United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-04-20 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-103 P0b002ee180381390 f:ns94103 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-103 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-103 NSIAD-94-103 Air Force procurement Aircraft components Spare parts Inventory control systems Military inventories Military cost control Military materiel Logistics Aircraft maintenance Computerized information systems Letter Report NSIAD The Air Force continues to have large quantities of invalid backorders in its wholesale and retail supply systems because they are not detected and canceled when they are no longer needed. GAO and the Air Force have worked together to identify invalid backorders valued at more than $209 million at 17 retail supply activities that the Air Force later canceled. Also, since 1987, the Air Force has suspended a program for automatically canceling backorders when retail supply activities do not respond to quarterly requests to reconcile wholesale and retail backorder records. The suspension has resulted in lost opportunities to cancel millions of dollars worth of invalid backorders each quarter. The failure to identify and cancel invalid backorders was due to (1) a lack of detailed validation guidance, (2) inadequate management oversight and resolution of problems flagged by quarterly backorder reconciliation reports, and (3) the prolonged suspension of the automatic cancellation program. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-103/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-103.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-103 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-103 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-103; Air Force Logistics: Improved Backorder Validation Procedures Will Save Millions; Air Force procurement Aircraft components Spare parts Inventory control systems Military inventories Military cost control Military materiel Logistics Aircraft maintenance Computerized information systems