Stock Locator.

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

7-15