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Subject = TABLE CONTENTS                                                  

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit = 3D ACR      

Folder Title = INFORMATION PAPERS                                                                              

Document Number =          8

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         SUBJECT:   L'Liici,, Looi, (90DS06)IC-.) t- Class IX Iiispection

              -F. Unit leaders/maintenance managers are Ltnftmiliai- with
         ULt-S/Cliss IX and the niinagement functions required to ensure
         Class IX requisition. status and parts flow properly.       This ha     WO
         been addressed by providing classes to ON XO and BMO'S.       It mu
         be noted that in many cases company XOs, BM1's, BlISs and PLL
         Supervisors also attended the tltsses.

              g. The inspector's trrctted parts from the main ASL      to
         various units icross the Division. These parts arrived       in the
         unit in most cases in       days. Only 2 of Z@5 parts did    not show
         Lip in units. However, there is still a large concern among
         units that parts are released and never receved. This can be
         attributed to both unit and DSLJ errors in processing, shipping
         and storing parts.

              h. Class IX Managers at both the unit and DS have developed
         a dependency on the DS4 dlie-out reconciliation. This is an
         excellent back Lip tool but the more accurate and closer to real
                                                                   ,ettes or
         time data is provided to units an the ULLS status disk              @.600,
         .Manual "110" Reports from SAR S.
                                                               the I)ivision. AOOIO
              i.  The a
                      i,@Leragp-re@Ltest takes 6 davs to leave
         This is  attr   Ite to   hree +actors.

                  (1) The DAS-3 computer at DMMC has a backlog that varies
         but has  been 3 days or more.

                  (2) A disk turn-in sequence from-Linit through Forwird
         Support  Battalion to Main Support Bit-talion to DMMC is not
         established that minimizies the ti.me for request and status to
         +low through the system. This process    ', as it is operating
         presently, can @it times take 3 days or more.

                  (ZrN) The failure of Ltnits/DSUs to process diskettes
         daily also contributed to the reqltistion process.

              j. The operation of computers at the unit and DSUs in a
         degraded state has a negative impact on Class IX -flow. Units can
         not read disks, process transactions, perform bacl,,-Lip L-tc.5 for
         several days. This is attributed to the inability of VLAAT to
         react to every problem in a timely manner and units failure to
         take immediate actions to have computers reprired.

              ),. Power fluctuations caused by improperly maintained
         generators in some cases will cause a process to abort. This
         will often give operators false databases or indications of
         so-Ftware/computer problems.

              1. ReqLiisit!Dn/StatLIS flow in the Division@is happening it
         reasonable standards. However, during the period of this I
         inspection, statuses were received sporadically from Outside the