DOD INSTRUCTION 4140.01
D
OD SUPPLY CHAIN MATERIEL MANAGEMENT POLICY
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Effective: March 6, 2019
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 4140.01, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management
Policy,” December 14, 2011, as amended
Approved by: Ellen M. Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.01 and the July 13, 2018
Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, this issuance establishes policy and assigns responsibilities
for management of materiel across the DoD supply chain.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1: GENERAL ISSUANCE INFORMATION .............................................................................. 3
1.1. Applicability. .................................................................................................................... 3
1.2. Policy. ............................................................................................................................... 3
SECTION 2: RESPONSIBILITIES ......................................................................................................... 5
2.1. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S))................... 5
2.2. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment (ASD(S)). ............................................. 5
2.3. Director, Defense Pricing and Contracting (DPC). .......................................................... 5
2.4. Director, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). .................................................................... 6
2.5. USD(R&E). ....................................................................................................................... 6
2.6. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, Department of
Defense. .............................................................................................................................. 6
2.7. DoD Component Heads. ................................................................................................... 6
2.8. Secretaries of the Military Departments. .......................................................................... 8
SECTION 3: PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE .............................................................................................. 9
3.1. Operational Requirements. ............................................................................................... 9
3.2. Demand and Supply Planning. .......................................................................................... 9
3.3. Materiel Sourcing.............................................................................................................. 9
3.4. Make and Maintain Materiel. .......................................................................................... 10
3.5. Delivery of Materiel. ....................................................................................................... 11
3.6. Materiel Returns, Retention, and Disposition. ................................................................ 11
3.7. Supporting Technologies. ............................................................................................... 12
3.8. Materiel Data Management and Exchange. .................................................................... 12
3.9. Materiel Programs. .......................................................................................................... 13
3.10. Supply Chain Inventory Reporting and Metrics. .......................................................... 13
3.11. Inventory Accountability and Special Management and Handling. ............................. 14
3.12. Sales and Operations Planning...................................................................................... 15
SECTION 4: TECHNICAL PROCEDURES ........................................................................................... 16
4.1. DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Technical Procedures. ................................. 16
4.2. Maintaining Current DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Technical Procedures. 16
GLOSSARY ..................................................................................................................................... 18
G.1. Acronyms. ...................................................................................................................... 18
G.2. Definitions. ..................................................................................................................... 18
REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 23
TABLES
Table 1. Defense Logistics Manuals ............................................................................................ 16
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SECTION 1: GENERAL ISSUANCE INFORMATION
1.1. APPLICABILITY. This issuance applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the 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”).
1.2. POLICY. The DoD:
a. Operates DoD materiel management as a high-performing and agile supply chain
responsive to customer requirements during peacetime and war while balancing risk and total
cost.
b. Uses DoD supply chain management to provide best-value materiel and services in
support of rapid power projection and operational sustainment of U.S. forces as required by the
National Military Strategy.
c. Identifies, monitors, and assesses the security and potential disruptions within and outside
of the DoD supply chain in order to mitigate risk to supply chain operations.
d. Applies life-cycle management controls to guard against counterfeit materiel in the DoD
supply chain.
e. Gives preference to procurement of sustainable goods and services by using or supplying
sustainable goods in accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4105.72.
f. Optimizes resourcing for all elements of the DoD supply chain through collaboration
between support providers and customers.
g. Manages DoD investments to ensure they are sufficient for the life cycle of weapons
systems, equipment, and major end items.
h. Periodically conducts performance and cost evaluations of supply chain operations and
inventory with the objective of ensuring that assets are available for use or reuse in the DoD
supply chain to satisfy customer requirements.
i. Maintains accountability, control, and DoD-wide visibility of materiel throughout the DoD
supply chain, with the required level of physical protection and identification of the materiel at
minimal cost.
j. Applies the highest levels of accountability, control, visibility, protection, and
identification to the stewardship of controlled inventory items (CII) such as nuclear weapons-
related materiel (NWRM), components implementing critical program information, and critical
components commensurate with the risk of materiel release.
