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 1998-09-02 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-98-218 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218 P0b002ee180396c58 f:ns98218 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218 NSIAD-98-218 Inventory control systems Military cost control Logistics Military inventories Federal supply systems Federal property management Letter Report NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) schedule for implementing best commercial practices for inventory management, focusing on whether the schedule: (1) described the extent to which the initiatives cover each supply category; (2) established key performance indicators to measure the overall impact the initiatives will have on logistics costs and efficiency of operations; and (3) provided criteria and plans for expanding or fully implementing the initiatives to cover the entire supply category.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) DLA's schedule provides information on 73 initiatives it identified as best practices for improving the acquisition and distribution of certain categories of consumable supplies; (2) although GAO is encouraged that DLA has established these initiatives, the schedule does not provide adequate information to assess whether it effectively provides for the implementation of these practices to be completed by November 2000, as required by the fiscal year 1998 Defense Authorization Act; (3) specifically, the schedule does not contain information on the percentage of a supply category that will be affected by the initiatives; (4) consequently, users of the schedule are unable to determine the magnitude of impact the initiatives are intended to have; (5) also, the schedule does not present metrics or indicators that will be used to determine whether the initiatives are achieving the desired results; (6) this information is critical to determine whether readiness and sustainability goals are being met and cost goals are being achieved; and (7) in addition, the schedule does not provide milestones necessary to measure progress toward covering the entire supply category by the implementation date. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218.pdf GAO/NSIAD-98-218 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-98-218 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-98-218; Inventory Management: More Information Needed to Assess DLA's Best Practice Initiatives; Inventory control systems Military cost control Logistics Military inventories Federal supply systems Federal property management