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3) Traditional Wyoming events and culture include the Power Plunge River Festival, Celtic Festival, and singing the Beer Song at football games.
4) Wyoming relies on transportation networks like Interstate 80, exports coal and gas, and engages in agriculture of wool, beef, and wheat.
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This document summarizes 5 themes of geography for Wyoming:
1) Wyoming is located in the western mountain region of the United States, north of Colorado and east of Idaho and Utah.
2) Wyoming contains various regions, landmarks, and landforms including the Red Desert, Independence Rock, and Yellowstone National Park.
3) Traditional Wyoming events and culture include the Power Plunge River Festival, Celtic Festival, and singing the Beer Song at football games.
4) Wyoming relies on transportation networks like Interstate 80, exports coal and gas, and engages in agriculture of wool, beef, and wheat.
5) Wyoming has adapted to its climate through salt on streets in winter and oxygen masks in mountains,
El documento resume la trama de la novela "Aura" de Carlos Fuentes. Cuenta la historia de Felipe Montero, un joven historiador que acepta un trabajo en una vieja casa para organizar las memorias de un coronel francés. Allí conoce a Consuelo, la viuda del coronel, y su sobrina Aura, de quien Felipe queda encantado. Empiezan a suceder sucesos extraños y Felipe pierde la noción entre la realidad y la fantasía en su romance con Aura.
Internet es una red descentralizada de redes interconectadas que usan protocolos TCP/IP para funcionar como una red lógica única a nivel mundial. Se originó en 1969 con la conexión entre universidades en California y Utah. Un servicio popular en Internet es la World Wide Web, desarrollada en 1990, que permite la consulta remota de archivos de hipertexto usando Internet.
Dokumen tersebut membahas tentang static routing dan dynamic routing. Static routing menggunakan konfigurasi manual sedangkan dynamic routing dapat menyesuaikan secara otomatis terhadap perubahan topologi jaringan. Terdapat beberapa protokol routing utama seperti RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, dan BGP yang masing-masing memiliki karakteristik berbeda seperti penggunaan metric dan frekuensi update.
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Este documento describe el proceso de implementación de una red simple entre dos computadoras. Explica las funciones del cliente de red y el protocolo TCP/IP, así como los rangos de direcciones IP privadas. También cubre los pasos para compartir carpetas e impresoras entre los equipos, y verificar la conectividad a través del comando ping.
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Este documento describe varios comandos de terminal en Ubuntu, incluyendo comandos para editores de texto como nano y gedit, herramientas de información del sistema como hardinfo, comandos de red como ifconfig e iwconfig, y comandos de administración de archivos y directorios como mkdir, rmdir, mv, cp, rm, cat y chmod. También cubre el uso de whois para buscar información sobre dominios.
This chapter discusses 5 main points about effective on-the-job communication: 1) Writing is an action that exerts power to achieve results, 2) Technical documents must be usable and persuasive, 3) Meaning arises from dynamic interactions between readers and texts, 4) Technical writing is reader-centered, and 5) Writing has ethical dimensions. The document explores these concepts in more depth, discussing how language shapes thinking, how writing acts on people, the importance of persuasion and usability, and what reader-centered writing means for producing documents.
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The document discusses the Coast Guard's strategy for implementing the Coast Guard Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS) to replace legacy logistics systems and standardize business processes. It outlines a multi-segment acquisition approach for CG-LIMS that will allow the retirement of modules from the Aviation Logistics Management Information System (ALMIS) as CG-LIMS capabilities come online. It also describes the status of the logistics transformation effort and how different asset types are being prepared for transition to CG-LIMS. Challenges include integrating legacy data systems, addressing the unique needs of facilities and units with limited connectivity, and completing the transformation of all assets and inventory.
John Aylmer is seeking a position as a Program Cost Analyst or Product Support Analyst. He has over 25 years of experience in acquisition logistics, sustainment engineering, and configuration management. Some of his responsibilities have included developing logistics support plans, conducting cost analyses, and authoring documentation for acquisition programs. He holds a secret clearance and has worked on programs such as JSIMS, CADTS, and various space systems.
