DoDM 4140.26 Volume 1, DoD Integrated Materiel Management for Consumable Items: Item Management Code Assignment, June 10, 2021

DOD MANUAL 4140.26, VOLUME 1

OD INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGEMENT FOR

CONSUMABLE ITEMS: ITEM MANAGEMENT CODE ASSIGNMENT

Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

Effective: June 10, 2021

Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website

at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.

Reissues and Cancels: DoD Manual 4140.26, Volume 1, “DoD Integrated Materiel Management

(IMM) for Consumable Items: Operating Procedures for Item

Management Coding (IMC),” September 24, 2010, as amended

Incorporates and Cancels: DoD Manual 4140.26, Volume 2, “DoD Integrated Materiel Management

(IMM) for Consumable Items: Item Management Coding (IMC) Criteria,”

September 24, 2010, as amended

DoD Manual 4140.26, Volume 3, “DoD Integrated Materiel Management

(IMM) for Consumable Items: Item Management Coding (IMC)

Application,” September 24, 2010, as amended

Approved by: Paul Cramer, Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

for Sustainment

Purpose: This manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. In

accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5135.02 and DoD Instruction 4140.01:

• This manual provides requirements and procedures for integrated materiel managers and others who

work within or with the DoD supply system to:

o Determine if an item qualifies for integrated materiel management (IMM).

o Submit and process supply support requests and logistics assignments.

• This volume assigns responsibilities and prescribes uniform guidance for IMM actions applicable to

consumable items and for assigning item management codes (IMCs) to consumable items.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: GENERAL ISSUANCE INFORMATION .............................................................................. 3

1.1. Applicability. .................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 2: RESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................... 4

2.1. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment (ASD(S)). ............................................. 4

2.2. DoD Component Heads. ................................................................................................... 4

2.3. Secretaries of the MILDEPS and Director, DLA. ............................................................ 4

2.4. Administrators of Participating U.S. Government Civil Agencies. .................................. 5

SECTION 3: IMM PROCEDURES ....................................................................................................... 6

3.1. IMM. ................................................................................................................................. 6

3.2. Supply Support Processes and Transactions. .................................................................... 6

3.3. Data Recording. ................................................................................................................ 7

SECTION 4: IMC ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES .................................................................................. 8

4.1. Initial IMC Assignment. ................................................................................................... 8

4.2. Item Management. ............................................................................................................ 9

4.3. IMC Changes. ................................................................................................................... 9

4.4. Interchangeable and Substitutable (I&S) Items. ............................................................. 12

SECTION 5: IMC APPLICATION PROCEDURES ................................................................................ 13

5.1. Consistent IMM. ............................................................................................................. 13

5.2. Designated Integrated Materiel Managers. ..................................................................... 13

5.3. IMC changes. .................................................................................................................. 14

GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................... 16

G1. Acronyms ........................................................................................................................ 16

G.2. Definitions. ..................................................................................................................... 16

REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 24

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SECTION 1: GENERAL ISSUANCE INFORMATION

1.1. APPLICABILITY.

This volume applies to:

a. OSD, the Military Departments (MILDEPs), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint

Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of

the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other

organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this issuance as the “DoD

Components”).

b. Non-DoD U.S. Government civil agencies participating in the Federal Catalog Program

and using the Federal Catalog System for consumable item management, referred to collectively

in this volume as “participating U.S. Government civil agencies,” but only when and to the

extent they adopt the conditions, terms, and requirements of this manual.

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SECTION 2: RESPONSIBILITIES

2.1. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SUSTAINMENT (ASD(S)).

Under the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and

Sustainment, the ASD(S):

a. Oversees the uniform application of guidance for IMM processes dealing with IMC

assignment and related actions applicable to consumable items as described in Table 77 of

Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards.

b. Establishes integrated materiel management processes for items to reduce redundant

materiel and provide timely supply support to customers.

c. Determines the appropriate organization to provide integrated management for items

based on reviews and recommendations from the Integrated Materiel Management Committee

(IMMC) chair in accordance with Volume 3 of DoD Manual (DoDM) 4140.01.

d. Receives and reviews IMM item-designation requests from the MILDEPS.

e. Provides direction to the DoD Components for registering items approved for IMM in the

Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) database to reflect Defense Logistics Agency

(DLA) or General Services Administration (GSA) as the appropriate integrated materiel

manager.