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k. Catalogs and controls, with an accountable record, all materiel recurrently used, bought,
stocked, or distributed.
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SECTION 2: RESPONSIBILITIES
2.1. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT
(USD(A&S)). The USD(A&S) establishes DoD policy and develops implementing guidance in
appropriate DoD issuances on all matters relating to DoD materiel management.
2.2. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SUSTAINMENT (ASD(S)). Under
the authority, direction, and control of the USD(A&S), the ASD(S):
a. Develops and implements DoD materiel management and disposition policies, including
policies for foreign excess personal property, in a uniform manner throughout the DoD supply
chain.
b. Establishes and maintains DoD supply chain materiel management procedures in DoD
issuances, technical publications, and Defense Logistics manuals.
c. Monitors the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the DoD materiel management
systems and continually develops improvements.
d. Oversees and approves the development, coordination, publication, and maintenance of
technical procedures and the Defense Logistics manuals.
e. Acts as the principal point of contact for all matters relating to the prevention, detection,
reporting, and disposition of counterfeit materiel.
f. Develops and implements supply chain risk management (SCRM) policies in coordination
with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD(R&E)).
2.3. DIRECTOR, DEFENSE PRICING AND CONTRACTING (DPC). Under the
authority, direction, and control of the USD(A&S), the Director, DPC:
a. Develops procurement instructions and procedures to support this issuance, including
appropriate contract language and reporting requirements to the Government-Industry Data
Exchange Program (GIDEP) and law enforcement agencies.
b. Establishes procurement procedures and guidance to prevent the acquisition of counterfeit
materiel for secondary items in accordance with DoDI 4140.67 and Volume 3 of DoD Manual
(DoDM) 4140.01.
c. Establishes procurement policies, procedures, and guidance to support timely solutions to
diminishing manufacturing sources and materiel shortages (DMSMS), including obsolescence.
d. Establishes procurement policies, procedures, and guidance for the accountability and
management of items of supply furnished to contractors as government furnished property in
accordance with Part 245 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement.
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2.4. DIRECTOR, DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA). Under the authority, direction,
and control of the USD(A&S) and in addition to the responsibilities in Section 2.7, the Director,
DLA:
a. Prepares, coordinates, maintains, and publishes the Defense Logistics manuals and DoD
supply chain materiel management technical procedure in accordance with this issuance,
Volumes 1 through 12 of DoDM 4140.01, and the DLA publication system guidance.
b. Implements the policies in this issuance consistent with the authority in DoDD 5105.22
and procedures in Volumes 1 through 12 of DoDM 4140.01.
c. Revises all appropriate regulations and implementing procedures to ensure compliance
with this issuance.
2.5. USD(R&E). The USD(R&E):
a. Acts as the principal point of contact for the GIDEP.
b. Provides GIDEP training and data services as required to allow users full system utility
for reporting nonconforming materials, and for tracking and analyzing issues with suppliers and
counterfeit materiel.
c. Provides technical advice and assistance, as necessary, to the ASD(S) on matters:
(1) Involving the prevention, detection, and reporting of counterfeit materiel.
(2) Pertaining to the timely identification of technical solutions to DMSMS.
d. Identifies and implements reduced barriers to entry for commercial technologies and non-
traditional defense partners.
e. Oversees the implementation of DoDI 5200.39, and in coordination with the DoD Chief
Information Officer, oversees the implementation of DoDI 5200.44, and issues supporting
guidance, as necessary, in support of this issuance.
2.6. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER)/CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. The Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense oversees the development and
maintenance of guidance in Defense Logistics manuals on all matters relating to DoD accounting
and financial management. This guidance is promulgated through DoD 7000.14-R and Deputy
Chief Financial Officer policy.
