Austin Crouch
09/26/2017
COB 300
Question 1
Especially with abundant and recent terrorist attacks in Belgium and its surrounding areas, the need for the M-9 tactical backpack and its emergency application is high. The M-9 solving the problem of conventional bulky and thick medical packs allows easy transportation and storage. The four removable mesh pockets allow multiple responders to use the back pack in different areas. Therefore, any task force including the police and emergency medical response services could use this tactical backpack in an emergency. The city of Brussels with an estimated population of 1.175 million has 576 operating police officers. The vast population and large police force …show more content…
The NATO Codification System provides accurate information of the IoS. It permits recording of the sources of supply and provides significant management data. This enables the solution of supply management problems by providing data users with ready access to a single up-to-date source. NSNs are all available in the NATO Master Catalogue of References for Logistics (NMCRL). This catalogue contains information about all of the NSNs, and includes pricing and ordering information. This catalog is used by customers in the NATO and sponsored countries. Therefore, if a major buyer is looking through the catalog for a certain product which the M-9 comes close to, the customer can purchase the product with the available information. There are also many principal benefits of obtaining an NSN. This includes Uniformity, as the process is uniform in composition, length, structure and use. Adaptability as an NSN supports the varied requirements of logistics management in a supply system, both nationally and internationally, from initial procurement to final disposal of the IoS. Having a NSN increases simplicity as it is applicable without modification to all IoS. The NSN is unique, easy to assign, flexible to maintain, and readily recognized throughout the user nations of the world. An NSN is also stable. The NIIN is associated with one single IoS in perpetuity. The number is never re-allocated to another IoS even if the …show more content…
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