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MARADMIN 530/01
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC/L/LPV//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS TERMINATION OF THE DEFENSE EMERGENCY SUPPLY EXPERT
/SYSTEM (DESEX)//
REF/A/MARADMIN 222/01/CMC WASHINGTON DC/L/011500Z MAY 01//
REF/B/MARADMIN 459/01/CMC WASHINGTON DC/L/260101Z SEP 01//
NARR/REF A ANNOUNCED A LIST OF 32 SYSTEMS IDENTIFIED FOR TERMINATION
UNDER THE SYSTEMS REALIGNMENT AND CATEGORIZATION (SRAC) INTEGRATED
LOGISTICS CAPABILITY (ILC) INITIATIVE AND WAS DISTRIBUTED TO SOLICIT
INPUT FROM USERS. REF B WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL USERS, IDENTIFYING
SIX (6) OF THE 32 SYSTEMS FOR RETIREMENT IMMEDIATELY OR WITHIN THE
NEXT 12 MONTHS.//
POC/MS. CAROLE L. JONES/GM13/LPV/TEL:DSN 225-6138/COMM (703)695-6138//
RMKS/1. THE PURPOSE IS TO NOTIFY ALL MARINE CORPS DESEX CUSTOMERS OF
TERMINATION OF THE SUBJECT SYSTEM.
2. BACKGROUND:
A. BASED ON ANALYSIS OF THE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE SRAC CORE
TEAM, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT DESEX COULD BE TURNED OFF WITHOUT ADVERSE
IMPACT.
B. MARINE CORPS SYSTEM OWNERS AND CUSTOMERS AGREED THAT THE STOCK
CONTROL SYSTEM (SCS) WEB APPLICATION IS SUITABLE AS THE REPLACEMENT
SYSTEM PERFORMING THE SAME FUNCTIONS AS DESEX, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE TELEPHONE DIAL-IN TOUCH-TONE, E-MAIL, AND REQUISITION SUBMISSION
FUNCTIONALITIES.
3. INFORMATION. SCS HAS THE CAPABILITIES TO PERFORM WEB REQUISITION
SUBMISSION ACTIONS AND WILL BE ACTIVATED UPON RESOLUTION OF SEVERAL
POLICY ISSUES, BUT NOT LATER THAN 31 DEC 01. USERS CAN ACCESS THE SCS
SECURE WEB PAGE AND RETRIEVE ASSET POSTURE AND REQUISITION STATUS
INFORMATION BY USING THE WEBSITE: HTTPS:WWW.SCSWEB.DAY.DISA.MIL. MARINE
CORPS CUSTOMERS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS WEB PAGE IF THEY HAVE ACCESS
TO A COMPUTER CONFIGURED TO CONNECT TO THE MARINE CORPS DATA NETWORK
(MCDN) USING THE INTERNET WEB BROWSER FEATURE.
4. ACTION. THE MARINE CORPS USE OF THE DEFENSE EMERGENCY SUPPLY EXPERT
SYSTEM (DESEX) WILL BE TERMINATED 31 DEC 2001.
5. POC IS MS. SANDRA JEST, DESEX PROJ DIR, MARCORSYSCOM (APM-LIS),
ALBANY, GA, DSN 567-7209 OR COMM (229) 639-7209.//
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