2.7. DOD COMPONENT HEADS. The DoD Component heads:
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a. Develop and implement materiel sourcing and acquisition strategies and processes that
offer best-value selection among organic and commercial support alternatives and seek to
minimize life cycle costs. The DoD Component heads:
(1) Develop acquisition or sourcing strategies that are supported by cost benefit analyses
of the options to use organic or commercial sources.
(2) Maximize the use of existing government-owned inventory before seeking new
commercial support on all contracts.
(3) Include inventory reporting in commercial support alternatives involving the
contractor holding or managing government inventory.
b. Manage the accountability and reporting of:
(1) Operating materiel and supplies, to include materiel furnished to contractors as
government contract property as defined in DoDI 4161.02.
(2) Materiel within production, manufacturing, repair, modification, overhaul, and
testing functions performed at organic or private sector facilities or through public-private
partnerships at those facilities.
c. Develop sourcing programs that promote quality and hardware reliability and assurance
and prevent counterfeit materiel or unauthorized product substitution or modification.
d. Securely exchange information between materiel managers and acquisition managers to:
(1) Encourage coordinated sourcing and acquisition efforts.
(2) Provide timely, complete, and accurate data that promotes coordinated decision-
making.
e. Integrate and synchronize end-to-end materiel distribution systems to meet customer
requirements for authorized information and materiel consistent with DoDD 5158.04 and
DoDI 5158.06.
f. Establish programs for monitoring and mitigating the risk of:
(1) Counterfeit materiel entering DoD supply chains.
(2) DMSMS, including obsolescence.
(3) Unauthorized supply chain activities, e.g., malicious insertion or intellectual property
theft.
(4) Compromise of critical information and indicators associated with DoD supply chain
material management.
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2.8. SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. In addition to the
responsibilities in Paragraph 2.7, the Secretaries of the Military Departments:
a. Implement the policies and guidance in this issuance consistent with the procedures in
Volumes 1 through 12 of DoDM 4140.01.
b. Comply with supporting DoD and Defense Logistics manual supply chain procedures.
c. Require all appropriate regulations and implementing procedures be revised to ensure
compliance with this issuance.
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SECTION 3: PROCEDURAL GUIDANCE
3.1. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. The DoD Components will:
a. Follow the procedures associated with materiel management processes in Volume 1 of
DoDM 4140.01 for supply chain operations throughout the DoD supply chain.
b. Manage cybersecurity risks to the DoD supply chain in accordance with DoDI 8500.01.
3.2. DEMAND AND SUPPLY PLANNING.
a. Through collaboration between support providers and customers, the DoD Components
will:
(1) Conduct demand and supply planning. When conducting demand and supply
planning:
(a) Address demand forecasting, requirements definition, and inventory level setting
through the life cycle of an item of supply, starting with its initial sparing during provisioning.
(b) Maintain flexibility to respond to contingencies while minimizing DoD
investment in weapons systems, equipment, and major end items.
(2) Precisely define requirements to optimize resourcing for all elements of the supply
chain.
(3) Meet established support strategies, such as performance-based logistics strategies.
b. Volume 2 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for demand and supply planning throughout the DoD supply chain, using
enterprise resource planning systems and other automated solutions.
3.3. MATERIEL SOURCING.
a. The DoD Components will:
(1) Employ strategic sourcing and acquisition practices to provide life-cycle-support
solutions that balance support goals, total supply chain costs, and performance factors.
(2) Include best-value selection among organic and commercial support alternatives in
strategic sourcing and acquisition practices.
(3) Seek to minimize life cycle costs.
(4) Maximize the use of existing government-owned inventory before seeking new
commercial support on all contracts and partnering agreements.
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(5) In accordance with the procedures in Part 245.103-73 of the Defense Federal
Acquisition Regulation Supplement, in all contracts where the contractor holds or manages
government inventory, establish contract clauses that require the contractor to:
(a) Regularly schedule (typically, semi-annually) inventory reporting.
(b) Ensure that inventory levels meet program requirements.
(c) Identify government inventory in excess of authorized amounts.
