This report discusses the recommendations of the economics and business management literature on issues related to outsourcing.

Strategic Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from Economics and Business Management (Project Air Force)

Business & Money

Pint, Ellen M.

Baldwin, Laura H.

Economics

RAND Corporation

This annotated briefing examines the incentives of participants in the Air Force's sourcing process.

Incentives to Undertake Sourcing Studies in the Air Force: DB-240-AF

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Rand Publishing

An organization bundles the service that it purchases when it consolidates activities previously provided by separate sources and purchases the services through a single contract. The DoD is giving increasing attention to this practice because commercial firms report that bundling offers the potential for significant performance and cost benefits. However, the goals of the federal government differ from those of commercial firms. Regulations commit federal organizations to place a fair proportion of purchases and contracts with small business enterprises and to maintain free and open competition among prospective providers of services. This report discusses recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling occurs only when it is likely to generate measurably substantial increases in performance or reductions in cost to the federal buyer.

Making and Justifying Bundling Decisions for Air Force Purchasing of Services

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

To assist the Air Force in the process of significantly changing the way it purchases goods and services, this monograph reviews related commerical sector framework of metrics to track progress and refine procurement workforce development efforts over time.

Air Force Procurement Workforce Transformation: Lessons from the Commercial Sector for Skills, Training, and Metrics

Paul, Christopher

Ausink, John A.

<p>The authors assess the financial viability and current structure of the Transportation Working Capital Fund, which funds most U.S. Transportation Command operations, including providing peacetime transport for U.S. Department of Defense customers and maintaining surge capacity required during wartime. The authors also make recommendations, tailored to USTRANSCOM lines of business, to improve the fund's effectiveness and efficiency.</p>

Independent Evaluation of the Transportation Working Capital Fund: Assessment and Recommendations to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency

History

Vasseur, Michael

McCollester, Maria

Steiner, Max

Regan, Liam

McLane, Liam

Military

Supply Chain Interdependence and Geopolitical Vulnerability: The Case of Taiwan and High-End Semiconductors

DeLuca, Paul

Martin, Bradley

Whitehead, N. Peter

Henriquez Sanchez, Natalia

Hvizda, Mark

Smith, Colin David

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