Defense Transportation: Commercial Practices Offer Improvement
Opportunities (Chapter Report, 11/26/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-26).

The Defense Department (DOD) pays commercial shippers more than $500
million annually to transport freight.  In response to shrinking
budgets, DOD is trying to economize and improve its management of
domestic motor freight transportation.  This report examines (1) trends
in the commercial sector to cut costs and increase efficiencies in
transportation, (2) the status of DOD's efforts to improve
transportation management, and (3) commercial practices that could be
instructive for DOD in achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness in
transportation management.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-26
     TITLE:  Defense Transportation: Commercial Practices Offer 
             Improvement Opportunities
      DATE:  11/26/93
   SUBJECT:  Freight transportation operations
             Logistics
             Freight transportation rates
             Defense procurement
             Internal controls
             Computerized information systems
             Transportation costs
             Common carrier operations
             Non-government enterprises
             Data collection operations
IDENTIFIER:  MTMC Carrier Qualification Program
             MTMC Carrier Performance Program
             MTMC Continental United States Freight Management System
             DLA Transportation Automated Management System
             Air Force Cargo Movements Operations System
             Marine Corps Transportation Management System
             Army Standard Depot System
             DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative
             DOD Global Transportation Network
             CIM
             
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