This is a manual about the management of placed upon the effective management of supply the Army supply system. It is concerned with functions. principles and policies of supply and the man- The chapters of the manual are grouped under agement skills necessary to implement them. It three main headings: (1) Introduction to Supis addressed to those military and civilian indi- ply, (2) The Management of Army Supply, and viduals who exercise supply management re- (3) Principles for the Supply Manager. sponsibilities at various levels of authority sponsibilities at various levels of authority Part I, Introduction to Supply, consists of two chapters. The first chapter discusses the scope discussed in this manual can all be included and magnitude of the Army supply system and under the broad term of "logistics." This is the need for its effective management.
DesignationFM 38-1
EditionAug 1958
StatusSuperseded
Pages222
FunctionSustainment
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)