Air Force Logistics: Base Maintenance Inventories Can Be Reduced (Letter
Report, 12/15/93, GAO/NSIAD-94-8).

The Air Force has not effectively managed bench stocks--supply
inventories that military base activities, such as repair shops,
purchase from base supply for their own use.  Despite the belief that
bench stocks should contain frequent-use low-cost items, about 26
percent of the items in bench stocks at the five bases GAO reviewed were
rarely used during the past year and about 30 percent of the remaining
bench stocks were expensive items.  Inventory managers have no idea how
many of these items are in bench stocks at a given moment, which may be
causing the Air Force to buy new items when the same items are in
oversupply in bench stocks. Base supply inventories can be economical
alternatives to bench stocks for providing low-usage and high-cost items
to maintenance activities.  Using base supply inventories instead of
bench stocks for these items would reduce overall inventory levels and
improve asset visibility without sacrificing the timeliness of the
maintenance activities.

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 REPORTNUM:  NSIAD-94-8
     TITLE:  Air Force Logistics: Base Maintenance Inventories Can Be 
             Reduced
      DATE:  12/15/93
   SUBJECT:  Inventory control
             Military inventories
             Spare parts
             Defense cost control
             Comparative analysis
             Inventory control systems
             Air Force procurement
             Aircraft maintenance
             Defense contingency planning
             Logistics
IDENTIFIER:  C-5 Aircraft
             C-141 Aircraft
             Air Force Standard Base Supply System
             Defense Automated Addressing System
             Air Force Mission Capable Asset Sourcing System
             F-15 Aircraft
             F-14 Aircraft
             
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