Army MOS · Logistics

920B Supply Systems Technician

Current service use not established

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Overview

A Supply Systems Technician manages Army supply systems and supervises the requisitioning, storage, distribution, and accounting of repair parts and maintenance-related supplies. The technician forecasts requirements, develops supply budgets and procedures, inspects stock levels, evaluates operations, and guides and supervises supply personnel.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Core Skills

  • Repair parts demand forecasting
  • Manual and automated property accounting
  • Parts identification through technical reference cross-checks
  • Materiel preservation and packaging compliance

Civilian Career Paths

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Logistics Analysts

Repair parts forecasting, stock-level inspections, and supply-efficiency evaluations transfer directly to inventory and logistics analysis.

How to prepare: Build an Excel portfolio analysis using sample inventory data to forecast repair parts demand and recommend stock-level adjustments.

What the civilian work involves
  • Maintain databases of logistics information.
  • Track product flow from origin to final delivery.
  • Interpret data on logistics elements, such as availability, maintainability, reliability, supply chain management, strategic sourcing or distribution, supplier management, or transportation.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Structured query language SQL

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Supervising repair parts storage and distribution, directing supply personnel, and coordinating supply with maintenance and transportation align with warehouse and distribution operations.

How to prepare: Create a warehouse operating plan for a sample repair parts operation, covering receiving, storage, shipping, staffing, and coordination with accounting.

What the civilian work involves
  • Supervise the activities of workers engaged in receiving, storing, testing, and shipping products or materials.
  • Plan, organize, or manage the work of subordinate staff to ensure that the work is accomplished in a manner consistent with organizational requirements.
  • Collaborate with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Project

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. Army COOL MOC feed: 920B Supply Systems Technician

    [1] data/authority/army-codes.json entry 920B (OSD COOL feed, fetched 2026-07-25); DB rank warrant_officer, authority codeType warrant_officer

    Supports: Repair parts demand forecasting, Manual and automated property accounting, Parts identification through technical reference cross-checks, Materiel preservation and packaging compliance, Logistics Analysts (O*NET 13-1081.02), Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (O*NET 11-3071.00)

  2. O*NET: Logistics Analysts

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Logistics Analysts (O*NET 13-1081.02)

  3. O*NET: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

    [3] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (O*NET 11-3071.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 920B

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