PS Magazine - MARCH 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 328
MARCH 1980
UM-
Unit of Measure and
mEAS±T QtY²
MeasuremenT QuaNtIty together telL yo± how
much and In what meas±re youR uNIt-of Issue (U²) wi³³ de³Iver when the U² Is not a
clearly deFIned quaNTity. ´or example, a Uµ of B¶ TeLLs you the Item comes in a barrel·
How bIg a barreL¸? ¶ook aT the ±nIT of measure and measuremeNt q±aNtIty columNs For
t¹e number of gal³ons In That barreL· When the co³umns are bLank, The uNIt oF Issue is
aL³ you need ·
._
_
±
²
³´
±
gives
you a combInaTIon of phrase code, noun, any reLaTed ºSº's and
(iF one has been assIGned) a ¶Ine µTem ºumber (¶²º» from SB
700-20.
PC³
Phrase ¼ode TeL³s you If There½s been a Change ¾n The ºSº¿s status and any InformatIon
on subsTItuTe, deLeTed or consoLIdaTed iTems· ALÀays ÁaTch for LETters In This columnÂ
·
A blank Ãeans The ºSº Is Good and needs no furTher researCh· BuT some phrase codes
wILL be foLLowEd by anothEr ºSºÄcouLd be a subsTITute, repLacemenT or The raw
maTerIaLs for you To fabrICaTe The parT you nEed. WaTCh for Åem!
LI
n
i
PHRASE STaTEMENt± rEl²³EO Nsh ·mCN
Code in the PC
col
umn? Follow the ±ode
'
s
dIrectIons and look for
another NSN In the
nomen±LatuRe ±olumn
.
Keep a current copy of USACDA Pam
18-1
Code Reference Guide for the ±RMS Monthly
±MDF by your microfiche reader to act as
your de²oder.
WHile you' re waiting for the pa³ to arrive, see
FM
38²725-10
Logistic Codesfor´nit/Organiza-
tion (an
79)³
It tells you wHat so³e of the AMDF
codes mean.
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