2.2. DOD COMPONENT HEADS.

The DoD Component heads:

a. Implement the procedures in this volume to establish integrated materiel management

processes for consumable items to:

(1) Reduce redundant materiel.

(2) Provide timely supply support to customers.

b. Prepare intra-agency implementing instructions.

c. Provide uniform management of consumable items as part of the Federal Catalog

Program.

2.3. SECRETARIES OF THE MILDEPS AND DIRECTOR, DLA.

In addition to the responsibilities in Paragraph 2.2., the Secretaries of the MILDEPs; and, under

the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and

Sustainment, the Director, DLA:

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a. Conduct demand and supply planning that optimizes supply chain resources to meet

established support strategies and employ collaboration between support providers and their

customers in relation to IMM.

b. Structure internal IMM procedures to provide responsive, consistent, and reliable supply

support to the warfighter during peacetime and war.

c. Adopt or adapt best commercial business practices when such practices will contribute to

improved IMM performance and reduced total life-cycle systems cost.

d. Maintain:

(1) IMM program control and visibility for submitting and processing supply support

requests (SSRs) and logistics assignments.

(2) Materiel management program control and visibility of the item management coding.

e. Provide advice and assistance to the ASD(S) with IMM that:

(1) Eliminates duplication in the wholesale management of consumable items.

(2) Assigns the integrated materiel manager through the assignment of appropriate IMCs

as described in Table 77 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards.

f. Implement the procedures of this volume to integrate materiel management, reduce

redundant inventories, and provide timely supply support to customers.

g. Submit requests through the IMMC chair to the ASD(S) for approval to establish an IMC

or change an assigned IMC or designated materiel manager.

h. Establish a designated materiel manager for consumable items by federal supply

classification (FSC) based on direction from the ASD(S).

i. Coordinate item requirements with the designated materiel manager.

j. Negotiate and coordinate IMC assignment and application.

k. Conduct physical inventory processes for materiel in accordance with DoD Instruction

4140.73.

2.4. ADMINISTRATORS OF PARTICIPATING U.S. GOVERNMENT CIVIL

AGENCIES.

The administrators of participating U.S. Government civil agencies implement the procedures in

this volume, to provide uniform management of consumable items as part of the Federal Catalog

Program.

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SECTION 3: IMM PROCEDURES

3.1. IMM.

a. In accordance with Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 9 of DoDM 4140.01, DoD Components and

participating U.S. Government civil agencies:

(1) Use standard materiel management procedures for DoD IMM.

(2) Maintain optimum levels of materiel accountability, control, and asset visibility over

consumable items.

(3) Process IMM of cryptology and nuclear ordnance items in accordance with this

issuance, except as modified by Defense Threat Reduction Agency or National Security Agency

instructions.

(4) Collaborate with customers and support providers on IMM requirements, processes,

programs, and systems.

(5) Consider all item costs and implement IMM processes that minimize DoD

investment in items during requirements determination, procurement, distribution, overhaul,

repair, and disposal of materiel.

b. In accordance with DoDM 4140.70 and Volumes 5 and 7 of DoDM 4140.01, DoD

Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies incorporate modern technologies

into materiel management processes to:

(1) Handle materiel management information.

(2) Automatically identify items in storage and movement.

(3) Analyze process improvements.

(4) Provide better product support for weapon systems.

3.2. SUPPLY SUPPORT PROCESSES AND TRANSACTIONS.

The DoD Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies:

a. Execute supply support processes and transactions with uniform application of DoD-wide

IMC criteria and procedures for IMM applicable to all consumable items that are subject to IMC.

b. Submit IMC transactions to DLA for processing and recording.

c. Develop and coordinate schedules for logistics assignment or reassignment actions to

eliminate duplication in the management of consumable items using the procedures in Volume 2

of this manual.

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d. Process SSRs and notify non-registered participants of a repetitive demand item when the

participant is not recorded as a user of the repetitive demand item in the FLIS database in

accordance with Volume 4 of this manual.

