PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-741
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 741
AUGUST 2014
57
PS 741
AUG 14
Dear Editor,
DA Form 1300-4,
Reorder Point Card
(Jan 1982), is used in bench
stock containers to track usage and reorder point records. But it can’t be
ordered in hard copy anymore from the Army Publishing Directorate. The only
way to get it is through electronic download.
I find that this PDF version wastes paper and manpower. Right now, you
can only print off one front and one back of the form separately, each using
up a full 8.5 x 11 sheet of printer paper. Since DA Form 1300-4 is small
(about 2
1
/
2 x 4
3
/
4 inches), that means wasting lots of paper. Then, because
it’s double-sided, you also have to manually cut out and glue the front of the
form to the back just to make one complete form.
I came up with a solution that I think can save units time and money:
•±
±Download±the±front±and±back±of±DA±Form±1300-4±to±make±one±template.±
For±optimal±efficiency,±shrink±the±original±forms±a±bit.±This±way,±six±forms±can±
fit±and±fill±a±single±8.5±x±11±piece±of±paper.±Make±two±rows±of±three±on±the±
front±of±the±form,±and±another±two±rows±of±three±on±the±back.
•±
±Glue±the±front±and±back±template±pages±together±back-to-back±to±make±a±
single±two-sided±page.±Make±sure±it’s±aligned±on±both±sides±so±that±it±can±
be±cut±into±six±separate±forms±with±a±paper±cutter±using±full±vertical±and±
horizontal±cuts.±
•±
Ideally,±use±card±stock±instead±of±plain±paper±so±the±forms±will±hold±up±
better±in±the±wear±and±tear±of±a±bench±stock±location.±
By using the suggestions above in combo with a double-sided printer,
multiple bench stock cards can be made without the gluing while saving time,
money and effort.
SSG Charles (Tim) Neeley
Quality Assurance
AASF #2
Tupelo, MS
Editor’s note:
Excellent work, Sergeant. Just the kind of creative yet practical
ideas that our Army needs to be more cost-effective and efFcient. Readers who
would like a print-ready copy of Sergeant Neeley’s DA 1300-4 form can drop an
email to Half-Mast at:
half.mast@us.army.mil
or
usarmy.redstone.logsa.mbx.psmag@mail.mil
REORDER POINT RECORD
FOR USE OF THIS FORM, SEE DA PAM 710-2-2;
THE PROPONENT AGENCY IS DCS, G-4.
STOCK NUMBER
UM
M QTY
ITEM NOUN
UI
LOCATION
TO WAREHOUSE
TO STOCK CONTROL
DATE
DATE
RO
ROP
ON HAND
Edition of Oct 72 is obsolete.
APD V1.00
DA FORM 1300-4, JAN 82
REORDER POINT RECORD
FOR USE OF THIS FORM, SEE DA PAM 710-2-2;
THE PROPONENT AGENCY IS DCS, G-4.
STOCK NUMBER
UM
M QTY
ITEM NOUN
UI
LOCATION
TO WAREHOUSE
TO STOCK CONTROL
DATE
DATE
RO
ROP
ON HAND
Edition of Oct 72 is obsolete.
APD V1.00
DA FORM 1300-4, JAN 82
REORDER POINT RECORD
FOR USE OF THIS FORM, SEE DA PAM 710-2-2;
THE PROPONENT AGENCY IS DCS, G-4.
STOCK NUMBER
UM
M QTY
ITEM NOUN
UI
LOCATION
TO WAREHOUSE
TO STOCK CONTROL
DATE
DATE
RO
ROP
ON HAND
Edition of Oct 72 is obsolete.
APD V1.00
DA FORM 1300-4, JAN 82
REORDER POINT RECORD
FOR USE OF THIS FORM, SEE DA PAM 710-2-2;
THE PROPONENT AGENCY IS DCS, G-4.
STOCK NUMBER
UM
M QTY
ITEM NOUN
UI
LOCATION
TO WAREHOUSE
TO STOCK CONTROL
DATE
DATE
RO
ROP
ON HAND
Edition of Oct 72 is obsolete.
APD V1.00
DA FORM 1300-4, JAN 82
REORDER POINT RECORD
FOR USE OF THIS FORM, SEE DA PAM 710-2-2;
THE PROPONENT AGENCY IS DCS, G-4.
STOCK NUMBER
UM
M QTY
ITEM NOUN
UI
LOCATION
TO WAREHOUSE
TO STOCK CONTROL
DATE
DATE
RO
ROP
ON HAND
Edition of Oct 72 is obsolete.
APD V1.00
DA FORM 1300-4, JAN 82
REORDER POINT RECORD
FOR USE OF THIS FORM, SEE DA PAM 710-2-2;
THE PROPONENT AGENCY IS DCS, G-4.
STOCK NUMBER
UM
M QTY
ITEM NOUN
UI
LOCATION
TO WAREHOUSE
TO STOCK CONTROL
DATE
DATE
RO
ROP
ON HAND
Edition of Oct 72 is obsolete.
APD V1.00
DA FORM 1300-4, JAN 82
SSG±Neeley’s±solution±makes±6±forms±instead±of±1
Soldier
Forms
a
Solution
Supply…
Soldier
Forms
a
Solution
What a
waste
of
paper!
There’s
gotta
be
a better
way.
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