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Contents
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Results in Brief
Background
Deployed Ships' Supply Goals Go Unmet As Only About Half
of Needed Spare Parts Are Onboard
Inaccurate Configuration and Demand Data Contribute to Unmet
Supply Goals
Spare Parts Supply Problems Can Affect Ship Operations and
Mission Readiness and Increase Costs
Conclusions
Recommendations for Executive Action
Agency Comments and Our EvaluationAppendix I Scope and Methodology 23
Appendix II Navy Work Order Priority Code Descriptions 25
Appendix III Navy Reasons for Spare Parts Not Onboard
Deployed Ships 27
Appendix IV Comments from the Department of Defense 28
TablesTable 1: Navy Spare Parts Supply Rates for Six Selected Deployed
Battle Groups, Fiscal Years 1999-2000
Table 2: Navy Spare Parts Average Wait-Times, in Days, for Six
Selected Deployed Battle Groups, Fiscal Years 1999-2000
Table 3: Percentages of Parts Types and Quantities Allowed to Be
Stocked Onboard and the Parts Supply Effectiveness Rates
for Lincoln Battle Group Surface Ships during the First 90
Days of Deployment, July-September 2002
Table 4: Impact of Spare Parts Shortages on Completion of
Maintenance Jobs for Selected Fiscal Years 1999 to
2000 DeploymentsGAO-03-887 Defense Inventory
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United States. General Accounting Office. Defense Inventory: Opportunities Exist to Improve Spare Parts Support Aboard Deployed Navy Ships, report, August 29, 2003; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc294801/m1/3/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.