Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428939105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Best practices improved knowledge of DOD service contracts could reveal significant savings.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428939105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428939105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
Best Practices
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985051928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Best Practices: Improved Knowledge of DOD Service Contracts Could Reveal Significant Savings
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985051928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Best Practices: Improved Knowledge of DOD Service Contracts Could Reveal Significant Savings
Best Practices
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contracts for work and labor
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Department of Defense (DOD) spending on service contracts approaches $100 billion annually, but DOD's management of services procurement is inefficient and ineffective and the dollars are not always well spent. Recent legislation requires DOD to improve procurement practices to achieve savings. Many private companies changed management practices based on analyzing spending patterns and coordinating procurement in order to achieve major savings. This report evaluates five companies' best practices and their conduct and use of "spend analysis" and the extent that DOD can pursue similar practices. The leading commercial companies GAO studied reported achieving and expecting to achieve billions of dollars in savings by developing companywide spend analysis programs and service-contracting strategies. Spend analysis answers basic questions about how much is being spent for what services, who are the suppliers, and where are the opportunities for leveraged buying to save money and improve performance. To obtain these answers, companies extract internal financial data, supplement this data with external data, organize the data into categories of services and suppliers, and have the data analyzed by managers or cross-functional teams to plan and schedule what services will be bought on a company wide basis. The results of spend analysis are also used for broader strategic purposes--to develop reports for top management, to track financial and other benefits achieved by the company, and to further improve and centralize corporate procurement processes. DOD is in the early stages of a spend analysis pilot. Although DOD is moving in the right direction, it has not yet adopted best practices to the same extent as the companies we studied. Whether DOD can adopt these practices depends on its ability to make long-term changes necessary to implement a more strategic approach to contracting. DOD also cites a number of challenges, such as its large and complex need for a range of services, the fragmentation of spending data across multiple information systems, and contracting goals for small businesses that may constrain its ability to consolidate smaller requirements into larger contracts. Challenges such as these are difficult and deep-rooted, but companies also faced them. For DOD to change management practices for the contracting of services will require sustained executive leadership at DOD as well as the involvement and support of Congress.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contracts for work and labor
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Department of Defense (DOD) spending on service contracts approaches $100 billion annually, but DOD's management of services procurement is inefficient and ineffective and the dollars are not always well spent. Recent legislation requires DOD to improve procurement practices to achieve savings. Many private companies changed management practices based on analyzing spending patterns and coordinating procurement in order to achieve major savings. This report evaluates five companies' best practices and their conduct and use of "spend analysis" and the extent that DOD can pursue similar practices. The leading commercial companies GAO studied reported achieving and expecting to achieve billions of dollars in savings by developing companywide spend analysis programs and service-contracting strategies. Spend analysis answers basic questions about how much is being spent for what services, who are the suppliers, and where are the opportunities for leveraged buying to save money and improve performance. To obtain these answers, companies extract internal financial data, supplement this data with external data, organize the data into categories of services and suppliers, and have the data analyzed by managers or cross-functional teams to plan and schedule what services will be bought on a company wide basis. The results of spend analysis are also used for broader strategic purposes--to develop reports for top management, to track financial and other benefits achieved by the company, and to further improve and centralize corporate procurement processes. DOD is in the early stages of a spend analysis pilot. Although DOD is moving in the right direction, it has not yet adopted best practices to the same extent as the companies we studied. Whether DOD can adopt these practices depends on its ability to make long-term changes necessary to implement a more strategic approach to contracting. DOD also cites a number of challenges, such as its large and complex need for a range of services, the fragmentation of spending data across multiple information systems, and contracting goals for small businesses that may constrain its ability to consolidate smaller requirements into larger contracts. Challenges such as these are difficult and deep-rooted, but companies also faced them. For DOD to change management practices for the contracting of services will require sustained executive leadership at DOD as well as the involvement and support of Congress.
Opportunities for Oversight of Taxpayer Funds
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
High-risk Series
Author: United States. Government Accountability Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Highrisk series an update.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428931104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428931104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
Defense management key elements needed to successfully transform DOD business operations
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428930795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428930795
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
DOD's highrisk areas successful business transformation requires sound strategic planning and sustained leadership : testimony before the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428930876
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428930876
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Waging War on Waste
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Postal Service progress in implementing supply chain management initiatives : report to the Chairman and Ranking Member, Special Panel on Postal Reform & Oversight, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives.
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428937846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428937846
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description