(6) In accordance with Executive Order 13693 and its implementing instructions, give
preference in all procurements to recycled content products, energy and water efficient products
and services, and BioPreferred and biobased designated products, to include sustainable energy,
except those products or services procured for combat or combat-related missions.
(7) Seek to minimize on-order assets above item approved acquisition objectives
wherever cost effective and in the best interests of the U.S. Government.
b. A single materiel manager or commercial equivalent will manage each item in the DoD
supply system.
c. The Military Departments and DLA will proactively work to resolve material shortages
that are detrimental to weapon system or equipment support and are due to the loss or impending
loss of manufacturers or suppliers of items or raw materials.
d. Volume 3 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for materiel sourcing throughout the DoD supply chain.
3.4. MAKE AND MAINTAIN MATERIEL.
a. DoD materiel managers will ensure best-value support by optimizing their relationships
with:
(1) Organic and commercial sources of materiel.
(2) Organic and commercial maintenance facilities.
(3) Activities maintaining depot-level reparable items including those where both depot-
level maintenance facilities and intermediate repair activities can repair depot-level reparable
items.
b. DoD materiel managers should review requirements in section 2461 of Title 10, United
States Code, when making decisions regarding public and private partnering.
c. Volume 4 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for making and maintaining materiel throughout the DoD supply chain.
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d. DoD materiel managers collaborate with product support managers to optimize support to
the warfighter. Refer to DoDI 5000.02 for information regarding weapon system life-cycle
planning.
3.5. DELIVERY OF MATERIEL.
a. The DoD Components will:
(1) Work collaboratively to synchronize end-to-end materiel distribution processes
consistent with DoDI 5158.06.
(2) Use consistent performance and cost criteria to select best-value providers and
processes to:
(a) Manage stock positioning, requisitioning, and issuance, including lateral
redistribution.
(b) Operate storage activities.
(c) Provide item accountability with asset visibility of in-transit, in-storage, and in-
process stocks.
(d) Safely handle hazardous material movement and storage.
(e) Manage the retrograde of materiel back to the national level and disposal of
materiel in accordance with Volume 1 of DoDM 4160.21.
(f) Monitor discrepancy and deficiency reporting to take corrective action, conduct
trend analysis, and appropriately and timely disposition discrepant or deficient materiel.
(3) Establish and manage operational controls for all DoD materiel. Label, package,
store, and transport all materiel in accordance with material handling procedures in DoDM
4140.70. Additionally, follow hazardous materials guidelines and policies set forth by the DoD
and their respective headquarters.
b. Volume 5 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for delivery of materiel throughout the DoD supply chain.
3.6. MATERIEL RETURNS, RETENTION, AND DISPOSITION.
a. The DoD Components will:
(1) Expedite return of materiel to ensure that adequate assets are available in the DoD
supply chain for use or reuse to satisfy customer requirements.
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(2) Consider both economic and customer requirements in making decisions to return
defective materiel, materiel that is excess to retail supply activities’ needs, or materiel requiring
depot-level repair.
(3) Develop, apply, and maintain life-cycle management controls for critical components
and components implementing critical program information, within the DoD supply chain.
b. Volume 6 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for materiel returns, retention, and disposition throughout the DoD
supply chain.
3.7. SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGIES.
a. To ensure a high-performing and agile supply chain, DoD materiel managers will:
(1) Leverage modern technologies, such as enterprise resource planning systems, to
enhance materiel management processes.
(2) Use modern technologies to automatically identify items in storage and movement
that will provide better product support for weapon systems in accordance with the procedures in
Volume 7 of DoDM 4140.01.
(3) Implement internal controls on the quality of performance metric generating data
used by decision-makers.
(4) Use automatic identification technology to assist in property accountability,
effectively manage costs, and implement the DoD policies cited in this issuance.
b. The DoD Components will:
(1) Design materiel management systems to facilitate DoD-wide asset visibility of
materiel throughout the DoD supply chain.