John A Hagen has over 31 years of experience in logistics, maintenance management, and personnel management. He has managed over 248 personnel and planned preventative maintenance programs. Hagen has experience diagnosing and repairing various vehicle engines. He is proficient in welding and implementing new maintenance concepts. Hagen has a secret security clearance and his current role involves logistics management and analyzing readiness data from various Army systems.
This document summarizes key changes in the environments that will impact military logistics by 2025. Specifically, it discusses how the end of the Cold War will lead to more regional conflicts requiring dynamic logistics support. It also outlines how business practices are trending toward outsourcing, lean operations, and strategic alliances, which will influence greater integration of military and commercial logistics systems. New logistics approaches from the private sector emphasize customer service, information technology, and partnerships with suppliers.
The document summarizes the transition of over 5,000 Air Force maintenance personnel to a new Technical Authorization Record Set (TARS) module in the HRMS system by the end of June. It discusses how the TARS module will provide a central database to record technical authorizations for maintenance tasks on aircraft, which is legally required. Training was provided to employment training officers in May to enable rollout of the new module, including unique computer-based training for different user roles. The first wave of maintenance units will transition to using TARS in HRMS in mid-May. The transition is the largest in the history of DND's HRMS system.
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Latonya King has over 15 years of experience in logistics and supply chain management, including roles supporting military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. She has a proven track record of streamlining operations, reducing costs, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Currently, she is pursuing a bachelor's degree in transportation and logistics management while also working as an independent logistics consultant.
The document discusses five key requirements for effective linear asset management systems. Linear assets like railroads and pipelines present unique challenges as they are long, continuous structures rather than discrete assets. Current enterprise asset management systems do not adequately address these challenges. The five key requirements discussed are: 1) flexibility to dynamically define linear assets, 2) managing geographically dispersed field assets, 3) clear financial reporting, 4) implementing optimal maintenance strategies, and 5) anticipating future needs for financial optimization. Meeting these requirements would allow linear asset owners to better optimize performance, safety, and costs across their infrastructure networks.
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Adventure Works is a design and remodeling firm seeking a $100,000 loan and $50,000 line of credit to fund expenses and capitalize on opportunities. Formed in 1997, the company has grown steadily and now employs 35 people with annual sales projected to exceed $1.3 million in 2000. The loan will help Adventure Works achieve its objectives of increasing profits to $200,000 by 2005 while pursuing further growth in the expanding local housing market.
Este documento describe el proceso de implementación de una red simple entre dos computadoras. Explica las funciones del cliente de red y el protocolo TCP/IP, así como los rangos de direcciones IP privadas. También cubre los pasos para compartir carpetas e impresoras entre los equipos, y verificar la conectividad a través del comando ping.
The document discusses the positive youth development (PYD) approach. It summarizes that PYD resists viewing child development solely as overcoming deficits, but instead sees children as eager to explore, gain skills, and contribute to the world. PYD focuses on building children's competence, confidence, character, caring, and connection through quality relationships and participation. However, the document notes that fully realizing PYD in initiatives can be problematic, as theories do not always translate perfectly to reality. Reflection on challenges is important for continuously improving youth programs and policies.
Magpul Industries Corp. was founded in 1999 by Richard Fitzpatrick to develop accessories to aid rifle reloading under stress. Magpul later expanded into tactical training through Magpul Dynamics and airsoft products with Magpul PTS. Magpul Dynamics offers beginner to advanced courses in firearms and tactical skills for military, law enforcement, and private sectors. Magpul PTS provides high-quality airsoft accessories and products for training and recreational use based in Hong Kong.
This document discusses different types of e-learning including self-directed asynchronous learning where students learn on their own schedule and synchronous learning where students participate in online classes at set times. It also covers problem-based learning, where students are presented with an authentic problem and work to find a solution, promoting cognitive development and schema building.
