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(including Military Sealift Command), and inventory
control points (ICPs) under the command of NAVSUP.
Inventory managers, under the command of
NAVSUP, exercise primary inventory control
responsibility for the various items of supply used by
the Navy. Inventory control responsibility actions
include:
determining material and money requirements
initiating procurement and disposal material
the positioning and repositioning of material
Navy inventory managers participate directly in the
various Department of Defense and Defense Logistics
Agency interservicing and cataloging programs.
All materials used by the Navy are considered as
items of supply and will be managed by an ICP.
Excluded are those items assigned to a single agency or
military service inventory manager for supporting retail
stock or end-use requirements of the military services.
Navy inventory managers other than the ICPs
include systems commands, project managers or offices
of the Navy Department. A systems command, project
manager or office is assigned responsibility for a basic
Navy program that requires the development, use, and
management of material. Their interest in material is
only in their programs and is as broad as the program
itself.
FLEET AND INDUSTRIAL
SUPPLY CENTERS
Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers (FISCs)
provide a variety of logistics support services to fleet
and shore activities as well as overseas bases. FISCs
are echelon 3 commands and report to the Commander,
Naval Supply System Command. In managing
consumer end-use material, FISCs are responsible for
determining inventory levels, procuring, receiving,
storing, issuing, shipping, or delivering material to the
customer. Three overseas FISCs also manage and store
an intermediate level of inventory and Navy wholesale
inventory for Navy Inventory Control Points (ICPs) that
directly supports the fleet. Fleet units send requisitions
to the FISCs that will either issue the material or refer
the requisition to the cognizant ICP. If the stock point
makes an issue from wholesale stock, the FISC will
report this transaction to the ICP that manages the
material. The ICPs will use this transaction item report
(TIR) to determine future procurement and positioning
of replenishment stock. FISCs also operate
SERVMARTs that function as a retail outlets. Fleet
customers can use the SERVMARTs on a walk-in basis
and buy material with a money value only document.
SERVMART stock is usually limited to only high usage
consumable items.
The following activities are representative stock
points:
FISC, Charleston
FISC, Guam
FISC, Jacksonville
FISC, Norfolk
FISC, Oakland
FISC, Pearl Harbor
FISC, Pensacola
FISC, Puget Sound
FISC, San Diego
FISC, Yokosuka
FLEET COMMANDS
The commander in chief of a fleet is responsible for
establishing general logistic policies, plans, and orders
for the support of fleet and shore activities in his area.
He establishes standards of logistics and logistic
readiness. He disseminates information to subordinate
commanders that is relative to operational logistic plans
or projects and coordinates logistic activities of
subordinate commanders. He is also responsible for
conducting the supply operations assistance program
(SOAP). The fleet commanders in chief are assisted in
their logistic responsibilities by the fleet supply officer,
a professional in supply and transportation matters.
The fleet supply officers are the principal logistic
agents for the fleet commanders. They assist the
operational and type commanders in developing
logistic doctrine and procedures.
TYPE COMMANDERS
Ships of a fleet are grouped by ship types and are
assigned to type commanders (TYCOMS) for purposes
of administration. Their supply corps officers advise
them of supply requirements, and requirements in Navy
Department and fleet supply directives. They make
recommendations to the type commanders on matters
regarding supply policies, procedures, and conditions
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