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��N4 Department �Inventory Pro Online (IPOL)�“How-to” Ordering Training 2024��

Prepared for CNRC by:

Thomas Ciapponi

N43 Division Director

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PROMO/RAD PURPOSE

Promotional Items (PROMOS)

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  • PROMO items, such as sports bottles, lanyards and travel mugs, etc. has proven to be an effective method of increasing Navy awareness

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  • Their intended purpose is to be given to prospective recruits, or to those who may influence prospective recruits. PROMOS items shall not be given to active duty members, or federal employees.

Recruiting Aid Devices (RADS) – Literature

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  • Display of RADS will be maintained in accordance with the highest standards of the United States Navy.

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  • New RADS will normally be distributed as an initial distribution to all pertinent account holders (NRDs, NRS, NORS, NRRS and NRORS).

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  • RADS will not be reproduced without proper authorization and reproduction instructions from NRC N95.

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Basic Orders: are for daily recruiting efforts, quantities and order price is limited to $400.00 max regardless of station size. Basic orders can be placed every 30 days.

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IPOL – ORDER TYPES

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Special Event Orders

  • Special Event Orders: are intended for larger events such as school fairs, career fairs, parades, air shows, fleet weeks, etc. Recruiter should submit requests as early as possible (at least 45 days) to allow for COC approval. Requests not approved 15 days before requested by date will be cancelled. Quantities are based by size of event and expected attendance orders might be adjusted as inventory permits.

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  • Your order will be cancelled by Admin If it has no justification of need. The following is what is required to be entered in the notes: Enter event name, expected number of attendees, and dates of events.

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  • When ordering RADS and PROMOS for large events the percentage and thought process is 10% of the people at the event may come to your table. So if you expect 3,000 to be in attendance. You should be requesting a total of 300 promotional items. We only should be giving 1 PROMO item per prospective Sailor.

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IPOL LOGON SCREEN

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Steps to place a Basic Order:

1. Click on Order Tab and new drop box will appear

2. From dropdown options select Basic or Special Event Order

3. Add quantities to your order to list of items

4. Save your order.

5. Review your order.

6. Place Order,

Once the order is submitted your Order Number can be found at the top left corner

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Additional Points On Basic Orders:

  • Duplicate line items are not permitted.
  • Inventory limits will be used on individual line items.
  • Total order price is limited to $400.00 max regardless of station size.
  • Orders that do not fit these parameters will be adjusted prior to processing.
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Steps to place a Special Event Order:

1.Click on Order Tab and new drop box will appear

2.Create New Special Event

3. Go back to dropdown options select Basic or Special Event Order

4. Select Special Event Order and associate with your RSID for ship to.

5. Add quantities to your order to list of items

6. Save your order, review and place Order

7. Make sure your deliver by date is greater than 45 days prior to event.

Once the order is submitted your Order Number can be found at the top left corner

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Special Event Field

Please use RSID.

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IPOL – SPECIAL EVENT ORDER

  • Deliver by date must be 30 after request date to allow processing
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☺ SHOW & TELL ☺

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Additional Points On Special Orders:

  • Duplicate line items will not be permitted.
  • Limits are based on current inventory levels on how much of an item can be ordered. Please do not request excessive quantities. Your NTAG has a limited budget that must last a full fiscal year.
  • Orders that do not fit these parameters will be adjusted prior to processing.
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Product packaging count

  • The below items should be ordered as follows.
  • RADS and stickers are packaged in packs of 25 and should be ordered by each pack.
  • PRO-03 Pen- Patriotic (Box of 100) 2 boxes max
  • PRO-06 Pencil – (Box of 100) 2 Boxes max
  • PRO-13 Stress Aircraft Carrier (10 pk) Order 10 Each, 20 Each, ETC any amount not in multiples of 10 will be rounded down to 10.
  • PRO-14 Stress Destroyer (10 pk) Order 10 Each, 20 Each, ETC any amount not in multiples of 10 will be rounded down to 10.
  • PRO-15 Stress F-18 (10 pk) Order 10 Each, 20 Each, ETC any amount not in multiples of 10 will be rounded down to 10.
  • PRO-16 Stress Submarine (10 pk) Order 10 Each, 20 Each, ETC any amount not in multiples of 10 will be rounded down to 10.
  • PRO-27A Stress Sports Balls (10 pk) Order 10 Each, 20 Each, ETC any amount not in multiples of 10 will be rounded down to 10.

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Recruiter Store Warehouse

Key Points / Audit Readiness:

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  • Call the Warehouse with any questions

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  • Plan Ahead- Warehouse does not ship the last 2 weeks of the Fiscal year that

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  • Reinforce the Standards

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  • Correct Address / Verification

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  • Updated Phone Numbers

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Recruiter Store Warehouse

Points of Contact

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  • Thomas Ciapponi, N43 Division Director

Phone: 901-874-9205

Fax: 901-874-7611

Email: thomas.r.ciapponi.civ@us.navy.mil

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Phone: 901-874-9355

https://footprints.cnrc.navy.mil/footprints/

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Mr. Thomas Ciapponi, N43

COM 901-874-9205

DSN 882-9205

thomas.r.ciapponi.civ@us.navy.mil

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