective and inefficient inventory management practices that have contributed to high levels of excess inventory relative to total inventory. DOD established goals to reduce the percentages of both on-hand and on-order excess inventory. GAO was asked to review DOD's inventory management practices. This report assesses the extent to which the services have (1) reduced on-hand excess inventory consistent with DOD goals, (2) reduced on-order excess inventory consistent with DOD goals, (3) balanced the timely availability of spare parts with supply chain costs in their inventory management metrics, and (4) implemented and monitored key improvement efforts. GAO analyzed inventory data from September 2009 through March 2014; evaluated the services' inventory processes; and interviewed service and OSD officials"--Preliminary page.
Download or read book Army Inventory Divisions Authorized Levels of Demand based Items Can be Reduced written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Inventory written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Force Multiplying Technologies for Logistics Support to Military Operations written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission of the United States Army is to fight and win our nation's wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders. Accomplishing this mission rests on the ability of the Army to equip and move its forces to the battle and sustain them while they are engaged. Logistics provides the backbone for Army combat operations. Without fuel, ammunition, rations, and other supplies, the Army would grind to a halt. The U.S. military must be prepared to fight anywhere on the globe and, in an era of coalition warfare, to logistically support its allies. While aircraft can move large amounts of supplies, the vast majority must be carried on ocean going vessels and unloaded at ports that may be at a great distance from the battlefield. As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have shown, the costs of convoying vast quantities of supplies is tallied not only in economic terms but also in terms of lives lost in the movement of the materiel. As the ability of potential enemies to interdict movement to the battlefield and interdict movements in the battlespace increases, the challenge of logistics grows even larger. No matter how the nature of battle develops, logistics will remain a key factor. Force Multiplying Technologies for Logistics Support to Military Operations explores Army logistics in a global, complex environment that includes the increasing use of antiaccess and area-denial tactics and technologies by potential adversaries. This report describes new technologies and systems that would reduce the demand for logistics and meet the demand at the point of need, make maintenance more efficient, improve inter- and intratheater mobility, and improve near-real-time, in-transit visibility. Force Multiplying Technologies also explores options for the Army to operate with the other services and improve its support of Special Operations Forces. This report provides a logistics-centric research and development investment strategy and illustrative examples of how improved logistics could look in the future.
Download or read book Army Inventory written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Inventory written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progress in Reducing and Better Managing Department of Defense Inventories written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Army Inventory written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed whether the Army's inventory levels of demand-based items are excessive and whether those inventory levels could be reduced without impairing military readiness. GAO found that: (1) $28.8 million of demand-based items do not meet retention criteria; (2) the Army's annual assessment of internal controls did not identify as a material weakness the issue of retaining items that did not meet the criteria for demand-based inventory; (3) demand-based items represent a relatively large percentage of total inventory but a relatively small percentage of the inventory issued to the divisions' customers; (4) the Army does not have a policy regarding inventory turnover rates; (5) few demand-based items were requisitioned on a priority basis, which would indicate equipment was inoperable or a unit was unable to perform its mission due to a lack of parts; (6) in the absence of a single supply system, retail-level activities were stocking unneeded items and not reporting all excess inventory to the wholesale level for possible redistribution, and Army managers at the wholesale level were buying items that were excess at the retail level; (7) the Army is in the process of implementing a system which will provide superior responsiveness to the supply system customer at reduced costs and enable the single supply system item manager to direct the redistribution of assets among retail activities; (8) the sparing to availability (STA) concept would increase the number of authorized inventory items; and (9) STA would increase the discretion of the unit commander at the retail level for determining the composition of the authorized inventory.
Download or read book Defense Inventory written by Zina D. Merritt and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Army, Navy, and Air Force are responsible for about $78 billion of the Department of Defense's (DOD's) $98 billion in secondary item inventory, such as spare parts needed to maintain military equipment. GAO identified DOD supply chain management as a high-risk area due in part to ineffective and inefficient inventory management practices that have contributed to high levels of excess inventory. DOD established goals to reduce the percentages of both on-hand and on-order excess inventory. This report assessed the extent to which the services have reduced on-hand and on-order excess inventory consistent with DOD goals; balanced the timely availability of spare parts with supply chain costs in their inventory management metrics; and implemented and monitored key improvement efforts. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.
