Cover Image

Small business and strategic sourcing : lessons from past research and current data /

Show other versions (1)

The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of its prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance in way...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Moore, Nancy Y., 1947- (Author), Grammich, Clifford A. (Clifford Anthony), 1963- (Author), Mele, Judith D. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Acquisition and Technology Policy Center, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, Rand Corporation, United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014]
Subjects:
United States. > Department of Defense > Procurement.
United States. > Department of Defense.
Defense contracts > United States.
Government contractors > United States.
Government purchasing > United States.
Small business > United States.
Strategic planning > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Outsourcing.
Armed Forces > Procurement.
Defense contracts.
Government contractors.
Government purchasing.
Small business.
Strategic planning.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The Department of Defense (DoD) may face challenges as it attempts to maintain its goal of spending about 23 percent of its prime-contract dollars for goods and services with small businesses and at the same time apply strategic-sourcing practices to reduce total costs and improve performance in ways that will not conflict with small-business goals while making DoD purchasing more effective and efficient. Strategic sourcing practices, for example, recommend consolidation of the supply base to reduce total costs, which can lead to fewer, larger, longer-term contracts with fewer and, often, larger suppliers.
Item Description:"RAND National Defense Research Institute."
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
"This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 51 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-51).
ISBN:9780833082077
0833082078