Ordering time It should be noted that the ordering time has been reduced to 221⁄2 days as follows: The last 582 days of the cycle represent processing and shipping time; it indicates actual supplies committed to or moving in the pipeline. The actual pipeline movement cycle of 33 days is fixed, until faster transportation is developed. The comments applicable to a reduction in OSCD and Depot processing time for FEAF are equally applicable to USAFE, as is the saving in time resulting from use of airlift to move supplies to overseas activities. USAFE has a stock control level which is equal to 180 days of supply as follows: 90 days of supply on hand in theater, 90 days order-shipping time. V. CASE AND ITEM CONTROL Oversea requisitioning, shipping, and case and item control procedures provide information on items, quantites, and, location of matériel moving from the initiation of a request through the receipt of the property by the oversea activities. Requisitions from oversea activities are submitted by means and format so as to be placed into the mechanized property accounting system at depots without additional converting operations. Oversea activities are authorized to submit AF requisitions through the medium of Teletypes (electrical transmission), Teletype listings in triplicate and tapes (via airmail), Electrical accounting machine tabulating cards supported by brown line listings, and AF Forms 104B-2, "Oversea Requisition" (a cut sheet form which can be manually prepared and airmailed to the ZI Oversea Shipment Control Depot. All oversea requests are directed to one of the three Oversea Shipment Control Depots. From these depots, oversea requisitions are extracted to the applicable zonal depot for supply action. The Oversea Shipment Control Depots establish a file for all items on requisitions by oversea activities in which supply status is kept current. Follow-up on requisitions by oversea activities is made direct to the Oversea Shipment Control Depot. In addition, automatic follow-up on delinquent supply action is made by the Oversea Shipment Control Depot on the zonal depots. At the time supplies are shipped from the supplying depot to the port of embarkation, Case and Item cards are forwarded to the Port Air Matérier Office. The case and item cards indicate the number, cubage and weight of each case for each item. The Port Air Matériel Office, from the case and item cards, prepares a tonnage forecast based on the property in transit to the port. A report is also prepared from these cards and forwarded to the oversea activity informing them of property shipped from the depot. This permits oversea activities to plan storage and also eliminates follow-up action by the oversea command. Cargo control cards are maintained for property on hand at the port. Shipping information is added to these cards when the property is shipped. These cards provide information of property shipped and may be used to obtain a complete listing of items shipped should a vessel be lost en route to the oversea destination. When the property is loaded on a vessel, two reports are forwarded to the oversea CASE&ITEM CONTROL OF O/S REQUISITIONS & SHIPMENTS. activity to facilitate receiving. One report covers items shipped and the other report covers cases shipped. The oversea activity utilizes the item shipped report in stock control. The case report is utilized at the port of debarkation to facilitate diversion of property to the warehouses or direct to the using activity, thereby moving supplies without delay in processing through a receiving line. Control is obtained on all items requisitioned and shipped to the aversea activity. This control is vital in providing oversea activities with desired supply information and in controlling the actual shipment to the oversea activity. Diversion of urgently needed property to using activities direct from the port of debarkation may be accomplished readily. Also property designated for storage may go directly to the warehouse, placing the property in an available status for issue. SUPPLY DEPOT •WATER PORT AERIAL PORT • CASE & ITEM REPORT SENT TO O/S DEPOT BY TELETYPE BY AIR MAIN VI. ZONE OF INTERIOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Base Supply Organization The organizational structure of base supply squadrons has been standardized for all AF bases, both ZI and Overseas. 'Control of all supplies at base level, both Air Force and Army Purchased, except Medical and Clothing, is vested in one officer, the Base Supply Officer. This officer reports directly to the Base Commander and is a member of his special staff. The Squadron Commander exercises control over the "Services" elements of supply, i. e., Clothing Sales Store, Commissary Sales Store, Laundry, Dry Cleaning and Shoe Repair, Memorial Services, and Salvage and Disposal. Functional codes for each operating section of consolidated base supply have been established for personnel and workload management and reporting. Channels for ZI Requisitions Nonregulated items.-Replenishment requisitions for Air Force property are submitted by base activities direct to the appropriate Air Force zonal depot AIR BASE |