GLOSSARY (Cont) - TM-38-4000481

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

held wands or laser guns with fixed or moving

Outgranted space (non-DOD)- The amount of gross

optical beams.

storage space which is not available for the

Portable tank-A closed container having a liquid

reporting activity's operation because it is outleased,

capacity over 60 U.S. gallons and not intended for

licensed, or permitted to private or non-DOD

fixed installation (see 29 CFR 1910.106).

Government agencies for their operations.

Potential storage height-The height to which supplies

Overseas shipment-Supplies consigned to a destination

are capable of being stored in accordance with

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proper warehousing practices.

Packaging-The process and procedures used to protect

Potential vacant-Space that is usable but not used and

material from deterioration and/or damage.

can normally be recouped through rewarehousing.

Includes cleaning, drying, preserving, packing,

marking, and unitizing. (See preservation and

Potential vacant space-That portion of occupied net

packing.) Packing-Assembly of items into a unit,

usable space which is temporarily not used for

intermediate or exterior pack with necessary

storage because of space voids in front of stacks of

blocking, bracing, cushioning, weather-proofing,

material (honeycombing) or space voids at the

reinforcement, and marking.

height of stacks which can be made available by

Packing and crating area-Area used for the application

rewarehousing or utilization of maximum heights in

stacking.

of exterior shipping containers.

Preservation-Application

protective

measures

Pallet-A low, portable platform of wood, metal, or

including cleaning, drying, preservative materials,

fiberboard to facilitate the act of moving, storing,

barrier materials, cushioning, and containers when

and transporting of supplies as a unit.

necessary.

Pallet support sets-Intended to form box-type pallets

Preservation area-Area used for preserving, unit/

when assembled onto flat wood pallets to allow for

intermediate packing, and marking of materials.

stacking of pallets containing irregularly shaped

commodities that are susceptible to crushing.

Preservative-Materials or substances that are applied to,

Palletized unit load-Quantity of any item, packaged or

or come in contact with, items to protect them from

deterioration

resulting

from

exposure

unpackaged, arranged on a pallet and securely

environmental conditions during shipment or

fastened thereto, so that the whole is handled as a

storage.

unit.

Prompt-A command generated by the host computer

Palletizing-The placement and securing,

when

and transmitted to the portable bar code reader to

necessary, of units or containers on pallets.

direct inventory personnel while performing

Perishable items-Items which require refrigeration during

inventories.

transportation and storage.

Rack space-Floor

area occupied by racks, box pallets,

Pest control management-A program to prevent or

or pallets with

metal superstructures installed when

minimize losses or building damage caused by

such are used

as permanent storage aids, identified

vermin.

as a specific

location, and as distinguished from

bulk storage.

Pile-A quantity of material that can be stacked or stored

in a specified area.

Radioactive material-Any material or combination of

materials which spontaneously emits ionizing

Planograph-A scale drawing of a storage area showing

radiation, includes natural elements such as radium

the approved layout.

and accelerator-produced radionuclides.

Pocket rot-Advanced decay which appears in the form

Rail storage space-Trackage allotted for the purpose of

of a hole, pocket, or area of soft rot usually

storing rolling stock.

surrounded by apparently sound wood.

Ramp-An inclined plane serving as a way between

Portable bar code reader- A device used for machine

different levels.

reading of a bar code. Readers may employ hand-

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