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Additional authors

1. United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
2. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Description

1. xxxix, 145 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. The RAND National Defense Research Institute examined Department of Defense depot-level reparable (DLR) supply chain management to assess how it could be improved to enhance customer support and reduce costs. This report concludes that DLR supply chain management appears to be done relatively effectively across the services. What on the surface appears to be substantial inventory excess and high disposals of assets is instead a reflection of the fact that DLRs are durable assets very much like weapon systems and other end items. Most DLRs have very low condemnation rates, with depot maintenance economically repairing them time and again through the life of the supported end item. So when they are replaced by upgraded versions or weapon systems are phased out, demand disappears but the assets remain, leading first to "excess" inventory and then to disposals. This is a cost of doing business. As a result, no large, "silver bullet" solutions were found. Still, a number of modest opportunities for improving DLR supply chain management were identified. The first is improving parts supportability, including taking a total cost perspective that encompasses supply and maintenance costs when planning inventory in support of depot production. The second is to shift the Army more toward pull production. The third is to reduce lead times for all types of contracts affecting DLR supply chain management. And the fourth is to better account for all resource lead times in planning DLR production and for anticipatable shifts in procurement and repair needs. All of these enhancements would improve customer support, with better parts support likely reducing maintenance costs and pull production reducing the buildup of inventory.

Subject

1. United States > Department of Defense > Procurement > Evaluation
2. United States > Armed Forces > Supplies and stores > Management
3. United States > Department of Defense > Inventory control > Evaluation
4. Logistics > Management
5. United States > Armed Forces > Procurement > Evaluation
6. United States > Department of Defense > Rules and practice > Evaluation
7. United States > Armed Forces > Equipment > Maintenance and repair

Contents

1. Introduction -- Findings from Item-Level Case Studies -- Parts Supportability/Taking a Total-Cost Perspective -- Adoption of Pull Production -- Reducing Contract Lead Times -- Improving Repair Planning: Anticipating Knowable Changes in Demand and Condemnations -- Potential DLR Management Changes for Exploration from the Literature -- Overall Conclusions, Recommendations, and Needs for Further Literature -- Overall Conclusions, Recommendations, and Needs for Further Research -- Appendix A: Air Force DLR Management -- Appendix B: Army DLR Management -- Appendix C: Navy DLR Management -- Appendix D: Logic to Identify DLRs -- Appendix E: Categorization of DLRs -- Appendix F: Illustrating the Consequences of a Push System.

Call number

1. JBE 17-1151

Note

1. "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
2. "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
3. "RR-398-OSD"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).

Author

1. Peltz, Eric, 1968-

Title

1. DoD depot-level reparable supply chain management : process effectiveness and opportunities for improvement / Eric Peltz, Marygail K. Brauner, Edward G. Keating, Evan Saltzman, Daniel Tremblay, Patricia Boren.

Publisher

1. Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, [2014]

Copyright date

1. ©2014

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145).

Added author

1. United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
2. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

LCCN

1. 2014941582

ISBN

1. 9780833084958 (pbk.)
2. 083308495X (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JBE 17-1151