United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-13 monographic deposited born digital 54 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-110 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110 P0b002ee18037aca1 f:ai95110 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110 AIMD-95-110 Defense procurement ADP procurement Management information systems Military inventories Cost effectiveness analysis Systems analysis Systems conversions Equipment maintenance Inventory control systems Logistics DOD Depot Maintenance Standard System DOD Depot Maintenance Resource Planning System DOD Programmed Depot Maintenance Scheduling System DOD Baseline Advanced Industrial Management System Air Force Depot Maintenance Management Information System DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative CIM Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) justification for developing and deploying its Depot Maintenance Standard System (DMSS), focusing on whether DOD has: (1) based its DMSS selection on costs and benefit analyses as well as economic and technical risks; and (2) selected a strategy that would dramatically improve depot maintenance operations.<p/>GAO found that: (1) DOD has not based its DMSS decisions on sufficient cost and benefit analyses or detailed assessments of economic and technical risks; (2) DOD may not achieve the marginal improvements envisioned, since it has failed to obtain project milestone reviews or approvals for DMSS that would ensure that system development and implementation decisions are consistent with sound business practices; (3) DMSS will not dramatically improve DOD depot maintenance or produce significant cost savings, since DOD has not reengineered its business practices; and (4) DOD may have made future reengineering efforts more difficult by entrenching inefficient and ineffective work processes. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-110 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-110 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-95-110; Defense Management: Selection of Depot Maintenance Standard System Not Based on Sufficient Analyses; Defense procurement ADP procurement Management information systems Military inventories Cost effectiveness analysis Systems analysis Systems conversions Equipment maintenance Inventory control systems Logistics DOD Depot Maintenance Standard System DOD Depot Maintenance Resource Planning System DOD Programmed Depot Maintenance Scheduling System DOD Baseline Advanced Industrial Management System Air Force Depot Maintenance Management Information System DOD Corporate Information Management Initiative CIM