GCSS-ARMY TERMS LATEST 2022
GRADED A
Plant 2000 ✔✔GCSS-Army unit level funds stratification
[OMA]
Plant 2001 ✔✔GCSS-Army SSA and above funds stratification
[AWCF]
Authorized to Forecast ✔✔The GCSS-Army Demand Analy
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GCSS-ARMY TERMS LATEST 2022
GRADED A
Plant 2000 ✔✔GCSS-Army unit level funds stratification
[OMA]
Plant 2001 ✔✔GCSS-Army SSA and above funds stratification
[AWCF]
Authorized to Forecast ✔✔The GCSS-Army Demand Analysis process which recommends
additions to and deletions from the Authorized Stockage List (ASL).
[Demand Analysis/Enhanced Dollar cost Banding]
Consumption ✔✔Quantity of items consumed per requirement.
[Demand]
Consumtion Base Planning ✔✔The concept of basing your planning on consumption rather than
demands.
[No legacy term]
Forecasting ✔✔The GCSS-Army process that leverages consumption history to calculate supply
requirements for a period of 12 months into the future. Forecasting occurs when historical
consumption data exists for the material and location. Forecasting is typically run by MRP Area.
[Requisitioning Objective]
Maintenance Significant Part (MSP) ✔✔A critical, repairable, and typically high dollar readiness
driver.
[Readiness Driver]
Overdue Deliveries ✔✔Pseudo Receipt Process
[Pseudo Receipt]
Planned Delivery Time (PDT) ✔✔The average time it takes to receive an item from the date of
request generation. Calculated by individual material/NIIN.
[Requisition Wait Time(RWT)]
Traffic Lights ✔✔Status indicator icons displayed in GCSS-Army in the form of a traffic light.
Used to prioritize of information viewed based on predetermined conditions and system settings.
[Parameter based parts]
Warehouse Activity Monitor ✔✔Decision Support Tool used to monitor the status of critical
processes and situations in a warehouse. The primary purpose of the WAM is to alert managers of
bottlenecks occurring in the flow of assets and transactions through the warehouse. Examples are:
(a) Unconfirmed Transfer Orders, (b) Open Transfer Requirements, (c) Open Posting Change
Notices, and (d) Open Deliveries.
[No legacy process exists]
Open Purchase Order ✔✔An open requirement passed to the national level of supply
[A Dues-in]
Open Stock Transport Order ✔✔Typically, an outstanding customer request.
Technically represents an order to move material between plants or storage locations.
[A Dues-out]
Inbound Delivery ✔✔An open SSA or customer requirement which has received an Advance
Shipment Status (ASN)/Shipment Status
[Shipment Status]
Outbound Delivery ✔✔An open customer Stock Transport Order which has had material release
action begun against it.
[No legacy term]
Soft Pegging ✔✔The linking of a customer requirement to an SSA rollover transaction
[RON-DON]
Batch ✔✔Condition of material
[Conditon Code]
MRP Type ✔✔Identifies the stock category and authorization to stock
[Stockage List Code (SLC)]
Document Type ✔✔Identifies document based on its use
[Document Identifier Code]
Lot Size ✔✔The optimum quantity to be ordered based on consumption and unit price
[Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)]
Storage Type ✔✔Capability to assign a materiel to a specific storage area of the warehouse based
on specific characteristics (Hazardous, Sensitive, Bulk, etc)
[Storage area]
Interim Storage Type ✔✔A variation of the Storage Type used as a holding area for unresolved
situations or incomplete processing actions involving inventory.
[Litigation, etc.]
Intelligent Stock Placement ✔✔The location management strategy that once configured links a
material to a bin. When the bin becomes empty, the link is dissolved and the bin becomes available
for reuse. The system also prompts for a balance check to ensure bin is empty prior to reuse.
[Locator system]
Putaway Strategy ✔✔The leveraging of Storage Types and ISP to develop and execute a bin
management plan.
[SSA strategy for processing and storing receipts.]
Material Number ✔✔The material number is used by the customer to order supply or property.
[Stock number or part number]
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) ✔✔A process within GCSS-Army that calculates the
quantities needed to satisfy projected consumption or to meet immediate requirements.
[Requirements Determination, Net Asset Computation, replenishment.]
Movement Type ✔✔A three digit code that identifies the reason and type of material movement
that is being conducted in GCSS-Army.
[No legacy term]
Business Workplace (SBWP) ✔✔The GCSS-Army internal communications network consisting
of an EMAIL capability and a WORKFLOW messaging structure. The WORKFLOW process is
used to send transactions to Materiel Managers for review. The E-Mail capability is used for
business related communication between users of the system.
[Manager Review File]
MRP Area ✔✔The virtual "space" assigned to an SSA or customer unit where materials are
planned.
[DoDAAC/RIC]
Vendor Master ✔✔This data set contains critical information for approved vendors relating to
accounts and locations, and unique information relating to products and services approved for
purchase.
[RIC Source of Fill]
Supersession Chain (SSC) ✔✔In GCSS-Army, all substitute parts are part of a supersession chain
(SSC). The SSC lists the prime number and valid substitutes within that chain.
[Interchangeability and Substitutability (I&S), Stock Number Relationship, BH Relationship.]
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