PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-687
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 687
FEBRUARY 2010
59
PS 687
FEB 10
part 2
coming
soon!
T
he Army is using seven separate unit
and retail logistics systems to provide
logistics management. These systems,
known as Standard Army Management
Information Systems (STAMIS), cover
maintenance,
supply,
ammunition,
property,
Fnancial
management
and
logistics data integration. But, the Army
wants better results.
Unfortunately, the current system
is a tangled web of cumbersome and
non-integrated systems. Besides being
dated and manpower-intensive, these
STAMIS do not provide the necessary
transparency that is common among
Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
The Global Combat Support System
(GCSS)-Army is the bright new star on
the horizon. GCSS-Army will collapse
existing
systems
into
one
web-based
system, which integrates all associated
business processes, and provides real-time
and consistent catalog data, reengineered
business processes, and enhanced quality
surveillance and decision support tools. It
enables leaders to make informed decisions
before they engage on the battleFeld. The
mantra
“one system to train, one system
to maintain, one view of the truth”
is the
performance goal.
Since
Release
1.0 of
GCCS-Army
debuted at the National Training Center at
±t Irwin in December 2007, GCSS-Army
has entered progressive development and
testing phases and is scheduled for Army-
wide roll-out beginning in ±Y 2012.
GCSS-Army:
•
notifes units where in the supply chain
parts are and their associated status
•
shows the maintenance status oF
equipment
•
calculates total weapon systems costs
•
tracks ammunition
•
provides accurate equipment readiness
data and asset visibility
•
gives advanced equipment shipping
notices and expected delivery dates
GCSS-army
:
The
Future
of
army LogistiCs
I excel at
jumping from
one website
to another!
unfortunately,
I get
bogged
down
in
current STAMIS
systems.
To combat these short-
comings, the Army is working
towards trading these aging
logistic “clunkers” for one
streamlined, integrated
system…the GCSS!
gCss-a will
travel between
functional areas
instantaneously!
it’ll save you
all the time
you spend
formatting,
creating
and passing
diskettes.
it’ll even
build a
catalog
for you!
it’ll do away
with time-
consuming
reconciliations!
that’ll be a
great day!
in the next
part of this
series, PS will
cover the basic
navigation of
GCSS-Army.
sorry old
timer, but you
gotta go. the
future is here
and the future
is
me!
blip bop…
it’s ok son…
bop pop…
I
was getting
tired…
blip…
anyway!
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