Best Practices in Developing Proactive Supply Strategies for Air Force Low-Demand Service Parts (Rand Corporation Monograph)

The authors review Air Force purchases of 3lowdemand2 parts, analyzing how much the Air Force spends on such parts and the types of parts that have a low demand. They then identify and synthesize best commercial purchasing and supply chain management practices used for developing supply strategies for such items, concluding with recommendations for the Air Force to improve its supply strategies for such items.