PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-710
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 710
JANUARY 2012
53
PS 710
JAN 12
P
roperty Book Unit Supply-Enhanced (PBUSE) is the Army’s web-based property
accountability system.
One of PBUSE’s recent improvements
is Automatic IdentiFcation Technology
(AIT), a feature which will be Felded to
more than 12,000 units by ±Y12. Units
will receive AIT by authorization, and
initial training is done onsite.
Unit supply sergeants, property book
ofFcers and others who use PBUSE will
beneFt from this latest technology. Initial
surveys from users show AIT has already
greatly reduced inventory times and errors.
Most importantly, PBUSE-AIT offers a reliable and consistent way to identify
and track items with Unique Item IdentiFers (UIIs) as they move through the
supply pipelines.
•±
Increased data accuracy (by reducing or eliminating manual inventory errors)
•±
Quicker data collection and transmission
•±
Ability to direct automated inventories by unit, NSN, LIN or sub-hand receipt
•±
Ability to transfer unit-level equipment between sub-hand receipts
•±
Ability to initiate lateral transfers, asset adjustments and process MILSTRIP
receipts from the Handheld Terminal (HHT) device.
AIT±Types±Used±by±PBUSE
The±HHT±Advantage
The HHT is a versatile tool used
to perform actual inventories. The
HHT scanner makes inventory so
speedy and efFcient that what used
to take hours can now be done in
minutes.
The HHT can also add items that
are not on a unit’s inventory list, or
²ag items that can’t be scanned or
need their barcode labels reprinted.
It can even scan items not owned
by the unit. This is helpful because
sometimes
similar
items
are
misplaced or swapped out between
units. Identifying the owning unit
can save them from having to do a
property investigation.
Multiple HHT devices, users and
unit identiFcation codes can all be
managed through the main PBUSE
application.
Training
•±
Two-dimensional barcodes like linear
barcodes, but which carry about 100 times
more data. This allows data-specific info on
equipment to be encoded in the barcode.
•±
Item Unique Identification (IUID) matrices.
Each item is marked with a permanent
two-dimensional data matrix barcode label.
This matrix, in turn, builds an UII that is
globally unique. This means no other item
in the world can be assigned that number.
Information such as a manufacturer’s
identification (CAGE code) and serial
number are embedded in the UII.
Logistics Management…
PBUSE Adds Enhanced AIT
pbuse-aIt
uses two
types of
barcodes…
freeze!
my
mission here
is clear.
finAlLy, I
can solve the
mystery
of which
unit you really
belong to!
does
this mean
I can’t
play hide
and seek
anymore?
some
pbuse-aIt
benefits
include…
For pbuse-aIt training questions,
contact pbuse system manager
ms. lonna freeland, at dsn 68
7
-
7
855, (804)
7
34-
7
855, or
email:
lonna.k.freeland.civ@mail.mil
more info is also available at:
710 52-53.indd
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