3.3. DATA RECORDING.

The DoD Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies:

a. Eliminate duplication in the wholesale management of consumable items in accordance

with this manual.

b. Assign the appropriate integrated materiel manager through the application of approved

IMC criteria.

c. Record the data elements and requirements necessary to ensure effective management

control of consumable item data reporting and auditing in accordance with Volume 3 of this

manual.

d. Interface with the FLIS and other DoD standard systems in accordance with

DoDM 4100.39 and Volume 2 of Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25.

e. Provide financial management of consumable items, both wholesale and retail, in

accordance with Volume 3 of this manual.

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SECTION 4: IMC ASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES

4.1. INITIAL IMC ASSIGNMENT.

a. The DoD Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies:

(1) Determine the appropriate IMC for all items assigned a national stock number

(NSN), items requiring an NSN assignment, and new items entering the DoD supply system:

(a) According to the procedures in DoDM 4100.39.

(b) Based on the item titles, descriptions, and definitions for each IMC listed in

Table 77 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards.

(2) Assign the appropriate IMC to all consumable items based on the item description in

Table 77 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards and the item

information in the FLIS database.

(a) Apply the appropriate IMC based on a review of item characteristics as each item

enters the DoD supply system and is cataloged in the FLIS database.

(b) Coordinate item requirements with the designated materiel manager as identified

in Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards.

(3) Assign the integrated management of consumable items to the designated item

manager:

(a) Based on the IMC specified for each item in the FLIS database using the IMCs

described in Table 77 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards.

(b) By FSC listed in Chapter 2 of Volume 13 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction

Standards.

b. The IMMC:

(1) Recommends the assignment of materiel management responsibilities to a single

materiel manager for items that:

(a) Require specific management controls.

(b) Affect a DoD Component’s mission requirements.

(d) Are identified for removal from DoD materiel management either through

attrition or disposal and will not be procured in the future.

(2) Submits materiel management recommendations to the ASD(S) for approval.

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4.2. ITEM MANAGEMENT.

a. DLA and the GSA provide integrated materiel management of items as designated by

IMC, in accordance with the procedures in DoDM 4100.39.

b. The MILDEPs:

(1) Provide materiel management of items as designated by IMC, in accordance with the

procedures in DoDM 4100.39.

(2) Retain management of IMC “D” coded end items:

(a) As described in Table 77 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction

Standards.

(b) Which require premium and comprehensive supply management attention.

(3) Link buy requirements directly to unit allowance for IMC “D” coded end items.

c. The inventory control points (ICPs) manage IMC “E” coded depot level reparable items to

include:

(1) Processing the repair of recoverable items in the repair pipeline at or below the depot

level.

(2) Accounting for the total quantity of IMC “E” depot level reparable items in use by

operating forces and in stock below the depot level.

(3) Controlling purchase quantities, accounting for items, processing carcass returns, and

tracking repair times.

4.3. IMC CHANGES.

a. DLA provides the MILDEPS with a listing of IMC “J” coded items, on a quarterly basis,

to support MILDEP quarterly item coding reviews and engineering reviews every 2 years.

b. The MILDEPs:

(1) Submit requests to DLA for changes to the management of items unique to a weapon

system. These requests must include the contract number, vendor identification, and weapon

system assignment of the items which will be assigned to a contractor for item management.

(2) Coordinate item management changes with DLA and GSA to determine if:

(a) The same item is currently in use and assigned to an organization for

management.

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(b) An acceptable substitute item is currently in use and assigned to an organization

for management.

(3) Retain management of all items assigned IMC “Q” that require special waivers and

that are assigned with either:

(a) Demilitarization code “P” for materiel classified in the interest of National

security (e.g., Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret) in accordance with Volume 2 of

DoDM 4160.28; or

(b) Demilitarization code “G” for ammunition and explosives that must be rendered

explosive-free prior to transfer of accountability and physical custody to a disposal activity in

accordance with Volume 2 of DoDM 4160.28.

(4) Conduct a quarterly review of DLA listings of items assigned IMC “J” to verify that

each item is correctly coded with IMC “J.”

(5) Conduct an engineering review of items assigned IMC “J” that have unstable designs

every 2 years, and:

(a) Recode the items as stable or confirm the unstable items’ continued design

instability due to:

1. Frequent requirement changes.

2. Ongoing configuration changes.

3. Ongoing efforts to identify alternative sources of supply or alternative items to

fulfill customer requirements.

