The Warehousing as an Element of Army Logistics System in Conditions of Arctics (From Experience of Bulgarian-Russian Cooperation)

Storing material resources is a back-up function of military logistics, but its proper organization and successful improvement is a guarantee for effective and efficient realization of the whole logistics support process. Currently, many warehouses at the various command levels are not necessary due to decrease in stock volume. This leads to significant staff reduction as a result of the elimination of military units and staff changes in warehouse structures, but at the same time staff duties are not reduced. The objective reality at the moment shows that warehousing activities are carried out through tolerating many and considerable omissions or compromises. For this reason it is advisable to elaborate the whole warehousing process in the Bulgarian Army (BA). The aim of this study is to analyze the state of logistics and warehousing in the Bulgarian Army