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Post by warrior1972 on Oct 28, 2011 10:05:29 GMT -8
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Post by peterd on Oct 28, 2011 11:10:45 GMT -8
If Pentagon reallign their procurement program, they could save some money. They could also downsize the their middle and top civilian management. I do not believe if they would do that, that they would need to cut the military force.
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Post by warrior1972 on Oct 28, 2011 11:34:50 GMT -8
If Pentagon reallign their procurement program, they could save some money. They could also downsize the their middle and top civilian management. I do not believe if they would do that, that they would need to cut the military force. I have long believed that there are a lot of places we can save a lot of money, if we simply allowed ourselves to look at both ourselves and the world as it is, and not as it used to be. The procurement process is a nightmare. A story for you: When I was on Okinawa a critical computer system went down. The supply system was far too slow to provide the component (a circuit board) required in a timely manner. The component in question was listed at $613.00 according to inventory. Some of our people were looking at the computer system trying to figure out a fix when they realized the computer's components were Made in Japan, and that Okinawa IS Japan. A quick trip to the equivalent of a Japanese electronics farmer's market turned up the component. The price, after conversion from Yen to dollars, was $213.00 RETAIL, off of a Japanese store shelf. See what I'm saying? We all learned a lesson that day... |
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Post by peterd on Oct 28, 2011 12:58:04 GMT -8
I know exactly what you are saying. Between 1977-79, I had similar stories to tell. Federal government is no much different. I had few experiences there. I wish everybody would learn.
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