DoD EC Trends
DLA/GSA both have robust ECATs
Defense Reform Initiative (DRI) calls for increased use of electronic catalogs
Notes:
DLA (http://www.supply.dla.mil/) E-Mall is set-up to handle:
Clothing, Medical, Subsistence, IT, Aviation & Space, Maritime, Combat Vehicles -basically everything they manage! Going to over 4 million items. Purchase card enabled.
GSA Advantage (http://www.fss.gsa.gov/cgi-bin/advwel) mandated by Presidential executive order (Jul 97) to carry 4 million items by July 1998. User friendly and purchase card enabled.