(2) Collect, warehouse, and provide access to weapon system product support data and
develop analytical capabilities to use that data and other logistics data to improve materiel
management processes and decision-making.
c. Volume 7 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures for incorporating modern
technologies into materiel management processes throughout the DoD supply chain.
3.8. MATERIEL DATA MANAGEMENT AND EXCHANGE. The DoD Components will:
a. Catalog each item recurrently used, bought, stocked, or distributed by the DoD and
include each item in the Federal Catalog System in accordance with the procedures in Volume 8
of DoDM 4140.01 and DoDM 4100.39.
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b. Use the Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System governing the
responsiveness of the DoD supply chain to customer demand in accordance with Volume 8 of
DoDM 4140.01 and Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-1.
c. Use standard logistics data exchanges under the Defense Logistics Management
Standards:
(1) To implement DoD materiel management policy.
(2) To establish the interfaces among the functional areas of supply, transportation,
acquisition (contract administration), maintenance, and finance.
(3) In accordance with the guidance in the Defense Logistics manuals listed in Section 4.
d. Refer to Volume 8 of DoDM 4140.01 for procedures associated with materiel
management processes for materiel data management and exchange throughout the DoD supply
chain.
3.9. MATERIEL PROGRAMS.
a. The DoD Components will use modern materiel preservation, packaging, and marking
techniques to provide all materiel within the DoD supply chain with the required level of
protection and identification at the lowest possible cost.
b. Materiel managers will:
(1) Control the acquisition costs that the DoD Components pay for materiel through
price challenge and verification programs, spare part breakout programs, item reduction
programs, and the program for introducing new clothing items in accordance with DoDI 4140.63
and Volume 9 of DoD 4140.01.
(2) Take timely and effective actions to minimize the number of backorders and
backorders’ impact on DoD acquisition and logistics support efforts.
c. Volume 9 of DoDM 4140.01 describes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for packaging and other materiel programs throughout the DoD supply
chain.
3.10. SUPPLY CHAIN INVENTORY REPORTING AND METRICS.
a. The Military Departments and DLA will:
(1) Collect, maintain, and report data on the inventories they hold in the DoD supply
chain.
(2) Annually provide data requested by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Logistics (DASD(Log)) to generate the Supply System Inventory Report.
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(3) Stratify the inventories that they hold for sale or issue by applying assets against
authorized requirements in accordance with the procedures in Volume 6 of DoDM 4140.01.
(4) Review their inventory management procedures semi-annually with the DASD(Log)
in accordance with the procedures in Volume 10 of DoDM 4140.01.
b. DoD materiel managers will evaluate and report on the performance and cost of their
supply chain operations and inventory.
c. Volume 10 of DoDM 4140.01 prescribes the procedures associated with materiel
management processes for performance measurements and other special requirements
throughout the DoD supply chain.
3.11. INVENTORY ACCOUNTABILITY AND SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AND
HANDLING.
a. The DoD Components will:
(1) Use the total item property record as the accountable record for all inventory within
the DoD supply chain, whether in storage, in transit, in repair, or on loan.
(2) Apply the highest levels of materiel accountability and asset visibility to the
stewardship of critical safety items (CSI); CII; and small arms, light weapons, and conventional
ammunition.
(a) DoD materiel managers will follow special procedures for identification,
handling, and control of CSI and CII including NWRM and CCs, commensurate with the risk of
unauthorized materiel release. Managers responsible for life cycle activities of Department of
Energy-designed and DoD-owned materiel will adhere to guidance outlined in DoDD 3150.01
and DoDM 5030.55.
(b) The DoD Components will incorporate all applicable safety and security
measures when managing small arms, light weapons, and conventional military munitions in the
DoD supply chain.
(3) Use a unique item identifier (UII) assigned to each individual item (e.g. a single
instance of a stock-numbered item or a single assembly or subassembly), and CC, in accordance
with DoDI 8320.04 to provide unique item level traceability for:
(a) All DoD serially managed items that are also sensitive or pilferable, all DoD
serially managed CSI, and all NWRM.