4. Unresolved safety hazards.

5. Unresolved quality discrepancies or test failures.

6. Other factors that impact the stability of item requirements.

(b) Submit the engineering review results for each item assigned IMC “J” to the

IMMC chair, including a justification for any item retained in IMC “J” as a result of:

1. Item sources, whether controlled or purchased to a manufacturer’s part

number.

2. Item review requirements based on frequency of changes.

3. Configuration change progress or completion.

4. Efforts underway to identify other items or sources to replace the current item

or sources.

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5. Safety hazards, if any, that are under investigation as a potential contributor to

an accident.

6. Investigations that are underway due to repetitive quality discrepancy reports

or test failures.

7. Other reasons that can affect the stability of the item’s design.

(6) Assign the appropriate IMC for stable items or confirm IMC “J” assigned items’

continued instability, as necessary, by submitting requests to the IMMC with descriptions based

on engineering reviews.

(7) Execute a logistics reassignment using the procedures from Volume 2 of

DoDM 4140.26 for changes that involve consumable items coded IMC “B”:

(a) That are anticipated to be managed by a contractor under a performance-based

logistics (PBL) or contract logistics support (CLS) memorandum of agreement or contract.

(b) That will become common to another MILDEP weapon system to DLA or GSA

at the time of the next contract renewal.

or memorandum of agreement.

(8) Support items that are included in a PBL or CLS memorandum of agreement or

contract until such time as the items are no longer part of a PBL or CLS memorandum of

agreement or contract and can be processed for a logistics reassignment.

(9) Screen all nuclear ordnance items in accordance with DoDM 4100.39 using the IMC

assignment process.

(a) Assign MILDEP-designed and quality-controlled nuclear ordnance items to the

appropriate organization for management.

(b) Assign controlled items bearing commercial and government entity codes 57991,

67991, and 77991 to Army, Navy, and Air Force respectively. Do not assign an IMC to items

bearing commercial and government entity codes 57991, 67991, or 77991.

c. MILDEPs may submit a request for a change in item management from DLA or GSA for

IMM to MILDEP management by sending a request package through the IMMC to the ASD(S)

with:

(1) A list of the items for which an item management change is requested, together with

supporting documentation describing the nature of the weapon system or acquisition programs,

types of items, and the reasons why changing the item’s (or items’) management should be

considered.

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(2) A description of the requested change(s) in management controls and any further

explanation considered appropriate to the recommendation for MILDEP item manager.

(3) A description of the weapon system or acquisition program.

(4) A brief description of the impact to the respective MILDEP mission that establishes a

requirement for an item to be managed by a MILDEP as an IMC “Q” coded item with a waiver

from assignment to an IMM.

(5) Modification documents or the applicable time compliance technical order with

directions to modify, alter, or use conversion sets or kits that are planned for a one-time-use

application.

d. The IMMC reviews the engineering reviews results in MILDEP requests to act as the

designated materiel manager for an IMC “J” coded item with an unstable design and determines

whether it is appropriate to either:

(1) Recode the item as stable; or

(2) Confirm the item’s unstable design as documented in the MILDEP engineering

review.

4.4. INTERCHANGEABLE AND SUBSTITUTABLE (I&S) ITEMS.

In accordance with Volumes 2 and 3 of DoDM 4140.01 and DoDM 4100.39:

a. For items in an I&S family, the IMM or item manager assigns:

(1) All NSNs in a generic I&S family to the same IMC.

(2) A new item to DLA or GSA if DLA or GSA manages the master I&S item or an item

related to a new item.

b. If an item manager manages the master I&S item or an item related to a new item, new

items are assigned to:

(1) The current item manager only if that item manager has a requirement for the new

item.

(2) The item manager introducing or proposing an I&S item if the existing item manager

has no requirement for the I&S item.

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SECTION 5: IMC APPLICATION PROCEDURES

5.1. CONSISTENT IMM.

a. Materiel managers assign IMCs to achieve consistent IMM of consumable items.

b. Integrated materiel managers provide supply support for those items assigned to them for

all MILDEPs and participating U.S. Government civil agencies.

c. DLA maintains tables that list the IMMC approved materiel manager for each FSC in

Chapter 2 of Appendix 13-2-A of Volume 13 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards

using the activity codes in Table 104 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and Transaction

Standards.

d. Materiel managers submit or record the IMC and item management coding activity on

user registration records in all FSCs for IMC actions reflecting the data elements indicated in

DoDM 4100.39 and the FLIS Technical Procedures.

e. The DoD Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies:

(1) Submit requests for cataloging actions to the designated integrated materiel manager:

(a) When supply support is required for an NSN-assigned item that is currently

managed by a non-integrated materiel manager activity.