Reasoning is the ability of the human mind to solve problems, make judgments and decisions, and learn from experience. Studying reasoning helps develop critical thinking skills, facilitates class discussions through a shared vocabulary, and protects against manipulation by helping identify logical mistakes or distortions of the truth. Reasoning should be used to benefit all in the pursuit of truth, not as a weapon against others.
Este documento describe varios comandos de terminal en Ubuntu, incluyendo comandos para editores de texto como nano y gedit, herramientas de información del sistema como hardinfo, comandos de red como ifconfig e iwconfig, y comandos de administración de archivos y directorios como mkdir, rmdir, mv, cp, rm, cat y chmod. También cubre el uso de whois para buscar información sobre dominios.
This chapter discusses 5 main points about effective on-the-job communication: 1) Writing is an action that exerts power to achieve results, 2) Technical documents must be usable and persuasive, 3) Meaning arises from dynamic interactions between readers and texts, 4) Technical writing is reader-centered, and 5) Writing has ethical dimensions. The document explores these concepts in more depth, discussing how language shapes thinking, how writing acts on people, the importance of persuasion and usability, and what reader-centered writing means for producing documents.
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This document provides perspective on appreciating what you have by considering those who have less. It suggests that while some things may seem unfair or lacking in one's own life, others have it much worse. It encourages enjoying life as it is and recognizing that there will always be those worse off. It closes by stating this email should circulate forever to spread its message.
The document discusses the Coast Guard's strategy for implementing the Coast Guard Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS) to replace legacy logistics systems and standardize business processes. It outlines a multi-segment acquisition approach for CG-LIMS that will allow the retirement of modules from the Aviation Logistics Management Information System (ALMIS) as CG-LIMS capabilities come online. It also describes the status of the logistics transformation effort and how different asset types are being prepared for transition to CG-LIMS. Challenges include integrating legacy data systems, addressing the unique needs of facilities and units with limited connectivity, and completing the transformation of all assets and inventory.
John Aylmer is seeking a position as a Program Cost Analyst or Product Support Analyst. He has over 25 years of experience in acquisition logistics, sustainment engineering, and configuration management. Some of his responsibilities have included developing logistics support plans, conducting cost analyses, and authoring documentation for acquisition programs. He holds a secret clearance and has worked on programs such as JSIMS, CADTS, and various space systems.
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This document summarizes key changes in the environments that will impact military logistics by 2025. Specifically, it discusses how the end of the Cold War will lead to more regional conflicts requiring dynamic logistics support. It also outlines how business practices are trending toward outsourcing, lean operations, and strategic alliances, which will influence greater integration of military and commercial logistics systems. New logistics approaches from the private sector emphasize customer service, information technology, and partnerships with suppliers.
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This document summarizes a research article on warehouse management systems (WMS). It discusses how WMS has been shown to improve the overall effectiveness of warehouse operations by integrating technologies like barcoding, RFID, and warehouse control systems. The implementation of a WMS system can bring cost savings and help manage inventory more effectively. It also allows companies to be more competitive by providing real-time visibility of inventory levels and analytics. Successful implementation of a WMS requires aligning the system with business processes and providing training to operations staff so they can fully leverage the system's capabilities.
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The document discusses five key requirements for effective linear asset management systems. Linear assets like railroads and pipelines present unique challenges as they are long, continuous structures rather than discrete assets. Current enterprise asset management systems do not adequately address these challenges. The five key requirements discussed are: 1) flexibility to dynamically define linear assets, 2) managing geographically dispersed field assets, 3) clear financial reporting, 4) implementing optimal maintenance strategies, and 5) anticipating future needs for financial optimization. Meeting these requirements would allow linear asset owners to better optimize performance, safety, and costs across their infrastructure networks.
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The impact of enterprise resource planning systems on Army sustainment | Article
1. The impact of enterprise resource planning systems on Army
sustainment | Article
Maj. Gen. Larry D. Wyche
As we look past Army Sustainment 2020 to Force 2025 and beyond, the importance of advanced
technologies, logistics systems, and improved business practices is becoming even more apparent.
