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After the war, the call grew louder for more complete coordination throughout the whole field of supply—including storage, distribution, transportation, and other aspects of supply. In 1947, there were seven supply systems in the Army, plus an Air Technical Service Command, and 18 systems in the Navy, including the quartermaster of the [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. Passage of the [[National Security Act of 1947]] prompted new efforts to eliminate duplication and overlap among the services in the supply area and laid the foundation for the eventual creation of a single integrated supply agency. The act created the [[Munitions Board]], which began to reorganize these major supply categories into joint procurement agencies. Meanwhile, in 1949, the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government ([[Hoover Commission]]), a presidential commission headed by former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Herbert Hoover]], recommended that the National Security Act be specifically amended so as to strengthen the authority of the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] so that he could integrate the organization and procedures of the various phases of supply in the military services. | After the war, the call grew louder for more complete coordination throughout the whole field of supply—including storage, distribution, transportation, and other aspects of supply. In 1947, there were seven supply systems in the Army, plus an Air Technical Service Command, and 18 systems in the Navy, including the quartermaster of the [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marine Corps]]. Passage of the [[National Security Act of 1947]] prompted new efforts to eliminate duplication and overlap among the services in the supply area and laid the foundation for the eventual creation of a single integrated supply agency. The act created the [[Munitions Board]], which began to reorganize these major supply categories into joint procurement agencies. Meanwhile, in 1949, the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government ([[Hoover Commission]]), a presidential commission headed by former [[President of the United States|President]] [[Herbert Hoover]], recommended that the National Security Act be specifically amended so as to strengthen the authority of the [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] so that he could integrate the organization and procedures of the various phases of supply in the military services. | ||
The Munitions Board was not as successful as hoped in eliminating duplication among the services in the supply area. [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] became disenchanted with the board, and in the [[Defense Cataloging and Standardization Act of 1952]], transferred the board's functions to a new Defense Supply Management Agency. The [[Eisenhower Reorganization Plan Number 6]] (1953) abolished both this agency and the Munitions Board, replacing them with a single executive, an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply and Logistics. Meanwhile, the | The Munitions Board was not as successful as hoped in eliminating duplication among the services in the supply area. [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] became disenchanted with the board, and in the [[Defense Cataloging and Standardization Act of 1952]], transferred the board's functions to a new Defense Supply Management Agency. The [[Eisenhower Reorganization Plan Number 6]] (1953) abolished both this agency and the Munitions Board, replacing them with a single executive, an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply and Logistics. Meanwhile, the Korean War led to several investigations by Congress of military supply management, which threatened to impose a common supply service on the military services from the outside. | ||
Integrated management began in 1958 with the formation of the Armed Forces Supply Support Center. For the first time, all the military services bought, stored, and issued items using a common nomenclature. The Defense Department and the services defined the material that would be managed on an integrated basis as "consumables", meaning supplies that are not repairable or are consumed in normal use. Consumable items, also called commodities were assigned to one military service to manage for all the services. | Integrated management began in 1958 with the formation of the Armed Forces Supply Support Center. For the first time, all the military services bought, stored, and issued items using a common nomenclature. The Defense Department and the services defined the material that would be managed on an integrated basis as "consumables", meaning supplies that are not repairable or are consumed in normal use. Consumable items, also called commodities were assigned to one military service to manage for all the services. | ||