(b) Depot level reparable items.
(c) Any other item the DoD materiel manager decides requires unique item level
traceability.
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b. Volume 11 of DoDM 4140.01 prescribes the procedures associated with inventory
accountability and handling and control of special types of materiel (i.e., CSI; CII; and small
arms, light weapons, and conventional ammunition) throughout the DoD supply chain.
3.12. SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING.
a. The DoD Components will use sales and operations planning as a business management
decision framework for addressing any identified imbalances between demand and supply
planning.
b. Volume 12 of DoDM 4140.01 prescribes the procedures associated with sales and
operations planning.
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4.1. DOD SUPPLY CHAIN MATERIEL MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL
PROCEDURES.
a. The DoD Components will comply with DoD supply chain materiel management
technical procedures published in the Defense Logistics manuals listed in Table 1 and other
applicable publications, such as the Federal Logistics Information System technical procedures.
Table 1. Defense Logistics Manuals
Defense Logistics Manual Number
Defense Logistics Manual Title
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25
Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS)
Volume 1 of Defense Logistics Manual
Defense Logistics Management Standards
4000.25
(DLMS): Concept and Procedures
Volume 2 of Defense Logistics Manual
Defense Logistics Management Standards
4000.25
(DLMS): Supply Standards and Procedures
Volume 3 of Defense Logistics Manual
Defense Logistics Management Standards
4000.25
(DLMS): Transportation
Volume 4 of Defense Logistics Manual
Defense Logistics Management Standards
4000.25 (DLMS): Military Standard Billing System
(MILSBILLS) - Finance
Volume 6 of Defense Logistics Manual
Defense Logistics Management Standards
4000.25 (DLMS): Logistics Systems Interoperability
Support Services
Volume 7 of Defense Logistics Manual
Defense Logistics Management Standards
4000.25
(DLMS): Contract Administration
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-1
Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue
Procedures (MILSTRIP)
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-2
Military Standard Transaction Reporting and
Accountability Procedures (MILSTRAP)
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-4
Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS)
b. The DASD(Log) is the approval authority for the publication of the Defense Logistics
manuals.
4.2. MAINTAINING CURRENT DOD SUPPLY CHAIN MATERIEL MANAGEMENT
TECHNICAL PROCEDURES.
a. The ASD(S); the DASD(Log); the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief
Financial Officer, Department of Defense; the USD(A&S); and the Director, DPC, provide
guidance to the Director, DLA, on administration of the DLMS, the Defense Logistics manuals,
and other DoD supply chain materiel management technical procedures.
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b. The Director, DLA, provides technical guidance and supervision to the DLA Enterprise
Business Standards Office (EBSO) and other DLA offices as needed to maintain current DoD
supply chain materiel management technical procedures in accordance with the authority in
DoDD 5105.22.
c. The DoD Components may submit proposed DLMS changes to the DLA EBSO for
development, evaluation, and coordination through process review committees in accordance
with the procedures in Volume 8 of DoDM 4140.01.
d. The DLA EBSO will:
(1) Administer the DLMS and the Defense Logistics manuals.
(2) Document the proposed DLMS changes in accordance with the procedures in
Volume 8 in DoDM 4140.01.
(3) After completing the coordination of proposed DLMS changes, send the coordinated
DLMS changes to the DASD(Log) for review and approval.
(4) Publish DLMS changes in the relevant Defense Logistics manuals after DASD(Log)
approval.
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GLOSSARY
G.1. ACRONYMS.
