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As the Army converts logistics functions to Global Combat Support System-Army, Soldiers must understand the strategies for data cleansing, migration, conversion, and fielding.
The next generation of cataloging nonstandard items is here. Since late 2002, the central catalog management of nonstandard, noncataloged items has been achieved through the Standard Study Number-Line Item Number Automated Management and Integrating System (SLAMIS). Transforming to enterprise resource planning (ERP) using SAP [Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing] software requires the existing SLAMIS process to undergo adjustments to facilitate the cataloging of nonstandard items in the ERP environment. This process offers enhanced visibility with reporting and property accountability to support the Army's logistics systems and policies.
This article chronicles the next-generation systems processes for cataloging nonstandard items, imminent data cleansing, migration, and conversion as it relates to nonstandard, noncataloged items during the fielding of Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSSArmy).
It is important to note that GCSS-Army fielding and related actions are delivered in waves. Wave I will replace the Standard Army Retail Supply System-1 (SARSS-1) and associated tactical logistics finance systems. Wave II will replace the Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced and Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced.
The GCSS-Army Nonstandard Process
In the Army's ERP environment, a nonstandard, noncataloged item is defined as an item not found in the Army Enterprise System Integration Program (AESIP) material master catalog or in the GCSS-Army catalog. For GCSS-Army, the authoritative data source for cataloging materiel is AESIP. Presently, the Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) Material Master Research Cell (MMRC) is the authoritative data source for cataloging materiel in AESIP.
At the unit level, handling nonstandard, noncataloged materiel in GCSS-Army requires using the GCSS-Army transaction code "ZNONSTD." Through this process, GCSS-Army allows users (based on roles and permissions) to manage nonstandard, noncataloged materiel at the tactical level and communicate the catalog request to the national level and other appropriate trading partners as part of the ZNONSTD process.
Specifically, the nonstandard materiel process allows users to create nonstandard materiel records and complete system processes such as ordering, receiving, and issuing items. The ZNONSTD process also allows users to capture items purchased with credit cards or ordered through the local contracting office and facilitate turn-ins.
The ZNONSTD process has eight mandatory fields: part number, cage...