(b) To record the MILDEP’s or agency’s management responsibility.

(2) Assign the IMC using the procedures in Section 3 of this issuance

(3) Submit an SSR and requests for cataloging actions for an item, along with the

appropriate document identifier code, to the appropriate integrated materiel manager for an NSN

item that is currently managed by DLA or GSA.

f. Integrated materiel managers submit cataloging action to DLA to record changes or

updates to:

(1) An integrated materiel manager management responsibility.

(2) The user registration records in the FLIS database.

5.2. DESIGNATED INTEGRATED MATERIEL MANAGERS.

Designated integrated materiel managers provide supply support for assigned items to all

MILDEPs and participating U.S. Government civil agencies. Designated integrated materiel

managers are:

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a. DLA for:

(1) Equipment, instruments, and supplies designed for use in MILDEP medical, dental,

or veterinary programs within any FSC and assignment of an IMC for applicable items in

FSCs 6630, 6640, 8820, and 9410.

(2) Clothing and textile and subsistence items, except for those items approved on a

case-by-case basis by the ASD(S) for MILDEP retention for item management or GSA IMM.

An IMC is not established for items in these FSCs.

(3) Liquid propellants and fuels, petroleum base in FSC 9130, and fuel oils in FSC 9140.

An IMC is not established for materiel in FSCs 9130 and 9140.

b. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and National Security Agency for single-agency

managed communications security signal intelligence items identified in the FLIS database with

IMC “F.”

c. The National Security Agency for single-agency managed design-controlled crypto

materiel that is managed by appropriate cryptology activities. The MILDEP furnished crypto

materiel is not identified as National Security Agency single-agency managed materiel with IMC

“F” in the FLIS database.

d. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command for all items unique to the mobile

subscriber equipment system, regardless of FSC, identified in the FLIS database with IMC “Q.”

5.3. IMC CHANGES.

a. The DoD Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies submit requests

to change item information and item management designations for items in the FLIS database in

accordance with DoDM 4100.39, FLIS Technical Procedures, and the Cataloging Data and

Transaction Standards.

b. Integrated materiel managers or item managers initiate requests for IMC changes to:

(1) Classification of an item with an initial FSC classification, reclassification, or

retroactive classification in the FLIS database.

(2) Management of items to or from:

(a) DLA or GSA for integrated materiel management.

(b) An organization other than DLA or GSA for item management.

(3) Item users with the addition of a new item user or deletion of an item user.

(4) Supply support requirements from the integrated materiel manager for a national item

identification number, e.g.:

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(a) Assign items or reinstate item assignment.

(b) Provision new items.

(d) Initiate support from DLA, GSA, or an ICP.

(5) Activate or reactivate an NSN in the FLIS database.

(6) Revise, update, or delete item information in the FLIS database.

(7) Provisioning supply support requirements.

c. Integrated materiel managers or item managers submit the data elements identified in

DoDM 4100.39, the Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards, and the FLIS Technical

Procedures with the request for changes.

d. DLA works with the integrated materiel managers and item managers to:

(1) Review the requests for changes, verify data, and verify authorities for the changes to

the item information in the FLIS database.

(2) Input the codes into the FLIS for the IMC actions to make the changes to the item

information in the FLIS database.

(3) Coordinate changes with item users.

e. DLA processes the item information changes into the FLIS database.

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GLOSSARY

G1. ACRONYMS

CRONYM

EANING

ASD(S)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment

CLS

contract logistics support

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DoDM

DoD manual

FLIS

Federal Logistics Information System

FSC

federal supply classification

GSA

General Service Administration

I&S

interchangeable and substitutable

ICP

inventory control point

IMC

item management code

IMM

integrated materiel management

IMMC

Integrated Materiel Management Committee

MILDEP

Military Department

NSN

national stock number

PBL

performance-based logistics

SSR

supply support request

G.2. DEFINITIONS.

