[1] The first priority of MBAS was to invent a system for pooling resources, establishing common policies, and coordinating the gigantic supply bases in the rear of the front lines.
It operated schools to instruct officers regarding motor transport, rules of the road for truck convoys, and railway procedures.
Among many specialized tasks, procedures were established for the optimum use of French timber resources, and the pooling of artillery ammunition.
The main achievement was to reduce inter-Allied competition for scarce resources, and making more efficient use of the heavily used rail system.
The final formal meeting came in December 1918, but the staff worked until 1921 in compiling statistical data and historic studies of the operations.