This Article Was Written by Pat Jacklets, formerly the Manager of Property Management for Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems Sector Eastern Region. She is currently A2B Tracking’s Asset Management Expert. I’ve recently returned from Nashville after attending the 2016 National Education Seminar for the National Property Management Association. I conducted two sessions – one was for the [...]
When DCMA audits your contract, one of their goals is to verify that all assets and shipments are properly registered with iRAPT. DCMA auditors will look specifically to ensure each IUID number is registered under the correct domain (i.e., acquisition, custody, legacy), and that this information is being submitted accurately to iRAPT [...]
Marking, tracking and managing assets with RFID allows military, contractor and civilian organizations granular insight into the location, state of readiness and performance data of individual assets. RFID data capture systems are able to read and collect the data quickly and automatically, since they do not require a direct line of sight or handling of [...]
If you are still keeping track of your assets with a spreadsheet – it’s time to look into an upgrade. Digital investments of this kind are almost always the right course of action. And yet, why are there still so many failed implementations? Most likely, it is because the organization did not [...]
The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is an agency under the U.S. Department of Defense that works directly with defense contractors to ensure government supplies and services are delivered on time, at projected costs, and meet all performance requirements. As part of fulfilling these responsibilities, the DCMA routinely audits its contractors for quality assurance. [...]
To understand the logic behind the US military asset tracking standards and reporting requirements, it is important to understand the strategy behind the DoD’s need for global asset visibility. The US Military Must Track Inventory All Over the Globe The Pentagon is responsible for tracking, managing and deploying assets on a global scale—hundreds of millions [...]
Weapons tracking is a central concern to the DoD, and they have required tracking for many years in many forms to protect these important assets. In the past, government agencies have relied on punch-card and barcode systems to track weapon inventory, but these methods have proven to be inefficient and ineffective. The military continues [...]
For anyone involved with DCMA and contracting with the Department of Defense, one of the big concerns is compliance to federal regulations. The government is notorious for having strict guidelines that must be followed in order to continue to earn their business. In order to keep contractors in line with these regulations, the DoD [...]
We are excited to announce the latest release of our UC! Web Asset Tracking and Data Management Software. What’s New? UC! Web 2.5.10 provides an added suite of enhancements to improve efficiency and maintain compliance. New features in the latest release include improved capabilities for Parts and Asset management, Reporting, User Interface improvements [...]
Understanding the management of the data behind the IUID and iRAPT reporting process is critical to avoiding costly and time-consuming errors that lead to iRAPT and IUID Registry submission mistakes. Managing this process internally without using a comprehensive e-Business data management system is risky. […]
