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ISBN: 1601290071 Year: 2005 Publisher: Santa Monica : RAND Corporation,
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Examines ""Acquisition Reform"" and ""Acquisition Excellence"" initiatives undertaken in the US Department of Defense over the period 1990 to 2003. The authors seeks to shed light on what the AR movement has and has not accomplished in terms of changing the way the acquisition process works.
United States --- Armed Forces --- Procurement. --- Department of Defense
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Year: 1996 Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation,
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Many new Army initiatives such as Velocity Management and Force XXI are based on the assumption that information will be a key asset for U.S. armed forces of the future. Many Army logistics data, however, are widely perceived to be of poor quality. In this report, the authors review the current literature on data quality, develop a three-way scheme for classifying data quality problems, and apply the classification to the analysis of an important logistics data element, the End Item Code (EIC). The authors argue that the EIC has quality problems of all three types, and review the evidence and efforts of the Army to address each. The most fundamental problem is due to the deep gap between the retail organizations that create EIC data and the wholesale organizations that use it. The authors propose several strategies to bridge the gap in order to improve the quality of the EIC data. An appendix applies the data classification scheme to a number of other important logistics data elements exhibiting data-quality problems and reaches similar conclusions about their causes.
Logistics --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Quality control. --- United States. --- Supplies and stores. --- Equipment.
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Year: 1997 Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation,
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The Air Force is currently seeking opportunities to expand outsourcing of support activities to enhance military readiness or quality of life and/or reduce costs. Toward that end, this briefing analyzes how and where contractors are currently used at Air Force installations. The briefing finds there is great heterogeneity in the current use of contractors at Air Force installations, both across and within commands and functions. This heterogeneity suggests that those seeking to use contractors should be able to draw useful lessons from installations that currently use contractors extensively. This briefing also examines the recent history of the Air Force's cost comparisons and direct conversions under the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76. Analysis of this history suggests that A-76 cost comparisons have been particularly prone to cancellation and delay. This result provides a note of caution as the Air Force embarks on an augmented program of A-76 cost comparisons and direct conversions.
Defense contracts --- Contracting out. --- United States. --- Equipment --- Maintenance and repair.
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