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Show 2) Th Samptar. Aug. 22, 19(5 aoir as floweinitoirw by Marshall B.Wllklns The Directorate for ManSysMan- agement Information tems, the Equipment agement Division and the U.S. Army Information Sys- tems Command here, have been implementing a system since November 1983 that will make inventory o(, supplies and equipment easier and more accurate. The system is called the Bar Code Inventory System (BARCIS) and it's being used by Kelly Anderson, hand receipt officer, to take physical inventories. The Army will use bar codes for wholesale and retail logistic applications such as self service supply centers, general inventory control, fuel distribution, material handling, shop and ammunition inventory. Anderson said bar code labels have been placed on all accountable property here that can be labelled. The codes can be successfully printed by a variety of printing methods, permitting a great degree of flexibility. The layout of the code consists of a white space, a start character, the data characters, a stop character and a trailing white space. In the past, data entry was News from community M Ren keyperformed manually, compunched into a central puter and processed. This was cost inefficient, time consuming and subject to a The labels can't be changed technology advanced, automatic data entry began to replace manual entry with the development of bar code Computers (PTC) to provide a quick and efficient means of collecting data. The PTCs without obvious detection, making security an important plus. Dugway employees use Portable high rate of human error. As Tele-Transacti- symbologies. According to Sheila Gibson of DMIS, the system will save a lot of money and manhours. Gibson coded and programmed language codes to tell the computer what to do. Anderson said the time it takes to inventory equipment will be decreased by 40 percent. The benefits of bar code usage include versatility. The bar codes have been attached by label or tag to containers, boxes, packages and products here. A human readable translation may be printed simultaneously with the printing of the bar code at virtually no extra cost. This permits manual entry in the event scanning failure can be used in almost any remote location. The PTC 701 is a 35 key programmable, battery powered, hand held device used for the collection, storage, processing, and, if necessary, printing or transmission of data. Workers enter data by using PTCs equipped with bar code readers, wnen an employee passes the reader across any bar code the PTC is programmed to read, the PTC and bar code reader inand store terpret the data the data in the PTC. Inventory informationem-is stored in the PTC by an ployee who later "dumps" the information into the for permanmain computer ent storage. ' The PTC is an interactive device. There are display messages for every operator, action, such as pressing a key. The PTC leads an operator through the application by its series of display mes- - US GOVERNMENT PROPERTY DUGWAY PROVING GROUND ii . occurs. Bar code readers and printers are relatively inexpensive in comparison to other media such as punch cards and magnetic stripes. on 5s iinrapD Dftra'einiffl , 1 sages and audible tones. Display messages and tones signal when to enter data, what 62 1 9 ippleof USAISC built ca-les to link the communica tions lines from the PTCs to data to enter and when certain operations are complet-ed- . "We didnt have any documentation from the manu- facturer to tell us how to operate the 701, so we had the main computer. Raddatz to figure out how to operate said he and Whipple, figuredvhe keyboard through trial out how to use the PTC 701. and error," Raddatz said. Carl Raddatz and Floyd . services: Lunch and Learn ars: We are planning for this year's Lunch and Learn Se- minars. But we need your help - we are running out of ideas for topics and a toadwould see like to pic you or like would you dressed, tq see an old topic (such as speakers. Do you have PMS) repeated? Please call 2278 and let us know what you would like. English as a second language: We will be starting "English aS a Second, Lanclasses on Sept. 11 guage" From 6:30-9:3- 0 p.m. These classes are free, but you need to call us at 2278 to sign-u- p. Volunteers: We are in desperate need of volunteers in the following areas: - Assistant Supervisor: You would be responsible for keeping track of all vol- unteer hours; preparing awards for the yearly awards ceremony; assisting ' the volunteer supervisor in recruitment and training of new volunteers and serving as volunteer supervisor when the supervisor is absent. - Newsletter Editor: Pre- pare a newsletter to .be published once a quarter. We have articles and samples of newsletters from other installations which can be 1 used along with submissions from volunteers and other organizations on post. Clerical help would be available, if needed to help type the final copy once it is written. This job could easily be done after duty hours or on weekends so if you a in work paid position, dont let that stop you. Publicity: Write articles such as this one for the newspaper and also prepare articles for the Newsletter. As we like to have an article in every Sampler, you would need to have something preweek. pared every-othe-r You would be responsible for contacting all the other volunteers to see what is going on in their areas and writing articles on various - - subjects with Community Services. - Installation files: Write to other military installations and request informa- tion about their posts; upon receiving information, file in the proper place; answer requests from other installations asking for information about Dugway; and, notify volunteer supplier when we are low on certain items for welcome packets. This position would take, one day-- , week working about four hours each time. -; off to school or into the serv- a Going ice is a big step. But your son or daughter still needs to know... Mom and Dad are always there. The ideal solution: the AT&T Call Me Card. It lets him or her call you whenever the need arises-a- nd the call is billed to vour home phone. 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