COMDTINST 4000.12
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
A.
Background. The Department of Defense (DOD) is continually modernizing/updating
existing Automatic Data Processing (ADP) logistics standard systems which support the
Coast Guard (CG) and Other Government Agencies (OGAs). In response to this effort, the
CG decided to reconfigure its bar code hardware and software to maintain/improve our
DOD interface for critical catalog/inventory/logistics functions. OGAs support
approximately 92 percent of CG requirements obtained from the Federal Supply System
(FSS). Bar code hardware and software allows the CG to use modern, state-of-the-art
equipment for faster data entry of material shipped, received, placed into inventory and
registered as accountable property. Bar code hardware also has the capability to integrate
requisitioning, accounting and material management functions at field levels and to provide
better management information at command levels (e.g., Supply Centers (SUPCENs)
Baltimore and Curtis Bay, Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (ARSC) and Finance Center
(FINCEN)).
B.
General.
1.
From 1988 through 1993, the CG tested, evaluated and adopted DOD Logistics
Application of Automated Markings and Reading Symbols (LOGMARS) bar code
equipment installed at Supply Centers Baltimore, Curtis Bay, Maryland, and
onboard CG Cutters CHASE, HAMILTON and MELLON.
2.
The LOGMARS contract expired during 1993 and in April 1994, the General
Services Administration (GSA) awarded a new bar code contract to INTERMEC
Corporation, under contract number DAHC94-94D-0003. The term LOGMARS has
been replaced by "AIT" which stands for Automatic Identification Technology. The
CG coordinating office for this contract is the Project Manager, AIT, Fort Belvoir,
Virginia. However, all references to LOGMARS have now been replaced by AIT.
C.
Revisions. Area and District commanders, commanders of Maintenance and Logistics
Commands, unit commanding officers and commanders and facility managers shall forward
all suggested changes/revisions to this document to Commandant (G-ELM-2) for review
and approval. Updates to this plan will be promulgated by Commandant (G-ELM).
D.
System Mission/Requirements. Bar code equipment is an inventory management tool,
currently being used at SUPCENs Baltimore and Curtis Bay (future ELC), Baltimore,
Maryland, and the ARSC, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It will provide inventory and
property management control on board high and medium endurance cutters, small boats and
selected
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