Chapter 5: Medical Logistics Flashcards
What does the Medical Logistics Department provide
total logistic support to facilities, utilizing all facets of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Naval Supply System Command (NAVSUP), and Naval Medical Logistics Comand (NAVMEDLOGCOM)
What does logistics emcompass?
the acquisition, accouting, sustainment, and disposition of assets within the DoN
What are the standard organizational structure for Medical Logistic Departments that the Chief of BUMED established at all Naval Medical and Dental activities with logistics responsiblities?
.Purching and Contracting .Material reciept, storage, and issue .Supply inventory management .Equiptment Management Divisions .Biomedical Equiptment Maintenance Division .Central Processing and distribution .Health service contracting
What does Biomed do?
the division administers the medical/dental equiptment preventive and corrective maintenance programs
NAVSUP P-485
Naval Supply Systems Command Manual; establishes policies for operating and managing supply departments and activities
Volume 1 of NAVSUP P-485
Naval supply procedures, afloat
Volume 2 of NAVSUP P-485
naval supply procedures, supply appendices
Volume 3 of NAVSUP P-485
naval supply procedures, ashore
NAVSUP P-409
MILSTRIP/MILSTRAP Manual; responsible for origining and processing MILSTRIP/MILSTRAP documents
NAVMED P-5132
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Equipment Management Manual; provides equipment management procedures to include budgeting, funding acquisition, use, maintance, repair, redistribution, and disposal of equipment
what does Procurement mean
the act of obtaining materials or services
what does āContracting Authorityā mean?
refers to the dollar limitation and acquisition methods the command and purchasing agents are restricted to when placing government orders
Commitment
When approved funds have been approved and set aside by the fiscal officer for acquisition of goods and/or services
Obligation
when a qualified purchasing agent enters into a contractual agreement thereby obligation the government with a vendor for goods and/or services
Unauthorized commitment
when a government representative, lacking the authority to enter into a contract on behalf of the government, enters into an agreement with a vendor for goods and/or services
Ratification
the process in which an unauthorized commitment is reviewed by designated personnel
Procurement Administrative Lead Time(PALT)
the time it takes for the Purchasing Agent to place an order against a requisition
Priority Designator
a two digit number used by the customer to determine the urgency of the requistioned item
Required Delivery Date (RDD)
the date the material is required by the customer
Authorized Requistioner
A person designated in writing with signature authority to sign requistions for supplies and services, usually the Division Officer or Department Head
Micro Purchase
an aquisition of authorized supplies or services that do not exceed the current competitive threshold of $3000
Non-Procurement Offical
May place orders utilizing the government-wide commercial Purchace card for orders less than $3000 and no more than a cumulative total of $20,000 per year
SERVMART
a source for the purchase of non-medical administrative material, including cleaning gear
Federal Acquistion Regulation (FAR)
The primary regulation used by all Federal Executiv agencies in their acquistions of supplies and services with appropriated funds
Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS)
Regulations providing supplemental guidence to the FAR for DoD activities
Navy Acquisition Procedure Supplement (NAPS)
a document providing guidance to the FAR and DFARS for Navy contractingpersonnel in acquring goods and/or services
competitive threshold
requisitions exceeding the current competetive threshold of $3000 most recieve quotes from a minimum of 3 vendors, unless a valid sole source justification is provided
separation of functions
controls established to ensure the same person does not initiate, award, and recieve material
requistion
an order from an activity that is requesting material or services from another activity
bulk stock
material in full, unbroken containers avaliable for future use
consumable
supplies that are consumed or disposed of after use
Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)
the collection of multiple award contracts used by Federal Agencies,US territories, indian tribes and other specified entities to purchase supplies and services from outside vendors
controlled equipage
items of equipage/equipment that requre special management control because the material is essential for the mission or the protection of life, is relatively valuable, or easily converted to personal use
material
all supplies, repair parts, and equipage/equipment
Non-consumables
supplies and materials that are not consumed or disposed of after use
repair parts
any item that has an application and appears in an APL, SNL, ISL, Naval Ship System Command drawings, or a manufactures handbook
Standard Stock
material under the control of an inventory manager and identified by a Nation Item Identification Number (NIIN)
Operation Budget
the annual budget of an activity and is assigned by the CNO, Fiscal Management Division, to manage claimats
What happens to accounts at the end of each fiscal year?
athe the end of the 4th quarter, all accounts are balanced and closed; new expenditures are not authorized under appropriated funds are made available for the new fiscal year
what is the Federal Supply Classification (FSC) System designed to do
designed to permit the classification of all items of supply used by the federal government; the FSC is made up of 2 two-digit numeric codes: the federal supply group and the federal supply class
what does the federal supply group do?
the federal supply group identifies, by title, the commodity area covered by the classes within each group
Nation Stock Numbers
every item in the FSC is identified by a 13-digit stock number
operating level
indicates the quantity of material required to sustain operations during the interval between arrival of successive replinishment shipments, normally 7 days of supplies
safety level
indicates the quantity of an item, over and above the operating level, that should be maintained to ensure that operations will continue if replenishment supplies are not recieved on time or if there is an unpredictably heavy demand for supplies, generally 14 days of supply
stockage objective
indicates the minimum quantity of stock item that is required to support current operations. Sum of th eoperating level and the safety level
requistioning objective
indicates the maximum quantity of a stock item that should be kept on hand and on order to support operations. is the sum of the operating and safety levels
Re-Order Point (ROP)
the level at which a replinishment action is indicated
Order and Ship Times(OST)
Time elapsing between the initiation of stock replinishment action for an ithem of supply and the reciept of that item by the activity
DD Form 1149
Requisition and Invoice Shipping Document
When should controlled substance supply inventory be conducted
Conducted monthly
When should bulkhead-to-bulkhead supply inventory be conducted
conducted annually
Specific Commodity Inventory
Physical count of all items under the same cognizance symbol or frederal cupply class, or that support the same operation function
Special Material Inventories
Physical count of all items that, because of their physical characteristics, costs, or other reasons, are specifically designated for separate identification and inventory control
What is an example of both a specific commodity and a special material inventories?
Medical supplies
Spot Inventories
unscheduled type of physical inventory verifying existance of a specifice item
Department Inventories
the goal is to keep enough stock on hand to meet routine and peak demands while holding the financial investment to the minimum
How man inches below the sprinkler head must boxes be placed?
18 inches
Regardless of the type of receipt document, what must the end-use reciever do?
.date the document upon reciept
.circle the quantity accepted
.sign the document to indicate receipt
What two purposes does that Report of Discrepancy(ROD) serve
the customer is provided an exchange of items or financial reimbursement and the shipper is made aware
FIFO
first in,first out method
what is a suspended, or ājā, stock use for
to store material unsuitable for issue
NAVMED P-5132
contains instructions to the necessary datato be recorded for each item during an inventory, along with submission requirements
Authorized Medical Allowance List (AMAL)
is the basic source document used to sustain supply block management