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Impediments may exist that hamper small-business contracting opportunities. Among the issues examined in the report are federal goals for small business purchases, the unique purchase needs of the Department of Defense, and how they affect opportunities for small businesses. The study also examines contract "bundling," subcontracting in professional services and research and development, opportunities in the Small Business Innovation Research and the Mentor-Protege Programs, electronic payment systems, and whether firms "graduate" from the programs or increase in size from "small" to larger businesses as a result of various small-business preferences, including those for procurement.

Defense contracts --- Small business --- Defense industries --- Government contractors --- Government purchasing --- United States. --- Procurement.

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"In recent years, procurement of weapon systems and other goods and services, rather than personnel costs, have accounted for most U.S. Army expenditures. This means that the Army's ability to get the most out of its budget will depend strongly on how well it manages its suppliers. Because supplier relationship management (SRM) is so important, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) asked the RAND Corporation to identify leading SRM practices, examine SRM practices in the AMC, and suggest ways to improve the Army's approach to SRM. In particular, this study focused on how the Army can gain better performance and reduce total costs by improving its management of and partnering with large defense suppliers that span a range of products and major commodity groups." --preface

Business logistics --- United States. --- United States. --- Procurement --- Management --- Evaluation. --- Rules and practice.

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Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities --- Veteran-owned business enterprises --- Public contracts --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Military Administration --- Government policy --- Government contracts --- Municipal contracts --- Disabled veteran-owned business enterprises --- Law and legislation --- Contracts --- Contracting out --- Business enterprises --- Business enterprises owned by people with disabilities --- United States. --- Rules and practice. --- D.O.D. --- DOD (Department of Defense) --- Mei-kuo kuo fang pu --- Ministerstvo oborony SShA --- Министерство обороны США --- National Military Establishment (U.S.)

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Purchased goods and services are an increasingly large proportion of public and private enterprise budgets. Various enterprises have therefore developed more or less successful supply strategies. This monograph draws lessons from their experiences for the Air Force and the Department of Defense by synthesizing academic, business, and professional literature. The authors offer a series of steps for analyzing spending, segmenting it into major commodity groups based on value to the enterprise and vulnerability, prioritizing these groups for purchasing and supply management efforts, and developing and executing purchasing strategies for them. Both the initial segmentation of commodity groups and the development of supply strategies for them involve use of cross-functional teams comprising experts in the commodity and its uses, as well as other stakeholders. The authors describe the makeup of these teams and their tasks and goals. Finally, the authors note that, although some activities are common to most supply strategies, no one process is likely to fit all enterprises and commodities. An approach that delivers the most rewards to the enterprise will require extensive analysis.

Purchasing --- Industrial procurement --- Business logistics --- United States. --- United States. --- Procurement. --- Procurement.