PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-713

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 713

APRIL 2012
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-713 - Page 28 of 33
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PS 713
APR 12
So, items listed in the MMDF
must
be entered in SAMS-E. For
other items, a good rule of thumb is if that item is on your unit’s property book, and
your commander has determined it requires some form of regular maintenance,
then it should be entered in SAMS-E.
If your unit has other equipment that is not on its MMDF, you can still manage it
using SAMS-E. Use the option to create MMDF local records. These records should
be inserted at the SAMS-2E level, and pushed down to the SAMS-1E system(s). For
assistance, see the embedded user manual within the SAMS-E program.
If you run into any hurdles, folks at the Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA)
Soldier Support Center (SSC) Process Integration Division (PID)—Maintenance
Section or at Ft Lee’s SAMS-E Help Desk can advise and assist.
Dear Half-Mast,
Where can I find out which nonreportable equipment should be loaded into
our unit’s SAMS-E?
Mr. T.B.
Dear Mr. T.B.,
PS
can get you squared away. But ±rst, check out Chapter 3 in DA Pam 750-8,
The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS) Users Manual.
You’ll ±nd
the whole scoop on maintenance processes, forms and records.
Some of us old-timers remember how equipment used to be manually tracked, and
we had to wade through rivers of forms like DD Form 314
(Preventive Maintenance
Schedule and Record)
, DA Form 2408-14
(Uncorrected Fault Record)
, and various
other piles of papers.
Now, thanks to the Logistics Information System (formerly called STAMIS),
which includes systems like SAMS-E and ULLS-AE, the process is automated.
So it’s much easier for units to track equipment history, and report total cost of
ownership (TCO) and readiness information. That information is also more
accurate and timely.
When it comes to adding equipment to SAMS-E, it’s divided into three categories:
Reportable B1, Reportable B2 and Nonreportable.
AR 700–138,
Army Logistics Readiness and Sustainability,
is a good general
guide in this area, but the Maintenance Master Data File (MMDF) is the de±nitive
source of what should be reported in SAMS-E. The MMDF is updated every quarter
and lists all reportable end items, systems, subsystems and nonreportable items
that the Army has determined needs some form of maintenance, like scheduled
services, load tests, etc.
LOGSA’s SSC PID —
Maintenance Section
Contact Joyce L. Myers, DSN 645-9568,
(256) 955-9568, or email:
joyce.l.myers@us.army.mil
Customer Support OfFce
at ±t Lee
DSN: 687-1051
Toll Free: (866) 547-1349
OCONUS: 312-687-1051
Fax: 804-734-2974
Email:
leee.secl.cao@conus.army.mil
Submit a help request at the website:
±or assistance, contact:
Regional Automated
Logistics Assistance Teams
(ALATs)
ALAT-Afghanistan
Kandahar (South)
DSN: (318) 421-6099
Email:
alatafghanistan@swa.army.mil
ALAT-Afghanistan
Bagram (North)
DSN: (318) 431-4490/4493
Email:
bgrmalat@afghan.swa.army.mil
Kuwait Theater SASMO
DSN: (318) 430-5582
Logistics
Management…
I hope that in the
future when we
have to track our
equipment it will be
easier
than this.
I have a
feeling
that it
will.
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5:31 PM
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