Unless otherwise noted, these terms and their definitions are for the purpose of this issuance.

ERM

EFINITION

carcass

Reparable part that can be rebuilt or repaired.

cataloging

The process of uniformly identifying, describing, classifying,

numbering, and publishing information in the Federal Catalog

System for all items repetitively procured, stored, issued, or used by

DoD Components and participating U.S. Government civil agencies.

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ERM

EFINITION

commercial and

government entity

code

A 5-digit code that combines the FSC for manufacturers and the FSC

for non-manufacturers of the end items or parts.

consumable item

An item (except explosive ordnance and end items) that is normally

expended or used up beyond recovery in the use for which it is

designed or intended.

CLS

Commercial sources of supply where customer requirements are

satisfied through a contractor that performs logistics functions such

as materiel management, engineering, maintenance, and

procurement.

consumer

A customer that uses materiel to accomplish assigned responsibilities.

customer

An organization that consumes materiel through the DoD supply

chain.

demilitarization code

“F”

Code listed in Table 38 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and

Transaction Standards for munitions list items (security-classified

items) that require declassification, and any other required

demilitarization, and removal of any sensitive markings or

information prior to accountability or physical transfer. This

demilitarization code cannot be assigned to ammunition, explosive,

and dangerous articles items.

demilitarization code

“G”

Codes listed in Table 38 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and

Transaction Standards for munitions list items that require

demilitarization for ammunition, explosive, and dangerous articles.

Demilitarization, and, if required, declassification or removal of

sensitive marking or information, are accomplished prior to physical

transfer. This code is used for all ammunition, explosive, and

dangerous articles items including those which also require

declassification or removal of sensitive markings or information.

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ERM

EFINITION

depot

A logistics organization that provides supply management,

maintenance, and distribution functions for materiel requiring major

overhaul or a complete rebuilding of parts, assemblies,

subassemblies, and end items, including the manufacture of parts,

modification, testing, and reclamation, as required. Supports retail

supply, organizational, and intermediate maintenance activities with

extensive warehouses, storage, shop facilities, and personnel of

higher technical skill than normally available at lower organizational

levels such as retail supply or maintenance organizations on a single

installation.

depot-level reparable

An item that is designated for repair at depot-level, or that is

designated for repair below the depot-level for which condemnation

authority must be exercised by the cognizant depot-level repair

activity.

document identifier

codes

Materiel management codes, listed in Table 105, Volume 10 of the

Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards, for input and output

transactions to and from the FLIS database with breakouts of the

mandatory and optional information.

end item

A final combination of end products, component parts, or materiel

that is ready for its intended use, e.g., ship, tank, mobile machine

shop, or aircraft.

Federal Catalog

Program

A government-wide program to provide a uniform system of item

identification; preclude or eliminate different identifications of like

items; reveal interchangeability among items; aid in parts

standardization; facilitate intra- and inter-departmental logistics

support; and improve materiel management and military

effectiveness by promoting efficiency and economy in logistics

operations.

Federal Catalog

System

A Federal program that the DoD administers in conjunction with the

GSA. It names, describes, classifies, and numbers each item the U.S.

Government repetitively uses, buys, stocks, or distributes so that only

one distinctive combination of letters and numerals identifies the

same item throughout the U.S. Government.

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ERM

EFINITION

FLIS

A management system designed to collect, store, process, and

provide item-related logistics information. The comprehensive

government-wide system used to catalog, assign stock numbers, and

maintain and distribute logistics information for items of supply. The

FLIS represents the common data system that provides the item

information in a database reflected in the Federal Catalog System.

FSC

A system by which all items of personal property that are used by all

participating activities are classified. FSC contains groups and

classes of commodities with emphasis on the items known to be in

participating activities’ supply systems. This classification system is

based on current as well as anticipated management needs.

The FSC structure is modified as the needs of management change by

the addition of newly developed groups and classes, the subdivision

of existing classes, and the revision of definitions of classes.

The uniform FSC is governed by daily management

requirements and provides uniform management categories

throughout Services and participating agency and participating

countries organizations, functions, operations, and supply pipelines.

It permits greater uniformity within and between the

participating activities in the operations of reporting, accounting,

financial management, materiel management control, and budgeting.