ASD(S) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
CII controlled inventory items
CSI critical safety items
DASD(Log) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLMS Defense Logistics Management Standards
DMSMS diminishing manufacturing sources and materiel shortages
DoDD DoD directive
DoDI DoD instruction
DoDM DoD manual
DPC Defense Pricing and Contracting
EBSO Enterprise Business Standards Office
GIDEP Government-Industry Data Exchange Program
NWRM nuclear weapons-related materiel
SCRM supply chain risk management
UII unique item identifier
USD(A&S) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
USD(R&E) Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
G.2. DEFINITIONS. These terms and their definitions are for the purpose of this issuance.
accountability. The obligation imposed by law, lawful order, or regulation, accepted by an
organization or person for keeping accurate records, to ensure control of property, documents, or
funds with or without physical possession. The obligation, in this context, refers to the fiduciary
duties, responsibilities, and obligations necessary for protecting the public interest; however, it
does not necessarily impose personal liability upon an organization or person.
acquisition. Obtaining logistics support, supplies, or services under an acquisition agreement or
under a cross-servicing agreement. This includes purchasing (whether for payment in currency,
replacement-in-kind, or by exchange for equal value), renting, leasing, or any method of
temporarily obtaining logistics support, supplies, or services.
American National Standards Institute Accredited Standards Committee. The U.S. national
standards body for the development and maintenance of electronic data interchange standards
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biobased designated products. Derived from plants and other renewable agricultural, marine,
and forestry materials. Biobased designated products provide an alternative to conventional
petroleum derived products and include renewable chemicals used to create commercial,
industrial, or consumer goods in support of Executive Order 13693.
BioPreferred. A U.S. Department of Agriculture-led initiative in support of Executive
Order 13693 that aims to assist in the development and expansion of markets for biobased
designated products. The initiative promotes the increased development, purchase, and use of
biobased products that will reduce our Nation’s reliance on petroleum, and increase the use of
renewable agricultural materials.
business management decision framework. A series of processes or guidelines designed to
provide the structured flow of information required for informed decision making. The
processes and guidelines are documented, repeatable, and consistent across the organization.
CII. Those items designated as having characteristics that require that they be identified,
accounted for, secured, segregated, handled or transported in a special manner to ensure their
integrity and that they are safeguarded. The list of CII codes includes NWRM, CC, non-nuclear
missiles and rockets, arms, ammunition and explosives. CII categories in descending order of
the degree of control normally exercised are classified items, sensitive items, and pilferable
items.
critical component. A component which is or contains information and communications
technology including hardware, software, and firmware, weather custom, commercial, or
otherwise developed and delivers or protects mission critical functionality of a system or which,
because of the system’s design, may introduce vulnerability to the mission critical functions of
an applicable system as described in DoDI 5200.44.
CSI. A part, assembly, support equipment, installation or production system containing a critical
characteristic whose failure, malfunction, or absence may cause a catastrophic or critical failure
resulting in loss or serious damage, unacceptable risk of personal injury or loss of life, or an
unsafe condition.
counterfeit materiel. Materiel whose identity or characteristics have been deliberately
misrepresented, falsified, or altered without legal right to do so.
customer. An organization or end user that consumes materiel through the DoD supply chain.
Defense Logistics manuals. A set of manuals that prescribe logistics management
responsibilities, procedures, rules, and electronic data communications standards for use in the
DoD, to conduct logistics operations in functional areas such as supply, maintenance, and
finance.
demand. An indication of a requirement, a requisition or similar request for an item of supply or
individual item. Demands are categorized as either “recurring” or “non-recurring.”
distribution. The operational process of synchronizing all elements of the logistic system to
deliver the “right things” to the “right place” at the “right time.”
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DLMS. A process governing logistics functional business management standards and practices.
