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Article: The Supply Corps officer's role in ordnance inventory accuracy.
- Article from:
- Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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Navy Supply Corps officers are playing a vital role in maintaining a high level of inventory accuracy of the Navy and Marine Corps' $32 Billion Ordnance stockpile. Ordnance inventory accuracy is vitally important and the consequences could be severe if not diligently maintained.
When station line items have a wrong physical count, are placed in an incorrect location, or labeled incorrectly, their visibility to the ordnance logistics managers is blurred. With an incredible amount of ordnance being transported recently, global visibility is vital. Also, with the threat of terrorism ever present, it is essential to ensure station ordnance is always accounted for. No ...