Pilot of the Modern Army Recordkeeping System (MARKS) at Headquarters, U.S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky, January-December 1984

摘要

This report is an implementation of the findings from the final report Records Filing, Maintenance, and Disposition Systems Study developed for the Department of the Army and delivered 30 July 1981 by Calculon Corporation. This report studies the Pilot Program of the Modern Army Recordkeeping System (MARKS). When implemented in 1987 MARKS will replace The Army Functional Filing System (TAFFS). TAFFS was implemented in the early 1960's as a replacement for The War Department Decimal File System. TAFFS is based on an arbitrary numbering scheme, is very difficult to learn and administer, and is not suited for automation, MARKS is less complex, its base is the numbering scheme for Army administrative publications, and it is more amenable to automation. Development of this report, beginning with the need for and history of MARKS and concluding with data collection and recommendations from the Pilot, is contained in tabbed appendices. The body of this report contains the implementation of the Pilot Project at Headquarters, U.S. Army Armor Center and Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky, between January - December 1984.