Supply

Supply Introduction At some time in your career, you will be responsible for maintaining and ordering supplies. Plentiful supplies ensure that all workers have what they need to perform a task and that your shop remains versatile and fully capable. Waste Monitor your shop for waste and abuses in supply use. Curb the tendency to loan or give supplies away. Correct abuses, minimize waste, and use limited shelf-life items before the expiration date. The amount of wasted supplies should not exceed 2 percent of the total supplies used on a job. Estimating Inventory the supplies on hand regularly. Information from the job log on supplies completed job requests, current job requests, and upcoming special projects combined with prospective deployments and exercises will show trends in quantity. Common sense gleaned from past experience will guide your decisions to order the quantities required to maintain adequate supply levels. Purchasing new When purchasing new equipment, project the future requirements of your equipment shop and what technology offers to fill those needs. Consider the equipment life expectancy and service contracts offered by the manufacturer. Increased quality, ease of performance, and increased production should be the effects of modernization. Purchasing Limitations in purchasing consumables are often related to storage space. consumables Some supplies are temperature and/or time sensitive. Use the first in/first out system of storing. Clearly mark the contents and receipt date on the package before storing it away. Continued on next page 1-39