ME5A ( Awaiting Funding) Part 10

THE GCSS-ARMY NONSTANDARD PROCESS

In the Army's ERP environment, a nonstandard, noncataloged item is defined as an item not found in the Army Enterprise System Integration Program (AESIP) material master catalog or in the GCSS-Army catalog. For GCSS-Army, the authoritative data source for cataloging materiel is AESIP. Presently, the Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) Material Master Research Cell (MMRC) is the authoritative data source for cataloging materiel in AESIP.

At the unit level, handling nonstandard, noncataloged materiel in GCSS-Army requires using the GCSS-Army transaction code "ZNONSTD." Through this process, GCSS-Army allows users (based on roles and permissions) to manage nonstandard, noncataloged materiel at the tactical level and communicate the catalog request to the national level and other appropriate trading partners as part of the ZNONSTD process.

Specifically, the nonstandard materiel process allows users to create nonstandard materiel records and complete system processes such as ordering, receiving, and issuing items. The ZNONSTD process also allows users to capture items purchased with credit cards or ordered through the local contracting office and facilitate turn-ins.

The ZNONSTD process has eight mandatory fields: part number, cage code, force element (previously known as the unit identification code), description of item requested, federal supply classification (FSC), supply categories of materiel code (SCMC), measurement quantity, and measurement unit and price. These fields should be completed to the user's best knowledge to ensure the MMRC can locate the remaining data elements.