1. ARMY SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING (ARSNT) MAJOR ITEMS
Mr. Dan Burleson
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING (ARSNT) MAJOR ITEMS
U.S. Army
Materiel
Command

2. PARTICIPATION IN SN TRACKING (COORDINATION/SUPPORT)
LOGSA is working daily with all active/significant players
involved with serial number tracking from accountable sources.
LOGSA assigned role as “Domain Manager” for Serial Numbers.
LOGSA assigned role as “Object Owner” for LMP design initiative.
LOGSA assigned owner of DOD Small Arms Serial Number Program.
LOGSA assigned owner of DA Radiation Testing and Tracking System.
LOGSA assigned owner of DA Controlled Cryptographic Items Serialization Program .
Participated with CASCOM, TRW, Standing JAD on development of GCSS-A SPR Module.
Working member of both GCSS-A Maintenance and Management Module requirements.
Working member of DOD Unique Item Tracking Committee.
Have a full time integration team assigned to LOGSA’s interfaces with LMP.
Author of Serial Number Cleansing Plan in support of LMP migration.
Active participant in AMC/LAISO AIT working group.
Participating with HQAMC, AMCOM, LAISO, GCSS-A, CASCOM, LMP, SBCCOM, SALT, ASSALT, on development of “life cycle’ SN tracking of selected end items and components.
Participating with TACOM-RI on development of Tritium Tracking.
Participating with AMASA on sample data collection.

3. TRACKING MAJOR ITEMS Need for Requirement
Identified as a need by the highest levels of Army leadership
Army Magazine, February, 2002, AMC: Accelerating the Pace of Army Transformation, General Kern writes:
Private industry tracks inventory by individual identification, the Army needs to be capable to do the same
Auditor opinion is CFO cannot meet congressional mandate for reporting without serial number visibility of reportable end items
Submission of Army initiatives i.e. Army PB Systems will be fully contingent upon serial number tracking level of detail
Technological advantages must be integrated into Army sustainability. A critical facet of logistics systems in a
transformed Army will be inventory control and visibility, knowing where repair parts are all the time in the Army's
inventory. Taking its cue from major retailers such as Wal-Mart, AMC is developing a new way to meet customer
needs, getting spare and repair parts to the customer faster, better and smarter.
o Identified as a need by the highest levels of Army leadership
ARSNT will assist moving the Army to business like processes. Although the General does not directly state the need for serial number tracking, it is implied. Industry standard, founded on bar coding capability, tracks items by individual identification throughout its lifecycle to point of sale, or delivery. These sentiments are echoed throughout the highest levels of Army leadership.
o Auditor opinion is CFO cannot meet congressional mandate for reporting without serial number visibility of reportable EIs
All new PB initiatives have be pressed to be fully CFO compliant. Audit of the Army’s FY01 Principal Financial Statements, National Defense Equipment Reporting state that CFO cannot meet Congressional mandate without serial number visibility
o Submission of Army initiatives i.e. PB Systems will be fully contingent upon serial number tracking level of detail
The objective system will serve to support safety initiatives such as Army recalls and intense safety management efforts behind equipment like parachutes.

4. TRACKING MAJOR ITEMS Need for Requirement - continued
Tracking components for RECAP will be extremely difficult unless we track the major end item first.
Capitalize on emerging technology and on-going Systems reengineering to develop a national level serial number repository, capable of tracking Army owned items (from cradle to grave) in a near real time fashion.
Develop relationships among all Army serial number systems – ARSNT will replace TEDB and UIT.
Link serial number relationship of end item to spare/repair parts (RECAP).
Link serial number relationship of end item to spare/repair parts (TRITIUM).
Will capture several years of transactions (audit trail).
o Tracking components for RECAP will be extremely difficult unless we track the major end item first. ARSNT contains a RECAP flag to identify this major item is a RECAP item. Supporting tables could contain spare/repair parts install on the end item. This flag is also incorporated into WLMP or LMP and has been identified as a data element in GCSSA-MNT.
o Capitalize on emerging technology and on-going Systems
Capitalizing on data sharing/data replication techniques between all PB Systems, the Army can mirror accountable records (at the serial number level of detail) at the national level from cradle to grave.
o Develop relationships among all Army serial number systems – could replace TEDB and UIT. If we contain all accountable PB systems and saved the transactions, including history for an audit trail, why continue to support other SN tracking systems trying to accomplish exactly the same mission. However, until we achieve the objective system, ARSNT could be used to enhance data cleansing.
o Link serial number relationship of end item to spare/repair parts (RECAP). Many MSCs and PMs have their own RECAP systems. This could be a good start to standardize how RECAP programs are tracked.
o Will capture several years of transactions (audit trail).
ARSNT contains a transaction history file. Some of the data elements are shipped to, received from, transaction data, ect. LOGSA will keep this history to support investigative inquires such as FBI, ATF, and other law enforcement elements.

