MTA NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT LOGISTICS

 

In 1981, funding was finally restored to the transit authority following the end of NYC's Fiscal Crisis, leading to massive overspending on materials in a frantic effort to catch up on maintenance after years of neglect.  Inventory skyrocked to stratospheric levels -- but even so, adequate supplies of the right parts was not assured.  It took a decade to turn MTA New York City Transit from an industry laggard in supply chain management to its leader, with the start-up of a logistics function the key to its success.

 

 

 

 

Landmarks included a new computerized forecasting system, the assignment of user responsibility for forecasting and expenditures (not simply expenses), wall-to-wall inventories, routine cycle counts, and publication of a training guide to the materiel function, as well as a procurement manual used to this day even by other city agencies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To publicize the achievements, logistics became the focus of a MetroCard Special in 1999.