PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-618
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 618
MAY 2004
“The forms are no good unless the information is
readable, correct, and complete.”
DA PAM 738-750, 1 Aug 94
COUNTS!
Mr. Berkley:
You are right! It is just common sense. If a form needs to be filled out it is meant
to communicate accurate information. Illegibility makes communication impossible.
DA Pam 738-750,
Functional Users Manual for The Army Maintenance
Management System (TAMMS),
does require legibility on
all
its forms (not just the
DA Form 2407). DA Pam 738-750, 1 Aug 94, Paragraph 1-6c states:
c. The forms are no good unless the information is readable,
correct, and complete.
Although you wrote in about a specific form, your situation is a good opportuni-
ty to remind our readers to not waste time by filling out forms that aren’t readable.
Just a few more moments taken to carefully fill in information goes a long ways
toward getting the work done on the other end, without delay, the first time.
PS 618
MAY 04
52
MAY 04
Forms…
NEATNESS
Dear Half-Mast:
What directive specifically states that all entries on the DA Form
2407 will be legible? As a quality assurance evaluator, I’m finding forms
each day that are
not
legible. The people filling out the forms keep
saying that there is nothing in DA Pam 738-750 saying the forms must
be legible. Also, people should remember to press hard when filling out
forms with multiple copies so all copies are legible. I remember reading in
the pam that the forms are no good unless the entries are readable.
They do not realize that the 2407 is the key to a maintenance
process. If you can provide me with a directive to quote I would be
most grateful.
Edward L. Berkley
Ft Bragg, NC
“Make your forms communicate
clearly, legibly, accurately…
the first time,
every time!”
53
not
another
one!
they’re
all
the
same…
I don’t
know how
much
more
I can
take!
what seems
to be the
trouble?
msg half-mast…
I can’t read
these forms!
618. 52-53 (C)
3/27/04
12:09 PM
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