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In 1998 the General Accounting Office (GAO) documented concerns
with the DoD’s management of its inventory of equipment.
GAO found that DoD’s inventory exceeded its war reserve
or current operating requirements but lacked key spare parts
based on inadequate accountability on material shipments and
ineffective monitoring of defective spare parts.
DoD needed a way to identify tangible assets individually that
would be globally unique and unambiguous, have the ability to
ensure data integrity and data quality throughout life, and
support multi-faceted business applications and users. This
approach is called Unique Identification (UID).
The Unique Identification (UID) Policy - established by the
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology
and Logistics – is the path to knowledge enablement in
the Defense Supply Chain.
UID became mandatory for all solicitations issued on or after
1 January 2004. Further refinements in the UID Policy established
the requirement to apply UID to all existing personal property
items in inventory, operational use, and all Government Furnished
Property.
UID requires the placement of an ISO 15434 compliant two-dimensional
data matrix barcode on every item DoD acquires as an end item
costing over $5,000.00 as well as those embedded items, components,
or sub-assemblies that are serially managed by DoD; critical
items; and items that are spared/repaired by DoD.
Unique Identification of Items is driven by an integrated set
of logistics, acquisition and financial requirements to track
and identify item information within the Defense Supply Chain.
Comprehensive registries of marked items will provide accurate
and accessible information about personal property that will
make acquisition, repair, and deployment of items faster and
more efficient.
UID Policy
is designed to help the defense community to:
• Achieve lower
life-cycle cost of item management
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Provide item visibility regardless of platform or "owner"
• Supply item
data necessary for top-level logistics and engineering analysis
• Provide
an accurate source for property and equipment valuation/accountability
• Improve
access to historical data for use during systems design and
throughout the life of an item
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Provide better item intelligence for the warfighter for
operational planning
•
Reduce workforce burden through increased productivity
and efficiency
For
additional information on the UID Policy, visit the official
UID
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