Accession Number:

AD1122951

Title:

PROCUREMENT: DOD Initiatives to Improve the Acquisition of Spare Parts

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1986-03-11

Pagination or Media Count:

44

Abstract:

In response to your requests for an overview of the problems surrounding the procurement of replenishment spare parts and an update of the status of some of the Department of Defenses DODS corrective actions, we are providing an analysis of the price growth that occurred before corrective action, a summary of other studies that were made on spare parts procurement, a discussion of the initiatives DOD has taken to resolve management problems and the status of these initiatives.

Descriptors:

• law
• control systems
• united states
• databases
• management personnel
• procurement
• business administration
• congress
• contractors
• contracts
• department of defense
• governments
• statistical samples
• acquisition
• air force
• inventory
• logistics
• personnel management
• productivity
• spare parts

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]