Improved Management Of Fleet Supplies And Spare Parts Can Save Millions Without Affecting Readiness

Improved Management of Fleet Supplies and Spare Parts Can Save Millions Without Affecting Readiness

Prior GAO reviews on the Navy's supply support for submarines, aircraft carriers, and non-automated combat surface ships disclosed large excesses of spare parts and supplies on some ships which were not available when needed to fill shortages of other ships. Also, substantial investments were made for unneeded parts and supplies, while other critically needed items were in short supply. GAO concluded that future investments in stocks for those ships could be reduced substantially and recommended specific actions to achieve the reductions. GAO made this review to assess actions taken by the Navy in response to GAO's earlier reports on shipboard supply management and to evaluate the effectiveness of supply support provided by the Navy's automated surface ships. In its current review, GAO found that the Navy has acted on some of the earlier recommendations and has achieved savings of at least $89 million. GAO believes additional opportunities are available for the Navy to save as much as $94 million over a 5-year period on the procurement of repair parts and supplies.

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Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.