PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-434
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 434
JANUARY 1989
FilL
Out
An SF 368 To:
Report conditions
dangerous
to
operators/Crews,
othe±
equipment
o±
you± mission;
Ask fr Disposition instructions to
get credit, replacement items o± to ±e-
pair deFctive items;
•
HaLt repeat shipments o² deFctive
itEms to get corrective action;
Pass on ideas to improVe equip³
ment;
SUggest ways
to
make mainte³
nance on equipment easier o± better;
Report an item that does not work
±ight or last as long as it should beCause
o² bad design or materials´
µeport it¶ms That do not meet The
size, material, hardness· ²Inish, or per¸
²Ormance standards o² a speci²ication;
Give notiCe o² loW qua¹ity work¸
manshipº
»xplain
a
dangerous
situation
caused By missing or bad in¼ormaTion.
(½omMents/changes to technical man¾
uals should be reported on ¿A Ào±ms
2028
or
2±2²-2);
1
µepo±t p±ob¹ems that keep you
Á±om usÂng oà maintaining your equip³
ment;
I±
»xpose
repeated
pÃoblems
that
take a lot o² your time with no solution
avÄilable;
²
Åeri²y p±oblems the eqÆipment's
manager asked you to reportÇ
2³
Ètems purchased locally;
Security assistance items sent to
freign governments;
Éackaging, preservation, packing
or marking problems cove±ed by AR
735³11´2µ
Êedical
materiel
(see
¿ËAR
4155.2²
fr help);
Subsistence Âtems (see Aµ
¶±·12
on how to handÌe tÍose ÂteÎs)Ï
Shipping goo²s, such as overages,
shorTages,
wrong item shipped,
eX-
pired shel² li²e items (see Aµ
735´11´
2¸¹
Ðransportation
erÃoÃs,
such
as
shortages, losses, or damages duÃing
transporTation (see Aµ
55-3²)º
´µ
AmÎunition and explosives ma¹¸
¼unctions (see ÑR
75´1 )
;
¶
NuÒlea± weapons (see ÐÓ
9-1 1±±-
²±3»15)¼
JaN ³9
SF ½6¾ ExhibiTs
ÔxÍÂÕits are parÖs, components or
iteÎs that c×rry the reporÖed de²ect or
sÍow the probleÎØ
Ðag your exhÂbits witÍ a ¿Ñ ÀorÎ
24±2
and mark on it "SÀ
3¿²
»ÙÚÈÛÈÐÜ in ÃedØ AttacÍ a copy o²
tÍe Îessage or SÀ
3¿²
repoÃting tÍe
probÌeÎÝ
ÚoÌd on to the exhiÕits fÃ
45
days
oà until you get woÃd to dÂspose o²
itÞ ßake sure you keep your exhibÂt
separated àoÎ good iteÎs so Ât is not
accádentaÌÌy issued ²Or ÆseØ
âack your exhiÕit to keep it àoÎ
ÎoÃe damageØ
DO NOT TAKE IT APART TO
SEE WHAT THE PrOBLEM
IS. lEAVE THAT TO THE
INVESTiGATORS.
JaN ³9
ãhe SÀ
3¿²
goes directly to the
screening äointånot thÃoÆgh chaææeÌsØ
You can track down the address two
ways: Ðhe ßaterieÌ ½ategoÃy StrÆcture
(ßAнA Ð) code or the Àederal Sup³
pÌy ½lass (ÀS½)Ø
Ðhe ßA нÑÐ is a çveèposition code
on the ArÎy ßaster ¿ata Àile (Aß¿À)Ø
Ðhe ²ÂÃst posÂtion o² the ßAнA Ð
code tells you tÍe ÎanagerÞ Youà âËË
or sÆpply clerk has the Aß¿ÀØ
Ðhe ²irst fur numbers o² an NSN,
which is the ÀS½, tell you who the
major command is that manages your
étemê
Ȳ you stÂll cannot decide wÍeÃe the
reporÖ
shouÌd
go,
check witÍ your
Ëogistic Ñssistance ëìáce (ËAë)Ø í²
thereîï any douÕt at all, send it to:
29
Ch±ef
DESCOM Qua²±ty Systems and
Eng±nee³±ng C´nte³
Aµ¶: AMSDS-QA-·Q
lex¸ngton, Kv
405··-5·05
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