5. CURRENT FEEDS
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING SYSTEM ALL SERIAL NUMBERS
ATTRIBUTE FLAG
UNIQUE ITEM TRACKING
DPAS
3138 PBUSE UICS
AUTOMATED WAR RESERVE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM (AWRDS)
TAMMS EQUIPMENT DATA BASE
LOGSA has one serial number file containing 3,952,942 current (active) serial numbers.
78,570 are SPR unit records
801,364 TEDB records
3,073,008 UIT records

6. FUTURE FEEDS LMP COE JMARS DSS GCSS-A PBUSE and MAINTENANCE MODULE
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING SYSTEM ALL SERIAL NUMBERS
ATTRIBUTE FLAG
The objective systems is expected to contain 40 million records. This number does not include and recap numbers – just property book SNs
COE
JMARS
DSS
ALL FEEDS ARE FROM ACCOUNTABLE SOURCES

7. LIDB DS/GS Maintenance (components) (components) ARSNT TABLES (DEPOT)
FIELD TURN-IN
FOR MAINTENANCE
(components)
(RETAIL)
FIELDED TO
ARMY UNIT
(RETAIL)
FIELDED TO
ARMY UNIT
(RETAIL)
FIELDED TO
ARMY UNIT
(RETAIL)
RETURN TO
ARMY UNIT
Web-MNT
LMP
WEB-SPR
(MSC)
ACCEPTED
BY ARMY
WEB-SPR
TURN-IN
TO SSA
LIDB
ARSNT TABLES
WEB-SSA
LMP OR DSS
A slide showing how the objective system will show life cycle tracking of SN items.
(MFG)
INITIAL SN
ASSIGNED
TURN –IN
TO DRMO
FMS/DMIL
LMP
DSS
CONTINUOUS INTERFACE WITH LIDB INTEGRATED SERIAL NUMBER TRACKING
(ARSNT) TABLES ENSURES SN TRACKING FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE

8. BENEFITS of SN TRACKING
Fully comply with CFO reporting requirements
Absolutely accurate national level visibility (mirrors accountable records)
Vastly improved checks and balances (data cleansing)
Supports systems integration
Foundation for Army Recapitalization
Foundation for Army Tritium Tracking
Supports “War on Terrorism”
Supports Army transformation
Enhances readiness
Best path to connect authorizations, assets, SNs, maintenance, and readiness data.
o Fully comply with CFO (stewardship) reporting requirements
All new PB systems are designed for CFO reporting
Absolutely accurate national level visibility (mirrors accountable records)
ARSNT SN tracking would vastly improve visibility and accountability systems. LOGSA believes the PBO is not wrong, sometimes a little on the right side. We have seen serial numbers we recognize as model numbers. Some policing is required to correct at the source and only the source.
Vastly improved checks and balances (data cleansing) self explanatory – it all becomes visible and with some good business rules, will show decrepitates such as duplicate serial numbers.
Supports systems integration
someday, it will all be and ERP system, in which ARSNT would support.
Foundation for Army Recapitalization Tracking the end item and identifying it by SN as a RECAPPED end items is the first step to track the components.
Supports “War on Terrorism”
Support increased law enforcement investigations.
Supports Army transformation
As per GEN Kern, the Army must move towards industry business practices to achieve true Army Transformation. Managing inventory by serial number supports this objective.
Enhances readiness The objective system, by serving as the foundation to an absolutely authoritative/accurate national level repository for asset visibility, will serve to support such critical Army objectives as procurement decision making, national level redistribution, mobilization planning, contingency operations, and a host of other missions directly related to ensuring Army Readiness. EXAMPLE: supporting mobilization planning by using RECAPPED or not RECAPPED units to deploy a contingency operation. It would ease the logistical train sent with the smaller operations (Brigade size utilizing forward support packages).