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Meh, parts reclamation is cannibalization (para 19 of the ref) and typically done at 3rd/4th line typically (para 30) to bring parts back into service. If you go pick a part from the parked Gwagons to get other vehs running at 1st/2nd line that is cannibalization. In any case it is mere nuance...

In the Army for Land Maintenance the concepts are called robbing & cannibalization. There is an entire manual for any nerds out there POLICY/MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES ROBBING, CANNIBALIZATION AND DENIAL OF EQUIPMENT C-04-005-001/AG-B04 Robbing is removing a part to get another...

I've been involved with the tank fleet for years, primarily in a tertiary support role. Parts have always been a challenge, but I haven't seen the issue quantified in some time. Since my RCEME colleagues often attribute problems to missing parts—when the real bottleneck might be a lack of...

Sure that is my point, what may work for the PRes as suggested by @Halifax Tar is a non-starter on the RegF side of the house. Properly manning and staffing tactical and institutional CSS roles and giving them the right ARAs is crucial, not jamming Svc Bns with every task.

Do you mean for the PRes? Or across the board? On the RegF side of the house the Svc Bns are largely divesting institutional functions and putting them back to the bases or the base support formations. It makes no sense for a tactically orientated unit to be resp for institutional functions

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CDA SEM (+SEM Finance) holds the data on the costs for most subsidization education programmes so they ultimately would provide the data but it should be through DGMC (your CM) as they will process your release. I will admit that finding a process of any sort is painful if you are already out...

It is an awesome anecdote. The fact that it was held onto for that long and the staff knew it was Op Stock was pretty damm good.

There is that. But there is also deliberate overuse of control mechanisms for no reason. Lots of materiel needs release authority but if it is blindly given 95+ percentage of the time what use is it? All it does is prevent materiel from getting into folks hands in a timely manner. Use controls...

Meh, I would agree if it's for equipment we still hold. The Venn diagram of equipment we don't hold and spare parts holdings that are dormant overlap significantly.

It is pretty bad, at the national level half of all stock is active in some way. 45%(ish) of holdings are dormant (no movement 4 years) or uber dormant (10+ years). Some of the holdings are probably good to hold as they are hard to get and are for things that don't break often but in general...

I didn't answer the other questions because I don't know or they are super highly variable. I get you are eager, that is good. Unless you want to go Fin, don't focus on the specialties they are lies. A LogO should be well rounded in all domains.

I would argue we make it a tad too hard to get ARs through but in general they are worth it :)

From the list of current specialties Supply fits into your experience best, but the best LogO is one that can work across all domains. Outsides of very specific roles almost every LogO is better knowing across domains than being pigeon holed into a specialty. The supporting arms don't care...

Your CFRC does your PLAR, engage them as PLAR is one of the steps in their process.

Most LPO is paid via credit card. It is highly unusual to see as business refuse credit card payment, but I suspect there is something else at play. It is more likely that they don't want to be set up as a vendor and paid for ongoing orders via a contract. While not common, we are a pain to...

That is what I am referring to when I say us policies. The TB didn't restrict those, we did. Both of those policy documents are ours to manage. Military pattern spares is usually not allowed but those should be centrally bought and managed as they generally have rigorous specs attached to...

Yea definitely not taking about high dollar parts but I get that old big machines need big, hard to source expensive parts. Those should be centrally procured/managed. Even with increased delegation if it ever comes down the pipe those don't make sense except in extremis. I was thinking more...

Ya I get it but we aren't bound by commercial standards. Most times with CAF side someone would do some mark to denote where the he lug sat. If it didn't move from there, no big deal. Not saying that's the case here. Just saying that is in general what I've seen.

What TB policy? Lots of spare parts are LPO, the CA fleets depend on LPO even for hard green fleet so not understanding your comment, can you point to a specific policy that prohibits LPO? Designating spares as a CFSS commodity to hold (depot held) or from the economy via IM advisory code is...