007 - 263 - page 2 of an article with two picrutes describing the work and development of COD Bicetser.
page 2 of an article with two picrutes describing the work and development of COD Bicetser.
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| Access number | |
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| Copyright | |
| File | 263 |
| File 2 | |
| File key | 7263 |
| File MB 600 | 2.8 |
| File megabytes | 2.6 |
| File resolution | 300 |
| File resolution 600 | 300 |
| File size | 15 x 40 |
| Folder | 7 |
| Home loc | |
| ID | 658 |
| Object ID | RAO/56/46/2 |
| Object name | newspaper article |
| Other number | p 2 |
| Provenance | |
| Reverse | |
| Reverse 2 | |
| Reverse key | |
| Status | In Store |
| Status by | AJA |
| Updated | 2nd September 2015 |
| Updated by | AJA |
| X date | 1992 |
| Equipment registration mark (ERM) | |
| Full name | |
| Early date | 1992 |
| Late date | 1992 |
| Transcription |
NEWSCLIP / APCUT BICESTER ADVERTISER . 29 MAY 1992 W ** High - rise : a stacking shed where stores are picked by a fork - lift truck operator - three times a week , but by far the biggest " customer " is the British Army in Ger many , which even after re cent defence cutbacks has a daily , seven - day - a - week deliv ery . Low rise : workers wrap and label stores for dispatch rainbows . And what do you get at the end of a rainbow a pot of gold , " I was told . Some stores are collected by an operator driving an ad aptation of a fork - lift truck . Numbers guide him and he simply picks items from a bin . Stores are also divided into those that are needed on a regular , steady basis , to those that are moved fast . To cope with the fast mov ers often smallish items a revolving carousel type store was installed in one of the Sub Depots . Items come round on a vertical conveyor to just one operator . The carousel was chris tened The Pot of Gold , after one colonel in charge of the Sub Depot who was always looking for newer and more efficient ways of handling stores . " He was always chasing RAO / 56 / 46 / 2 - Many small items are wrapped and then go into a computerised conveyor belt that sends a parcel to the right location for packing up into larger containers . In general terms the Depot does run somewhat like a large supermarket chain . Ev erything is on a computer and the computer system knows when a particular stock item is running low and a reorder is necessary from manufacturers and suppliers . But unlike a supermarket chain say Sainsbury or Tesco the Depot has no bar - code system . 1 Donnington Depot has gone over to bar codes and that is obviously something for the future at Bicester . As someone remarked : " We are about 10 years be hind outside industry in stock control , partly through a lack of finance . " " And what of the future ? In the very long term the Depot might be concentrated at Graven Hill . After all , it is admitted the Depot built 50 years ago is larger than it needs to be for today . Donnington , being a comparatively newer depot , is more compact . But as an Army is only as good as its supply lines , there I will always be a role for Bi cester Central Ordnance De pot . |
