ARN Integrated Retail Module (IRM) System at Ft. Bliss - Central Issue Facility (CIF) Local Tariff

摘要

This Final Technical Report (FTR) covers project work accomplished for the Apparel Research Network (ARN)/Customer Driven Uniform Manufacture (CDUM) project of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The overall project activities for this STP included implementation of all network infrastructure components of the ARN Virtual Item Manager-Integrated Retail Module (VIM-IRM) at Fort Bliss including the ARN Local Area Network (LAN) and Radio Frequency (RF) wireless communication ARN Server and associated workstations High Speed Internet communications Issue Scan Forms electronic document storage and hand held wireless (RF) terminals. In addition project activities included implementing the Issue Scan Forms and electronic document storage as Phase 1 of ARN VIM-IRM at the Central Issue Facility (CIF). The implementation of VIM-IRM was initially a research effort to demonstrate the capability to establish an environment where VIM-IRM was integrated through the ARN-LAN to provide simultaneous automated support to a Central Issue Facility for issue to deploying soldiers a Central Initial Issue Point (CIIP) for issue to recruits and a 3D Whole Body Scanner for obtaining body measurements of soldiers and translation of the same into sizing information for issue of clothing items and for building a local tariff.