PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-625
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 625
DECEMBER 2004
The
Materiel Condition Status Report (MCSR)
reports equipment status that
also constitutes the equipment portion of the Unit Status Report.
The MCSR is used to identify equipment resource shortfalls, cross-allocate those
resources, and assess a unit’s ability to maintain allocated equipment. It helps the
Army make decisions on funding individual units.
Units that fail to submit MCSRs lead higher headquarters
to the conclusion that the units have the resources
they need to accomplish wartime missions.
Units that do file the report show a need
for resource allocation based on
reported status.
The MCSR helps higher head-
quarters distribute limited wartime
funding to those units that show
use and need.
The ULLS Usage Report and
the MCSR affect your future
maintenance budgets and the cur-
rent distribution of resources. To
get your share of the resources, sub-
mit complete, timely and accurate
AMSS reports.
Maintenance
Management…
Army Materiel Status System
Missing Army Materiel Status System (AMSS) reports may not affect a unit in
combat—but they can reduce maintenance dollars for the unit’s equipment in the
next budget. Missing reports make it difficult for the Army to determine how much
money each unit should receive for equipment maintenance and operation.
There are many reasons units fail to submit AMSS reports. Whatever the reason,
reports aren’t submitted, and the missing reports can lead to reduced funding.
Maintenance and usage data from the AMSS reports supports the data Congress
uses to determine whether the budget request is reasonable.
Maintenance budgets for 2002 or 2003 don’t match actual spending for units
deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Today’s higher operational maintenance costs are
being under-reported due to missing AMSS reports. The result is lost data. Lost data
means fewer dollars in the unit maintenance budget just as maintenance costs bal-
loon following high OPTEMPO.
Your unit’s monthly AMSS report consists of the Equipment Usage and the
Material Condition Status Report (MCSR) data.
The
ULLS Usage Report
provides usage data to LOGSA in cumulative miles
and hours of operation. This data is used by budget and logistics managers to fore-
cast POL expenditures, analyze readiness, and justify requests for new equipment.
Usage reports cover equipment that is in use as well as in storage. It includes
Army Prepositioned Stocks that have been used during the reporting period.
Usage reporting is vital to getting your share of OPTEMPO dollars, and usage
plays a major part in determining budgets.
support your budget
Let maintenance reports
I have to
plan
tomorrow’s
operations;
the reports
will have
to wait.
You’re
telling
me this
isn’t
correct?
I’m sorry,
sir. The units
that aren’t
reporting
are making it
almost
impossible to
develop
accurate
maintenance
and usage
data.
Senator, the
budget request
represents our
best estimate of
current force
readiness and
related mainte-
nance costs for
the past year.
Well General, if
you
can’t
provide
actual budget
information it
appears this com-
mittee will have
to
estimate
your
funding for the
coming year.
sorry sir, we
don’t have the
funding to finish
the repairs.
N
ext year…
PS 625
DEC 04
54
Sir,
when do
you want
to do the
AMSS
reports?
You
can’t
complain about a
lack of maintenance
dollars when you
haven’t
submitted
your AMSS reports.
625.54-55(C!)
11/1/04
4:23 PM
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