Improving inventory management of organizational and individual equipment at central issue facilities /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fan, Carol E., author.
Imprint:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013. ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 69 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	RAND Corporation research report series ; RR137 RAND Corporation research report series ; RR137.
Subject:	United States. -- Army -- Equipment and supplies -- Management -- Evaluation. United States. -- Army -- Inventory control. United States. -- Army. Inventory control. Armed Forces -- Inventory control. Inventory control.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11397117

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Other authors / contributors:	Loredo, Elvira N., author. Rand Corporation, publisher. Arroyo Center.
ISBN:	9780833082794 0833082795
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 69). The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Army under Contract No. W74V8H-06-C-0001. Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed Aug. 20, 2013).
Summary:	The Army's Central Issue Facilities (CIFs) do not have a formal mechanism signaling when to review inventory levels and when and whether to requisition items. Logistics leaders need a routinized inventory review process to help improve inventory management practices. The current process is based on managers' experience and expert judgment, which are not always empirically based, and because of local differences, is executed unevenly and typically infrequently. As a result, there is a perception that many CIFs have significantly more clothing and equipment inventory than required to meet soldiers' needs. The report appendices provide an in-depth description of how inventory levels should be set, including which items to order, when to order, and how much to order. They also address the question of how to identify material that is available for lateral transfer.,

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