Download or read book Defense Inventory written by William M. Solis and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1990, the DoD¿s inventory managemetn system has been considered a high-risk area. It is critical that the military services effectively and efficiently manage DoD's secondary inventory to ensure that the warfighter is supplied with the right items at the right time and to maintain good stewardship over the billions of dollars invested in their inventory. This report reviews the Army's management of secondary inventory and determined: (1) the extent to which on-hand and on-order secondary inventory reflected the amount needed to support current requirements; and (2) causes for the Army having secondary inventory that exceeded current requirements or, conversely, for having inventory deficits. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Policies and Procedures for written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Inventory written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when U.S. military forces and their equipment are in high demand, effective management of the Department of Defense's (DOD) inventory is critical to ensure that the warfighter has the right items at the right time. The Air Force is the largest contributor to DOD's total on-hand inventory on the basis of inventory value. Under the statutory authority of the Comptroller General to conduct evaluations on his own initiative, GAO determined the extent to which (1) the Air Force's on-order and on-hand inventory reflect the amount of inventory needed to support required inventory levels from fiscal years 2002 through 2005, and (2) the Air Force had shortages in its inventory needed to support required levels during this period. To address these objectives GAO analyzed Air Force secondary inventory data (spare parts such as engines and guided missiles) from fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
Download or read book Defense Inventory Opportunities Exist to Save Billions by Reducing Air Force s Unneeded Spare Parts Inventory written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when U.S. military forces and their equipment are in high demand, effective management of the Department of Defense's (DOD) inventory is critical to ensure that the warfighter has the right items at the right time. The Air Force is the largest contributor to DOD's total on-hand inventory on the basis of inventory value. Under the statutory authority of the Comptroller General to conduct evaluations on his own initiative, GAO determined the extent to which (1) the Air Force's on-order and on-hand inventory reflect the amount of inventory needed to support required inventory levels from fiscal years 2002 through 2005, and (2) the Air Force had shortages in its inventory needed to support required levels during this period. To address these objectives GAO analyzed Air Force secondary inventory data (spare parts such as engines and guided missiles) from fiscal years 2002 through 2005. GAO recommends that the Air Force take four specific actions to strengthen the accountability and improve the management of its secondary inventory. DOD generally concurred with our recommendations. However, we do not believe DOD's planned actions fully respond to two of the recommendations in our report.
Download or read book Army Logistics written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Army's efforts in returning assets in need of repair to reduce procurement costs and improve military readiness, focusing on whether the: (1) Army has bought additional assets or cancelled repairs because it has not met its return-rate goal; (2) Army's reported return rate accurately reflects the actual rate of return; (3) Army's goal to return 85 percent of assets that need repair was established to maximize savings and efficiency; and (4) Army's efforts to improve rates of return will strengthen its materiel returns program. GAO found that: (1) the Army is purchasing additional assets and reducing the quantity of assets scheduled for repair because returns are not meeting its minimum goal; (2) four of the Army's six inventory control points were buying between $369 million and $815 million of assets that would not have been necessary if returns had been at the 85-percent goal; (3) one inventory control point, the Army Missile Command, improved returns management by identifying items with low returns and requiring item managers to determine the causes and report on the actions taken to improve them, visiting users to reinforce the need to promptly turn in reparable assets, and providing monthly management updates on the progress in improving rates; (4) the Army reported a return rate of 75 percent for fiscal year 1990, but this figure does not accurately reflect the program's effectiveness, since the return-rate goal was based on computations of historical rates without a detailed analysis of what the rate should be; and (5) the Army does not yet have a materiel returns program that optimizes its goal to reduce inventory costs and maximize military readiness.
