Publication:Sea Talk Winter 2003/Uniforms on-line
by Emma Kelly
Corporate Service Infrastructure – Sydney Central (CSI-SC) Navy customers can now purchase shorts, caps, sandshoes and even buttons over the CSI-SC web site thanks to the creation of the first-ever Defence Navy On line Clothing Store.
Jointly developed by CSI-SC, HMAS Kuttabul Clothing Store and Serco Sedexho Defence Service (SSDS), the on-line store is a virtual' shopping' web site for Navy personnel featuring a personalised' shopping cart' and 'check out counter' so customers can purchase their goods on-line.
The main advantage of the Navy clothing store going on-line is they can now reach CSI-SC Navy customers at any given time. Military personnel are often very mobile - they could work isolated from the base or even in transit. By the Clothing store going on-line we are now even more flexible in meeting our mobile customers needs.
The on-line store will provide personnel with the extra convenience of making purchases from their own workplace, by using any computer with DRN access, without the need to attend a base clothing store. As with the current Mail Order Clothing System, orders placed through the on-line site are sent by Fleet Mail.
To order goods, Navy customers select the item/s they wish to purchase from the drop-down menus, click on 'Your Shopping Cart' and proceed to the 'Checkout'. Navy personnel then provide their own personal details and commit to the order.
Payment for purchases will be deducted from Navy members pay. Once the order is filled and mailed, an email is sent detailing what was supplied and the cost. Cheques are also accepted. For additional help, Navy customers can click on the 'Help on Shopping' link.
The initiative comes at a time when Defence is moving towards e-business as an option for workplace administration and commerce.
Current Navy policy precludes purchasing items that do not reflect the Compulsory Kit Lists within the Scales of Entitlement, or otherwise permitted as optional clothing in the Dress Manual. Restrictions on the quantities of items that may be purchased at any one time also apply.
To find out more information please contact
Rachel Hickling on (02) 9377 2002 or
Trevor Aldred on (02) 93592361.
