Standardized, customizable tracking procedures and reporting functions. Easy, low complexity updating procedures. Lower costs and time required to manually investigate a shipping discrepancy. Information protection on the client intranet with client-designated levels of authorization. Additional requested enhancements to the original system included tracking depot maintenance items returning to the supply system, clearing of intransit records, tracking of issues from other supply systems, and developing a series of analysis tools to ensure peak performance and continual improvement.
Untethered mobility is a major requirement for the project.
Having a scanning terminal physically connected to a LAN would severely hamper productivity. In addition to substantially decreasing data entry errors, the portable computers' wireless LAN technology complemented the AMTS solution. To begin a transaction within AMTS, a bar coded manifest is generated from the DLA Depot Supply System. This physical manifest accompanies the materiel order as it flows through individual steps within the shipping and delivery process. At each step in the delivery process, the bar code is scanned and logged into AMTS to track its progress and timing, and the data are then recorded with time and date stamp verifications.