The F100 Engine Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Demonstration: Findings from Air Force Spend Analyses (Project Air Force)

This monograph describes spend analyses that the Rand Corporation conducted in 2002 for the first phase of a purchasing and supply management demonstration conducted at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center for purchases of F100 jet engine spares and repair services and jet engine bearings. The authors provide details on the required data and processes involved in a spend analysis and discuss the implications of their findings for F100 purchasing and supplychain management for future spend analyses.