Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

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Surface Deployment andDistribution Command

• Two Dimensional Military Shipping Label
• (2DMSL)
• 25 January 2005

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Background

• The 2DMSL application was developed to provide,
  via the WEB, the capability for commercial
  carriers, agents, and contractors to generate
  standard two-dimensional military shipping labels
  for all Department of Defense (DOD) Personal
  Property shipments going through the Defense
  Transportation System (DTS) at the point of
  origin
• The 2DMSL application was fielded in Sep 03.

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Background (Contd)

• The 2DMSL customer base consist of 258 to include
  carriers, agents and contractors worldwide
• The 2DMSL application provides the users the
  capability to query an existing shipment record
  from a centralized SDDC database, enter ship
  date, total pieces, weight, cube and type pack
  information into the identified fields and print
  labels from a local printer. A second available
  option to generate the labels is to Create a
  Label From Scratch.

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2DMSL Application Benefits

• Eliminate the need for stenciling
• Accurate shipment data to Port Agent
• Data accessible via electronic scanners
• Follows International Standard Organization (ISO)
  Standards
• Original data is from TOPS sites
• Single signing in on application through SDDC ETA
• Create an accurate label even if shipment data is
  incorrect or missing by using the Scratch option

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2DMSL Access Procedures

• Electronic Transportation Acquisition (ETA)
• For those customers who want to have access to
  the 2DMSL application for first-time
  registrations only, need to log on the SDDC
  INTRANET, click on Access ETA Systems and
  Register for First Time

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2DMSL Usage

• - During FY 04 DOD moved 84,714 Code J shipments.
• - Carriers and agents accessed the 2DMSL
  application
• 15,600 times to produce military shipping
  labels.
• - The first year after the initial implementation
  the 2DMSL application was used 18 of the time.
• - One important aspect of this operation is that
  major carriers have their own label generators.
• - The primary users of the 2DMSL are those
  carrier that do not own their label generators.

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2DMSL LABEL
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SURFACE DEPLOYMENT ANDDISTRIBUTION COMMAND

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