A Little Military Inventory Question

[David Dunlop]

Thanks for that, Rob.

After 30 odd years in the investments industry I was curious as to how the Military dealt with these sort of issues. My experience had been that shortages of major items of office equipment were usually met with initial shock and awe, but quickly forgotten if you had a logical explanation for the variance. Usually your department moved locations and it got lost, or it was never part of your inventory in the first place and somebody else buggered the records.

Overages were typically dealt with with complete indifference and you had a great deal of difficulty getting rid of the unneeded item. You were usually stuck with it taking up space in your area somewhere, gathering dust, until the next time you moved and you hoped it got lost in that move. Or if you were really lucky, you could fob it off to another department that suddenly needed it in the worst way.

David