Defense Logistics: Improvements Needed to Accurately Assess the Performance of DOD's Materiel Distribution Pipeline : Government Accountability Office (GAO) , February , 2015
Defense Logistics: Improvements Needed to Accurately Assess the Performance of DOD's Materiel Distribution Pipeline : Government Accountability Office (GAO) , February , 2015
From the report: "To measure the performance of its global distribution pipeline, the Department of Defense (DOD) has established three metrics:(1) logistics response time— number of days between the time a customer submits an order and receives it, (2) customer wait time—number of days between the time a maintenance unit, a subset of customers, submits an order and receives it, and (3) time-definite delivery—a measure of the probability (e.g., 85 percent) that a customer will receive an order within an established logistics response time. However, these metrics do not provide decision makers with a complete representation of performance across the entire global distribution pipeline. DOD’s definitions of its metrics and guidance for using them do not address cost, although DOD officials stated that cost is included in metrics used to assess other aspects of the supply chain, and the Marine Corps has not established a customer wait time metric. Further, although joint doctrine has set efficient and effective distribution “from the factory to the foxhole” as a priority, these metrics do not always include performance for the final destination. Unless DOD’s guidance is revised to ensure the three distribution performance metrics include cost information for decision making and the Marine Corps establishes a customer wait time metric, and DOD incorporates metric performance to the final destination, it will be difficult for DOD to achieve a comprehensive view of the performance of its entire global distribution pipeline."
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