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Us Armys Supply Support Activity

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The organization that will be used for this course is the U.S. Army’s supply support activity. Supply support activities are designed to provide supported units with various types of supplies. Supported units are ultimately considered the customer of the supply support activity. Supply support activities provide a service to their customers very similar to the method a local department or grocery store supports their customers. Supplies can be anything from food to major end items such as a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle(HMMWV). For the army to operate efficiently, it depends on the various types of supplies to function on a daily basis. Soldiers cannot fight or train if they are not equipped with the right …show more content…

Supply support activities are broken down into 4 sections. The stock control section is responsible for the communication between the various STAMIS systems and they interact with the supported customers more than the other 3 sections. Stock control is very similar to a person working at the register of a department store. The receiving section is responsible for processing and receiving the supplies once it is delivered to the warehouse. The storage section is responsible for storing the received supplies on the warehouse shelves, they are also responsible for pulling the items from the shelves when customers request items that are stored on the shelves within the warehouse. The issuing section is responsible for issuing and ensuring that supported customers receive their supplies in a timely manner. The stock control and the issue section have the most interaction with the supply support activity’s customers. Along with the four sections, there is a position called the accountable officer and a noncommissioned officer in charge(NCOIC). The accountable officer is overall responsible for accounting for all supplies that is received in the warehouse until the customers sign for their specific items. The NCOIC works side by side with the accountable officer and is responsible to ensure that the supply support activity functions as one cohesive team. Generally there are

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