Classification descriptions and codes, listed in Chapter 2 of

Volume 13, Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards, are used to

identify the organization with designated materiel management

responsibilities for an item.

ICP

An organizational unit or activity within the DoD supply system

assigned the primary responsibility for the materiel management of a

group of items either for a particular MILDEP or for the DoD as a

whole. In addition to materiel manager functions, an ICP may

perform other logistics functions for a MILDEP or for an end item

(e.g., centralized computation of retail requirements levels and

engineering tasks associated with weapon system components).

IMC

Codes listed in Table 77 of Volume 10 of the Cataloging Data and

Transaction Standards that are assigned to items of supply in FSCs

that identify the organization responsible for IMM.

IMC transactions

Transactions with item information for the execution of supply

support processes and IMC assignment in the FLIS.

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IMM

Materiel management responsibility that is integrated to eliminate

duplicate national materiel management functions for those

consumable items that are used by more than one DoD Component or

participating U.S. Government civil agency. The integrated

management responsibility is assigned to an activity or agency for the

DoD and participating U.S. Government civil agencies. IMM

responsibilities include requirements determination, procurement,

distribution, materiel overhaul and repair, and disposal of materiel.

I&S item

An item that possesses such functional and physical characteristics as

to be equivalent in performance, reliability, and maintainability to

another item of similar or identical purpose; and that is capable of

being exchanged for the other item without alteration of the items

themselves or of adjoining items, except for adjustment. Designation

as an I&S item establishes conditions that permit the exchange of one

item for another without affecting design or performance beyond

acceptable limits.

I&S family

A group of items that possess physical and functional characteristics

to provide comparable performance for a given requirement under

given conditions. This applies when two or more items are related

and have an interchangeable and substitutable relationship with

another. The head of the family is called the master item, i.e., an

item is a suitable substitute with an interchangeable and substitutable

relationship with every member of the family.

item

The individual items (units) included in a category of items identified

by an NSN with the same form, fit, and function. The individual

items (units) included in a category could be manufactured by

multiple sources.

logistics assignment

The assignment of IMM responsibilities to a materiel manager.

logistics

reassignment

The transfer of IMM responsibilities from one materiel manager to

another.

materiel

All items necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and support military

activities without distinction as to their application for administrative

or combat purposes, excluding real property, installations, and

utilities. Materiel is either serviceable (i.e., in an issuable condition)

or unserviceable (i.e., in need of repair to make it serviceable).

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materiel

management

The phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging,

demand and supply planning, requirements determinations,

procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel.

materiel manager

An organization that is assigned materiel management

responsibilities for the DoD and participating U.S. Government civil

agencies. The term includes wholesale materiel managers as well as

retail materiel managers. Materiel manager responsibilities include

managing, cataloging, demand and supply planning, determining and

defining requirements, and performing activities such as

procurement, distribution, overhaul and repair of reparable materiel,

and disposal of materiel. Responsibility for physical inventory

processes remains with the materiel managers who physically have

the items in accordance with DoD Instruction 4140.73.

mobile subscriber

equipment system

A system that provides communication support for the United States

Army.

national item

identification

number

The last 9 digits of the NSN that differentiates each individual supply

item from all other supply items. The first 2 digits signify the

National Codification Bureau that assigned the national item

identification number, while the last 7 digits are not significant and

are sequentially assigned in the FLIS. All U.S. manufactured items

have a National Codification Bureau Code of “00” (cataloged before

1975) or “01” (cataloged in 1975 or later).

participating U.S.

Government civil

agencies

Non-DoD Federal agencies participating with the DoD Components

in the Federal Catalog Program and using the Federal Catalog System

for a uniform system of item identification; but only when and to the

extent the agencies adopt the terms of this issuance.

PBL

Outcome-oriented logistics approach that establishes outcome

performance goals of weapon systems, ensures that responsibilities

are assigned, provides incentives for attaining these goals, and

facilitates the overall life cycle management of system reliability,

supportability, and total ownership costs. The objective is to

optimize the total system availability while minimizing cost and

logistics footprint. The outcomes are the result of many products and

processes acting towards a common purpose. Trade-off decisions are

made between factors such as costs, useful service life, and

effectiveness.