The Army is faced with a reduced budget and force levels that make automation and technology
vital. These reduced levels are expected to continue as the Army streamlines its operations and
transforms from an Army at war to an Army of preparation.
Long used by the business community, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems allow companies
to store and manage data for every stage of business. This information is shared among all users of
the system, facilitating near-real-time collaboration across all business areas.
The collaboration allows for greatly increased communication velocity and enhanced accuracy while
ensuring situational awareness across operational, logistics, finance, and human resources areas of
interest.
ERP SYSTEMS
Over the past few years, the Army and Department of Defense have made great strides in updating
their business processes and implementing ERPs with associated business process reengineering.
The Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), fully deployed in 2010, replaced 35-year-old legacy
systems with a single, fully integrated enterprise solution. LMP users include the following:
o The Army Materiel Command.
o The Communications-Electronics Command.
o The Aviation and Missile Command.
o The TACOM Life Cycle Management Command.
o The Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command.
o Depots and ammunition plants.
2. o The Army Sustainment Command.
o National Maintenance Program users.
o The Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
LMP resides and is maintained at the national level, whereas the Global Combat Support System-
Army (GCSS-Army) resides with and is maintained by tactical logisticians. The two systems are sister
programs and can share data.
Similar to LMP, GCSS-Army is an ERP solution that combines several automated sustainment
information systems into a single, integrated, web-based system. GCSS-Army will bring the same
benefits to brigades, battalions, and companies that LMP brought to the national level.
The system will improve readiness and accountability and, for the first time, allow for full financial
auditability. It can track spending according to the individual serial number on the equipment, the
specific person doing the work, and the specific appropriation used.
GCSS-ARMY FIELDING
GCSS-Army Wave 1 fielding began in November 2012 and will continue throughout 2015. The
fielding was separated into waves based on lessons learned from previous standard Army
management information system (STAMIS) and industry ERP implementations.
The wave process mitigates risk and allows for more rapid fielding, increased system familiarity, and
an overall better system. By reducing the fielding complexity, a smaller amount of change occurs,
allowing units to more easily integrate the system into their operations.
The wave method creates system familiarity while associated schoolhouse training builds the
knowledgeable user base that GCSS-Army and ERPs require. The method also allows for lessons
learned to be applied to future updates, improving the overall product the Army receives.
GCSS-Army fielding Wave 1 focuses on the supply support activity and supporting finance functions.
GCSS-Army replaces the Standard Army Retail Supply System (SARSS) while maintaining full
interoperability with legacy systems. By focusing on SARSS and finance in Wave 1, the GCSS-Army
team can completely replace a single legacy STAMIS throughout the Army.
Units in the continental United States will receive the system later this year, starting with Fort
Campbell, Ky., Fort Stewart, Ga., the West Virginia National Guard, and the Georgia National Guard.
Continuing throughout the rest of the world, the team will field to units in the Pacific (Hawaii and
Korea) and move on to Europe, where Germany and Italy will receive the software for the first time.
By the end of 2014, 59 percent of GCSS-Army Wave 1 fielding will be complete. The fielding team
will maintain this rapid pace until Wave 1 ends in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015.
The fielding process includes a 180-day organizational change management period to prepare units
for the changeover to GCSS-Army. Every 30 days until the transition is complete, the unit and
fielding team have key events that must occur for fielding to continue.
These activities include site preparation, advanced lead user training, prerequisite web-based
3. training, lead user workshops, audience analysis, and data cleansing.
The organizational change management period provides units with ample time to prepare their
people, processes, and data for the conversion from their legacy STAMISs to the improved processes
and systems within GCSS-Army.
This is essential to the conversion since GCSS-Army has very strict input criteria for data entry and
improved work processes that mimic industry best practices.
After-action reviews from fielded units have highlighted the importance of a thorough and detailed
scrub of data before switching over to GCSS-Army. Valuable feedback is already helping to improve
the system for future units.
