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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 20 , Titan's Requirements Distribution Branch Gets Items to Right Place at Right Time Mav r l yiah . INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SECTION Lee Schwartz is chief of the Inventory Manac-P,tw. Sec- tion. He started his civil service career wi, V Materiel Depot 25 years ago. tlr establishment of Norton AFB he t the initial supply and transportation ol? tions for many of the Contract Traf schools throughout California Ariz and Nevada. He spent a few'years ir M' Armed Services both in European .2 S "fY (Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles on new ary technique christened "Resiworkloads and new employees recently transferred to Hill AFB. dent Provisioning." As the title implies, this Today's article features the Requirements and Distribution Branch, Titan SSM Division.) methodology geographically The objective of the Requirements and Distribution and physically unites Pacific theaters. Upon release and AF personnel Branch (R&D), Titan SSM Division, is to provide its customW service, he returned to Norton APR ers with the right item in the right amount at the right time from the production joined the Titan SSM Division just at the least possible cost. to transfer to Ogden AMA. At ' The most This branch also pioneered the present significant baro- Schwartz is living in bachelor quarters in tT meter of success in this endeavor manages his branch of 104 perJoint Utilization" concept. is in California to allow ? his fini family remaining to is the "Not Operationally Ready, sonnel daughter As part of the transition from through three sections school in June. high Supply" or "NORS" rate. headed by Don Blomberg, Lee San Bernardino AMA to Ogden In this connection, .the Titan Schwartz, and Hank Witteveen. AMA, it was necessary to ar One of the noteworthy ac- range for the orderly transfer of AUTOMATIC II has established and maintained LOGISTIC SYSTEM SECTION the phenominally low NROS rate complishments in providing ove 20,000 items of stock in both Don Blomberg is chief of the Automatic ts-:- . of .006 believed to be the best timely and economical support the ARLS system and the IM He Section. is warehouses Norton from System (ARLS) comparatively new to Civil Servi record ever achieved by a major to the Titan fleet evolved from system at Hill AFB. to warehouses the the for pro" visionary planning " 4 luviaiurung Uontrol weapon system. be done Norton at had This the to with In November, 1956, he AFB. The of result Chief of the Titan R&D Branch visioning process. to on the of least Ballistic Missile program and joined impact supply parts is James M. Smitherman. He this planning was the revolution- 0 was assigned to the Titan Weapon System the Strategic Air Command eon-tract- or rfj ? Jl nJ RE-SUPPL- Y Re-SuD- AND DISTRIBUTION BRANCH Chief of the Titan Requirement and Distribution Branch is James M. Smitherman. He began his federal career in 1942 as a storekeeper at Brookley AFB, Ala. His association with the missile program began in 1957 when he transferred to Norton AFB, Calif, in the capacity of Ballistic Missile program control officer. In this capahe the publication entitled, city "The USAF Ballistics Missile Logistics ProBasic Concepts, Questions and gram Answers," as well as an article for the Armed Forces Management Magazine entitled "Ballistic Missiles: Birthplace of the 1968 Logistics Systems." In recognition of Smitherman his unusual initiative in devising new and improved work methods ind procedures, he received the Award for Meritorious Civilian Service in 1963. Jim joined the Titan workforce just prior to the nove to Ogden AMA. His goal is to complete his career in civil service and retire to a life of leisure fishing and hunting. He resides in Roy with his wife, Gayle, and son. Dale. REQUIREMENTS Hi-Va- co-autho- red lu in November, 1957. At this time the Titan bases. Both Titan I and Titan II weapon system was in the early stages of development. Don chaired many of the prweapon system spares were iden tified to the same management ovisioning conferences covering primarily one were code and in the elaborate Ground Guidance System in aggregate account. These items had to be the Titan I. Don was privileged to be identified and stock segregated selected from San Bernardino AMA to at-tend the Air Command and Staff College simultaneously with the planning Blomberg to movement which of Material he from for graduated with the class of 1964. After many construction delays, Don, his wife, Pat, and their three daughters Ogden AMA. The ARLS Section is re- have moved into their new home in Kaysville. for maintaining sponsible stock at each of the Titan SERVICES SECTION is acsquadrons. complished automatically, and Chief of the Services Section is Hank Wittenveen. He and it is the responsibility of the his wife, Tess, and three children, Ruth, Larry, and Carole, live section to properly manage in a beautiful new home in Kaysville. the items required to guaranDaughter Ruth is temporarily employed as a stock levels and tee . Re-supp- ly adequate material at each location. Back-u- p stock is maintained in the Weapon System Storage Site, from which these actions are supported. Section personnel are also responsible for the accuracy of the inventories of all stock locations. The IM Section has overall hospital attendant at Dee Hospital pending her enrollment at Weber State College in September in a nursing course. Hank began his civil service career with the Chicago. Signal Corps in 1941. He later entered the Armed Services and then worked in private industry until June 1948, when he moved to Southern California. He worked at Norton AFB as a stock control clerk and entered the re-sup- ply I I I SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY -- Hi. C. ScivUUlt . I J Ballistic Missiles program in July, 1956. Wittenveen responsibility for worldwide sup- Soon thereafter, the Titan SSM Division was organized and he port of those items management has been with the division since that time. coded for support by the Titan Inventory Manager. This organization is responsible for the full l MOTHER'S DAY IS MAY 8TH ill range of logistic support for assigned items regardless of weapon application. This includes all action from initially acquiring a Federal stock number to final disposition of the item and its removal from the inventory when it becomes obsolete or there is no further Air Force requirement for it. The Services Section ha& control of the Project NORS Unit and the Services Unit. The NORS Control Unit has personnel on dutya 24 hours a day, seven days and week, to receive NORS ' I j CONFECTIONS li m ji I I I (iTm- 1 Wi "Sheer Heaven" batiste n blend that's a VI t of Dacron polyester and cotton ... deli cately trimmed with rip- pling rows of scalloped ffl rirrj Q7 UJ - BLOSSOMS ON ' In I It I A PRETTY SW,RL 1 1 no-iro- . y kjj f lly 8 0 1 ffl M j& emboridery and val lace. Pink, blue, yellow. ' 0K 9 SLEEP COAT $7 jf-- j' i ' 1 1 I nJ M iREP M ' a I w H.I the accountable document file for the Titan Weapon Sy- III Ml NYE COll V fn ' ' 7.95 set-i- n sleeves is abloom with schiffli embroidered dogwood blossoms. It has large, twin-patc- h pockets and a rope tie belt. In easy care cotton. Pink or blue. Sizes 8 to 20; 1 2Vi to 221j. I stem I Slated at Perrins This shapely Swirl with a PREP M NYE The Services Unit sible for the proper input and distribution of all the various in computer system productions, varithe addition, they monitor ous areas of support and maintain M0THER M other priority requisitions directly from the Titan Squadrons. is respon- N IHJ Nfl CO! Inventory. Model Airplane Contest AFB WASHINGTON (AFNS)-- " Uffl Perrin AFB, Tex., has Force Air 1966 named to host the Worldwide Model Airplae Indi Championships, July vidua! and team champions iin , be determined. A team selected to defend the Air Force 2 national championship July atGltnviewNAS, 11-1- 5- Chicago. |
