Executive Branch of the Industrial Division

Executive Branch of the Industrial Division. From left Li. Joel 0. Henry, 

Henry G, Baker, Jr., Lt. Col. Robert T. Norman, Col. Clarena W. Crowell, General English, Col. Lester W. Hurd, Lt. Col. Louis W. Munchmeyer, Maj. Stanton D. Sanson, Lt. Edgar St, Clair. 

Efforts to improve procurement and distribution procedures were not confined to the CWS, but were characteristic of other elements of the Army 

After issuance of this document generally referred to as the McNarney directive, the ASF set up a system aimed at closer co-ordination of the various phases of procurement and distribution. Known as the Supply Control System, it was formally announced in ASF Circular 67, 7 March 1944. Its aims were summarized as follows by the Requirements and Stock Control Division, ASF, at the time the system was being put into operation  

The Supply Control System adjusts production to demands by requiring realistic estimates of equipment and weapons needed for  

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