The GCSS-Army programming team has addressed many issues that were brought up during various
global updates, discovered during fielding and reported through the GCSS-Army help desk. Patches
to the system occur on a routine basis, addressing bugs and improving functionality based on this
important user input.
Wave 2 fielding will begin in fiscal year 2015 and run through the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2017.
During Wave 2, GCSS-Army will replace legacy maintenance, unit supply, property book, and
remaining finance and materiel management systems. These systems include the Property Book Unit
Supply Enhanced and Standard Army Maintenance System-Enhanced (SAMS-E).
The first GCSS-Army Wave 2 working-level integrated product team meetings with major Army
commands were held recently. Discussions included change management, data cleansing, site
preparation, future fielding planning, and implementation concerns.
TRAINING ON GCSS-ARMY
Training is a critical aspect of the implementation for complex systems such as ERPs. GCSS-Army
training has been implemented early in initial-entry training and professional military education to
ensure units have a robust knowledge base before they receive the system.
The Army introduced institutional training for GCSS-Army in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013 to
ensure users were prepared for the transition.
Both Warrant Officer Basic Course students and automated logistical specialists now receive GCSS-
Army training. SARSS and SAMS-E will be removed from programs of instruction beginning no later
than the third quarter of fiscal year 2014 and replaced with GCSS-Army training.
Since the Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing (SAP) enterprise application is the
ERP software powering GCSS-Army, the team is working to build a base of SAP-certified logisticians.
The Army Logistics University has partnered with Virginia State University to offer SAP certification
at Fort Lee, Va. Graduates of the course are providing valuable feedback on how the program can be
improved to meet future learning needs.
IMPACTS OF GCSS-ARMY
GCSS-Army will benefit the entire force. Affecting materiel management, property accountability,
unit supply functions, maintenance operations, and finance, GCSS-Army improves visibility and
4. accountability for users throughout the logistics pipeline.
As a single web-based solution that replaces multiple STAMISs, GCSS-Army allows universal
permission-
based access through a web browser worldwide. The system standardizes and simplifies sustainment
work processes and saves sustainment Soldiers' time.
With near-real-time access to transaction statuses, users can identify and solve problems almost as
soon as they occur. The many tools the ERP provides allow for detailed fill-rate analysis and
interactive adjustment capabilities that were not possible through previous solutions.
With Wave 2, maintenance records will be immensely improved, with all transactions recorded
throughout an item's entire life cycle.
Records will no longer be subject to loss during lateral transfers between units or when items enter
reset. Repair parts and supplies will be fully tracked; GCSS-Army allows for in-transit visibility of
shipments as they occur.
GCSS-Army also provides valuable tools for commanders and sustainment planners across Army
sustainment functions. It features unprecedented asset visibility and status information down to
individual modified table of organization equipment subparagraphs.
These individual organizational assets can be attached and detached in any way commanders
require. Concise reports provide commanders with the maintenance, supply, and monetary details
needed to make important decisions.
Feedback from units using GCSS-Army has been extraordinarily positive. Commanders, maintenance
managers, and accountants rave about how the system improves logistics processes within their
units. Maintenance supervisors appreciate the much greater visibility of transactional data, which
saves time and improves readiness.
Instead of "chasing data" through multiple sources, GCSS-Army provides a single source for logistics
readiness data. Coordination among sustainment functions is improved, with resource managers and
logisticians working together to facilitate operations.
The Army is well into fielding its future tactical logistics system. GCSS-Army replaces many legacy
STAMISs with one integrated web-based solution.
The ERP system greatly improves equipment management, parts and supply orders, and financial
auditability. It provides near-real-time visibility of equipment status in the supply pipeline, and
simplifies reporting of readiness and budget information across the chain of command. GCSS-Army
improves commanders' situational awareness, facilitating decisions using the latest information.
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Maj. Gen. Larry D. Wyche is the commanding general of the Combined Arms Support Command and
Sustainment Center of Excellence at Fort Lee, Va.
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5. This article was published in the May-June 2014 issue of Army Sustainment magazine.
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