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 1993-12-15 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-8 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-8 P0b002ee180386100 f:ns94008 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-8 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-8 NSIAD-94-8 Inventory control Military inventories Spare parts Defense cost control Comparative analysis Inventory control systems Air Force procurement Aircraft maintenance Defense contingency planning Logistics 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 Other Written Product NSIAD 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-8/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-8.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-8 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-8 Other Written Product GAO/NSIAD-94-8; Air Force Logistics: Base Maintenance Inventories Can Be Reduced; Inventory control Military inventories Spare parts Defense cost control Comparative analysis Inventory control systems Air Force procurement Aircraft maintenance Defense contingency planning Logistics 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