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physical inventory

The process of physically counting DoD-owned assets in order to

verify the on-hand DoD-owned assets match the current record

balances with documentation of events such as receipts, shipments,

inventory adjustments and changes to condition, ownership, or

location. The emphasis is on inventory processes that produce an

accurate accountability of DoD-owned assets with a full

reconciliation to the financial statements in accordance with DoD

Instruction 4140.73.

provisioning

The management process of determining and acquiring the range and

quantity of support items necessary to operate and maintain an end

item for an initial period of service.

repetitive demand

Two or more item requisitions recorded within a 180-day period on

items where the participant is not recorded as a user of the item in the

FLIS database.

retail

Supply organizations at the consumer level for the purpose of directly

providing materiel to ultimate users or at the intermediate or region

level for the purpose of supplying consumer levels or ultimate users

in a geographic area.

single-agency

Items that are controlled by a single agency for all Federal

applications and designated for single-agency item management with

IMC “F” in the FLIS database, e.g., the Defense Threat Reduction

Agency and National Security Agency are designated as the single-

agencies for managing all Federal applications of communications

security signal intelligence items identified in the FLIS database with

IMC “F.”

single materiel

manager

The DoD Component assigned to coordinate item development,

management plans, actions, and system lifecycle requirements for all

DoD Components, including: acquisition, engineering, production,

configuration management, quality assurance, product improvement,

publications, provisioning, supply support, depot level maintenance

training and support equipment, depot maintenance or overhaul,

testing, technical data, and field engineering services, packaging

handling, storage, transportability, and transportation.

SSR

A transaction identifying requirements for supply support that is

submitted to the integrated materiel manager by the organization

introducing materiel or a weapon system.

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stable items

Items for which configuration and designs are complete, safety

hazards and quality discrepancies are resolved, and sources of supply

and requirements established.

supply support

Materiel management actions to acquire sufficient stock for an

organization through provisioning, distribution, and replenishment of

materiel.

time compliance

technical orders

Documents with instructions to restrict use of an item, conduct a

special one-time inspection, and modify an item within a specified

time-frame.

unstable item

Configuration and designs are not complete, safety hazards and

quality discrepancies are not resolved, or sources of supply and

requirements are not identified or established.

user

An organization registered in the FLIS as a customer for an item with

an authorized requirement for a specified quantity of an item.

wholesale

DoD supply organizations that procure, repair, and maintain stocks to

resupply the retail levels of supply.

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REFERENCES

Cataloging Data and Transaction Standards, dates vary by volume

Federal Logistics Information System Technical Procedures, dates vary by volume

Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 2, “Defense Logistics Management Standards:

Supply Standards and Procedures,” June 5, 2012, as amended

DoD Directive 5135.02, “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment

(USD(A&S)),” July 15, 2020

DoD Instruction 4140.01, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Policy,” March 6, 2019

DoD Instruction 4140.73, “Asset Physical Accountability Policy,” June 4, 2021

DoD Manual 4100.39, “Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) Procedures,”

March 8, 2017, as amended

DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 1, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures:

Operational Requirements,” December 13, 2018

DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 2, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures:

Demand and Supply Planning,” November 9, 2018

DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 3, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures:

Materiel Sourcing,” October 9, 2019

DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 5, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures:

Delivery of Materiel,” February 10, 2014, as amended

DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 7, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures:

Supporting Technologies,” April 18, 2019

DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 9, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures:

Materiel Programs,” February 16, 2018, as amended

DoD Manual 4140.26, Volume 2, “DoD Integrated Materiel Management (IMM) for

Consumable Items: Logistics Reassignment (LR),” June 10, 2021

DoD Manual 4140.26, Volume 3, “DoD Integrated Materiel Management (IMM) for

Consumable Items: Auditing and Financial Management,” June 10, 2021

DoD Manual 4140.26, Volume 4, “DoD Integrated Materiel Management (IMM) for

Consumable Items: Supply Support Requests (SSRs),” June 10, 2021

DoD Manual 4140.70, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures for Storage and

Material Handling,” October 12, 2017, as amended

DoD Manual 4160.28, Volume 2, “Defense Demilitarization: Demilitarization Coding,”

March 9, 2017, as amended

Available on the internet at https://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/DLMS/CDS/Publications/

Available on the internet at https://www.dla.mil/HQ/LogisticsOperations/TrainingandReference/FLISProcedures/