Value recovery from the reverse logistics pipeline /
[Book]
David Diener [and others] ; prepared for the United States Army.
Santa Monica, CA :
RAND, Arroyo Center,
2004.
xxi, 64 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm
"Contract no. DASW01-01-C0003"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-64).
Defining the reverse logistics process -- Measuring the reverse logistics process -- Improving the reverse logistics process.
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Value recovery, in the form of the return and repair of reparable spare parts, involves sizable investments of time and inventory. This monograph describes metrics developed to evaluate the Army's retrograde processes. Baseline repair times were found to be long: over a month for items repaired below depot and returned to stock. The authors suggest ways to speed up the movement of parts through the system to minimize the size of the parts inventory.
United States.-- Inventory control.
United States.-- Supplies and stores.
United States.
Spare parts-- United States-- Inventories.
Armed Forces-- Inventory control.
Armed Forces-- Supplies and stores.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- General.