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SUPPLY SUPPORT CENTER.— Not all advice
from other departments will come from the head of the
department. In the Supply Support Center, the SK has
constant contact with maintenance personnel from all
departments. Their knowledge of requirements helps
the supply officer to detect errors in repair parts
allowances.
STOREROOM STOREKEEPER.— By knowing
your storeroom and stock particularly in bulky or
fast-moving items you maybe able to restow stock to
provide space for additional material. You also will be
able to tell which items are not moving and may be
excess and spot obvious errors in issue and receipt
quantities.
STOCK RECORDS STOREKEEPER.— By
being able to interpret the data reflected in stock record
cards, you can advise the supply officer of items
requiring a review of the high and low limits because of
increased or decreased usage.
ORDERING STOREKEEPER.— Be alert for
errors in the data elements of a request for either stock
replenishment or DTO orders.
FACTORS IN DETERMINING
REQUIREMENTS
Before you can determine types and quantities of
items to be carried, you must establish a desired
endurance level for general categories of material.
Endurance is defined as the period of time required for
a ship to use a definite quantity of supplies. The first
consideration in establishing endurance is the
availability of storeroom space and its allocation among
the different types of stem. Then convert the space to
the number of days that the ship can be maintained by
capacity loading. The supply officer will normally try
to equalize the endurance of the various types of stores.
NAVSUP P-485 provides up-to-date endurance charts
for specified periods of time. The following paragraphs
discuss other factors.
Available Space
The amount of storage space available for an item
is an obvious limiting factor. You cannot stow 100
cubic feet of material in a 50-cubic foot space. For this
reason, bulky items may have to be carried in a quantity
less than the desired level and reordered more
frequently. Highly perishable items may also be
stocked at a lower level to keep deterioration to a
minimum. On the other hand, items of low cost and low
bulk may be carried at a higher level to reduce the time
spent in ordering and stowing.
Ship’s Experience
The most accurate guide in determining your ship’s
requirements is the experience shown in its stock
records. This tells you a usage factor that can be
projected to future usage by either of the following
methods or by a combination of the two. To compute 3
months’ endurance:
Fast-moving items-multiply past month’s usage
by three.
Slow-moving items-divide past 6 months’ usage
by two.
Usage information is also found in the Frequency
and Demand Listing, received as a result of the supply
overhaul Integrated Logistics Overhaul (ILO).
It is only when there is no usage that the additional
aids discussed below must be died on to determine the
requirements for an item.
Allowance Lists
Allowance Lists, Initial Outfitting Lists, and Usage
Data Tables are prepared to help supply officers
determine stock requirements. They are usually
provided for new or recommissioned ships. Since these
ships have no prior usage to rely on, these lists and tables
will be most helpful to the supply officer in determining
supply requirements. These lists control the type and
quantity of equipage and are guides for determining the
supply requirements. Allowance Lists as used here do
not include the Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List
SNSL-SRI or Integrated Stock List-Storeroom Item
(ISL-SRI) for repair parts.
Advice of Other Departments
The supply department uses only a small part of the
material stocked in the storerooms. Since other
departments are your biggest customers, they will
frequently advise you of requirements for material
which are above normal. With this advance
notification, supply officers can temporarily increase
the stock level to meet the demand. They may also
advise you of material, which has been used in the past,
is no longer required. Thus, the requirement for this
item can be deleted and prevent having dead stock in
the storeroom.
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