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manager. For example, ship’s store stock is 1Q
cog material that is under the inventory manage-
ment of the Navy Resale and Services Support
Office. You can find the current list of cognizance
symbols and their associated responsible inven-
tory managers in the NAVSUP Manual, volume
II, and NAVSUP P-485.
Within the Navy supply system, the ICPs ad-
minister the material assigned to them by the
systems command having prime responsibility for
the material. Thus, an ICP is under the joint con-
trol of NAVSUP and the responsible systems
command. The ICPs do not maintain stocks of
material; the ICPs simply ensure that a proper
balance exists between the supply of and the
demand for the individual items of material
required by the Navy. This mission requires each
ICP to do the following:
Ensures that activities of the Navy will
receive promptly the appropriate quantities of all
requested materials
Ensures, by control of procurement, that
long supply or short supply of material will be
curtailed by maintaining a scheduled flow of
material into the Navy supply system in the
proper quantities
Directs redistribution or disposal of excess
stock at supply activities for any material under
its cognizance
Maintains close liaison with the systems
commands for the purpose of incorporating
changes, new requirements, obsolescence, and
other planning information into the inventory
control of its material
Determines or assists in determining items
to be stocked
Participates in procurement actions for
technical equipment and material, recommends
procurement of repair parts and components, and
schedules the delivery of these parts and com-
ponents as designated by the sponsoring systems
command or office
Participates in material standardization
programs
Carries out intensive technical research
programs so that all stock items under its con-
trol are identified, stock numbered, cataloged,
and evaluated for possible interchangeability
Establishes standard unit prices
Develops methods and procedures for
recording and reporting the stock status of the
material under its inventory control
Consolidates and reviews the periodic
stock status reports rendered by its reporting
activities
The material that is managed by the ICPs is
held in a distribution system composed of supply
activities called stock points. To make the material
available in the right quantity at the right place,
the ICPs must maintain close control over the
distribution system. To do this, the distribution
system of the ICPs is tied together by a highly
sophisticated communications network through
which the ICPs report daily on the status of the
stock in their locations. This information enables
each ICP to position material as required and to
compute future procurement requirements for the
material.
In summary, the stock management respon-
sibilities of the ICPs within the Navy supply
system are to position material at the various stock
points; to retain inventory control of this material
through extensive reporting systems; to provide
technical assistance to the system (and to the
customers); and to provide a cataloging service
to the system (and to the customers).
NAVY RETAIL OFFICES
The inventory managers for Navy-owned retail
stocks of items under DLA control are the Navy
retail offices (NROs). The NROs manage Navy-
owned material by financial means only. Material
is bought from the DSCs with Navy Stock Fund
money and is subsequently positioned at Navy
stock points. The two Navy retail offices are the
Fuel Supply Office (FSO), Washington,
D.C.—Responsible for the retail management of
solid fuels, petroleum, and related products,
asphalts, and coal tars; and
Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO),
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania—Responsible for
the retail management of Navy retail stocks of
DLA/GSA items.
NAVY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
There are two types of activities that makeup
the Navy’s distribution system: (1) activities in
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