AFAIK this is common practice in many armies, where each group obtains a predetermined amount ('dotation') of goods (gas, ammo, clothes...) for a given period (often a year), uses whatever it needs, then an accounting process takes into account whatever wasn't used in order to calculate the next dotation.
It seems consistent and efficient.
However it neglects human nature.
The soldiers want to avoid missing anything, they simply refuse to see their dotation reduced, therefore just before the end of the period they discreetly use (without any other reason) or destroy all unused goods.
Centralization and bureaucracy excel at breaking human will and things altogether.
It seems consistent and efficient.
However it neglects human nature.
The soldiers want to avoid missing anything, they simply refuse to see their dotation reduced, therefore just before the end of the period they discreetly use (without any other reason) or destroy all unused goods.
Centralization and bureaucracy excel at breaking human will and things altogether.