If you are doing business with the US Military, it is important that your organization has a plan in place to be fully compliant from the beginning and that you are properly marking and labeling all of the assets with a fully compliant IUID label before you ship them to the government. Obviously, you [...]
In 2014, the US Military documented a Strategy for Improving DoD Asset Visibility. This strategy integrates Department-wide efforts to improve asset visibility, reduce supply chain risk and improve logistics decision making. The Strategy creates a framework whereby the Components work collaboratively to identify improvement opportunities and capability gaps as well as leverage automatic identification [...]
Peter Collins, President and CEO at A2B Tracking, will be a speaker and panelist at RFID Journal LIVE! 2017. This premier RFID Technology conference will be held on May 9-11, at Arizona's Phoenix Convention Center. Key themes among all of the sessions will be the use of RFID to improve the customer experience and [...]
Let’s assume that you've got your compliant data organized and you've also determined the appropriate IUID label material that you are going to use. Now you are ready to start the process of creating the IUID label! In order to do so, you must shift your attention toward the concepts of validation of these [...]
September 2017 is quickly approaching -- is your organization prepared for the FIAR (Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness) Initiative? This major Department of Defense endeavor requires military contractors and program managers to report property existence and to validate the completeness of their inventory records by September 30th, 2017. Whether you’re in one of the [...]
The Department of Defense Procurement Toolbox is an online resource designed to help organizations support their supply chain management initiatives. The DAU describes the Procurement Toolbox as a “collection of tools and services to help you and your organization manage, enable, and share procurement information across the Department of Defense”. Some of the key areas [...]
A2B Tracking announces Pat Jacklets, A2B Tracking’s Asset Management Expert, as speaker at NPMA’s Spring Education Training Seminar. The National Property Management Association (NPMA) will host the event on May 3 - 4, 2017 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The event is just in time to prepare attendees for the Department of Defense buying season. [...]
The Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) initiative will reach a major milestone on September 30, 2017. The entire Defense community needs to understand that as we begin Fiscal Year 2018 on October 1st -- the FIAR Directive dictates that all accountable assets be audit ready. The US Congress is holding the DoD accountable to [...]
Big milestones are coming up in 2017 for the FIAR (Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness) Directorate, which will affect the way defense contractors do business. It is imperative that all contractors understand and follow the new Directorate, and also understand how Auto ID technology such as barcode and RFID, lies at the core of FIAR [...]
The Item Unique Identification (IUID) policy has been in place since 2004. This Department of Defense policy allows for the unique identification of assets to streamline the process for the accountability of those assets. In order to meet your Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) compliance requirement you must be audit ready [...]
