COMDTINST 4000.4A
NOV 6 1995
the process of updating its bar code hardware and software in order to maintain and
improve DOD interface for critical catalog/inventory/logistics functions. Currently,
DOD and OGAs provide approximately 92 percent of CG requirements from the
Federal Supply System. Bar code hardware and software will allow the CG to use
modern, state-of-the-art equipment for faster data entry of materiel shipped, received,
placed into inventory and registered as accountable property. Bar code hardware will
functions at field level and provide better management information to command and
central support organizations (e.g., CG Headquarters, ARSC, SCB, SCCB, Finance
Center).
b.
The Logistics Application of Automated Marking and Reading Symbols (LOGMARS)
is the bar code standard developed by DOD for government-wide use. This standard
identifies the machine-readable symbology to be used by commercial vendors and DOD
activities on items of supply, unit packs, outer containers and other selected items. The
LOGMARS contract expired during 1993 and in April 1994, General Services
Administration awarded a new bar code contract to INTRMEC Corporation, under
contract number DAHC94-94D-0003. The term "LOGMARS" has been replaced by
"AIT," which stands for Automatic Identification Technology. The coordinating office
for this contract is the Project Manager, AIT, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
c.
Initially, bar code equipment will be procured and installed at approximately 268 CG
operational units that currently use Shipboard Computer Aided Maintenance Program
(SCAMP) hardware and software; additional units will also receive bar code equipment
as new asset tracking/configuration management software (which makes use of bar code
technology) is fielded. Reference (a) identifies units to recieve bar code equipment.
5.
DEFINITIONS.
a.
Bar Code is a symbol, usually found in the automated environment, which is used
primarily to identify an item or equipment. Bar codes consist of rectangular bars and
spaces, arranged in predetermined patterns to represent coded elements of data, that can
be automatically read and interpreted by automatic bar code reading devices or
scanners.
b.
Code 39 Symbology. The 3-of-9 bar code is a variable length, discrete, self-checking,
bidirectional, alphanumeric bar code, and is the accepted government, industry and CC
standard.
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