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TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12
material. This system must be understandable not only
those constructed in such a manner that the resulting
to the storekeeper, but to ANY ONE who may be called
wall will have a minimum fire resistance rating of 4
upon to find materials for ANY REASON.
hours.  The types of firewall construction which will
provide fire resistance for a period of 4 hours under
(2) The locator system should contain the in
revised ratings and are established as the minimum
formation necessary to identify and locate stored
standard are:
supplies. Complicating the system by including "extras"
such as inventory figures, stock levels, and records of
Clay or Shale Brick, 8 inches thick
shipments and receipts breaks down its primary
Mass Concrete, 71/2 inches thick
function, which is the quick and accurate locating of
Reinforced Concrete, 61/2 inches thick
requested supplies.
Structural Tile, 121/2 inches thick
(3) A good locator system mus t start with a
Concrete Block, 10 inches thick
plan of the storage areas. The system for numbering
warehouses, sections, bays, and rows must be devised
A  concrete  block  wall,  8  inches  in  thickness,
and made as simple as possible.  It must be readily
compounded of expalded slag pumice in which 62
understandable to ALL personnel working in the storage
percent of the wall unit is solids will also meet the
areas.
This includes warehousemen, stockpickers,
standard requirement.
checkers, laborers, and other personnel.  There also
(4) A 24-inch aisle is maintained along SUB
must  be  a  file  maintained,  either  mechanically,
STANDARD firewalls. Commodities are stored up to a
manually, or a combination of both, on which the data
STANDARD firewall (but not in such a manner as to use
necessary to identify the item are maintained and which
the wall to support the stack) EX CEPT that a 36-inch
will reflect all established locations of the item.
clearance must be maintained at the sides of the portals
(4) The importance of keeping such a locator
between the warehouse section.
system up-to-date cannot be stressed too strongly. Any
system that is not accurate is of no value; therefore, it
7-21. Stock Locator.
will  be  necessary  that  the  system  be  audited
periodically.  Every location of every item in storage
a. Locator system.
areas will be surveyed and the locations reflected by the
locator, as presently established, will be reconciled with
-- "Keep your LOCATOR SYSTEM as SIMPLE as
those locations surveyed.
POSSIBLE."
-- "There are TWO THINGS we want to know: Where is
b. Bar coding. The use and maintenance of bar
it located? Which is the oldest?
coded labels is important to the accuracy and ease of
-- "First, we must decide on a METHOD OF NUM
maintaining the location file.
BERING OR LETTERING the warehouses, sections,
and bays." Explain the method employed at your depot.
7-22.  Summary and Check List.  (Summary of
-- "Then a method of RECORDING information is
session.)
needed." Explain operation of your locator system.
SUMMARIZE IMPORTANT POINTS OF SESSION
-- "Remember THREE THINGS about STOCK LO
-"The fact that it has taken THIS LENGTH OF TIME to
CATOR RECORDS:
BREAK DOWN and DISCUSS some of the FACTORS
They should be as SIMPLE as POSSIBLE,
in  only  a  SMALL  PART  of  our  JOB  as
They are USEFUL ONLY IF they are FOL
WAREHOUSEMEN SHOULD MAKE US RE ALIZE that
LOWED UP and KEPT UP TO DATE,
we have a COMPLICATED and IM PORTANT job to
They should be USED FOR PROPER STOCK
do."
ROTATION."
-"As we warned you earlier, MANY OF THESE
(1) We must be able to locate any item upon call
FACTORS  SEEM  TRIVIAL-BUT  THEY  ARE  IM
and we must not "take a chance" or carry this
PORTANT."
information only around in our heads. We must devise
a system for controlling the placement and locating of
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