Defense Logistics
A Completed Comprehensive Strategy Is Needed to Guide DOD's In-Transit Visibility Efforts
Description:... The Dept. of Defense (DOD) has invested heavily in its logistics operations, estimating that its overall spending on logistics -- including supply chain management -- was more than $171 billion in FY 2011. One of the most complex and vital tasks facing DOD is managing its supply chain to effectively and efficiently provide spare parts, food, fuel, and other critical supplies in support of U.S. military forces. GAO has identified DOD’s supply chain management as a high-risk area and has previously reported that limitations in asset visibility — including the visibility of assets in transit — make it difficult to obtain timely and accurate information on the assets that are present in the theater of operations. This report assesses the extent to which DOD (1) is aware of its components’ efforts to improve in-transit visibility and (2) has a strategy to achieve in-transit visibility that includes the key elements of a comprehensive strategic plan. Tables and figure. This is a print on demand report.
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