A broad base of business rules, to include uniform policies, procedures, time standards,
transactions, and data management, designed to meet DoD requirements for total logistics
support. The DLMS are founded upon American National Standards Institute Accredited
Standards Committee electronic data interchange standards.
foreign excess personal property. U.S.-owned excess personal property that is located outside
the United States and its possessions. This excludes the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
the Marshall Islands, Palau and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This property becomes surplus and is
eligible for donation and sale.
identity. What an item is as defined by its national stock number and other identifiers such as
original manufacturer, trademark or other intellectual property, performance, serial number, part
number, date code, lot number, testing methods and results, inspection, documentation, warranty,
origin, ownership history, packaging, storage, handling, physical condition, previous use, etc.
inventory. Materiel titled to the U.S. Government, held for sale or issue, held for repair, or held
pending transfer to disposal.
item of supply. A category of items identified by a national stock number with the same form,
fit, and function. The individual items (units) included in this category could be manufactured
by multiple sources.
material. Property that may be consumed or expended during the performance of a contract,
component parts of a higher assembly, or items that lose their individual identity through
incorporation into an end-item. Material does not include equipment, special tooling, special test
equipment or real property.
material shortage. Shortage of any raw, in process, or manufactured commodity, equipment,
component, accessory, part, assembly, or product of any kind.
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).
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. Any DoD activity or agency that has been assigned materiel management
responsibilities for the DoD and participating Federal Agencies. The term includes
responsibilities performed by either wholesale materiel managers or retail materiel managers:
managing, cataloging, demand and supply planning, requirements determination and definition,
procurement, distribution, overhaul and repair of reparable materiel, and disposal of materiel.
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NWRM. Classified or unclassified assemblies and subassemblies (containing no fissionable or
fusionable material) identified by the Military Departments that comprise or could comprise a
standardized war reserve nuclear weapon (including equivalent training devices) as it would exist
once separated or removed from its intended delivery vehicle. A delivery vehicle is the portion
of a weapon system that delivers a nuclear weapon to its target. This includes cruise and ballistic
missile airframes as well as delivery aircraft.
performance-based logistics. Logistics that delineate outcome performance goals of weapon
systems, ensure that responsibilities are assigned, provide incentives for attaining these goals,
and facilitate the overall life cycle management of system reliability, supportability, and total
ownership costs.
reparable item. An item of supply subject to economical repair and for which the repair (at
either depot or field level) is considered in satisfying computed requirements at any inventory
level.
requirements definition. The process materiel managers use to turn warfighter operational
requirements into procurable specifications to convey to support.
retail. Level of inventory below the wholesale level, either 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 geographical area.
SCRM. The process for managing risk by identifying, assessing, and mitigating threats,
vulnerabilities, and disruptions to the DoD supply chain from beginning to end to ensure mission
effectiveness. Successful SCRM maintains the integrity of products, services, people, and
technologies, and ensures the undisrupted flow of product, materiel, information, and finances
across the lifecycle of a weapon or support system. DoD SCRM encompasses all sub-sets of
SCRM, such as cybersecurity, software assurance, obsolescence, counterfeit parts, foreign
ownership of sub-tier vendors, and other categories of risk that affect the supply chain.
supply chain. The linked activities associated with providing materiel to end users for
consumption. Those activities include supply activities (such as organic and commercial ICPs
and retail supply activities), maintenance activities (such as organic and commercial depot level
maintenance facilities and intermediate repair activities), and distribution activities (such as
distribution depots and other storage locations, container consolidation points, ports of
embarkation and debarkation, and ground, air, and ocean transporters).
supply chain management. Meeting customer-driven materiel requirements through the
acquisition, maintenance, transportation, storage and delivery of materiel to customers, and
managing materiel returns, movement of reparable materiel to and from maintenance facilities,
and ensuring the exchange of information among customers, maintainers, supply chain managers
and suppliers.
sustainability. Conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony,
that permit fulfilling the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future
generations.
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sustainment. For purpose of materiel management, the life cycle phase for an item of supply
that deals with the planning and execution of materiel management activities starting when the
item is introduced into the DoD supply system and ending when a determination is made to
remove the item from the DoD supply system. An item can be introduced into the DoD supply
system as part of the acquisition of a new weapon system as a new commodity requirement, as a
replacement for an existing item, or as a part of a transition from contractor logistics support to
organic support. An item can be removed from the DoD supply system due to obsolescence or
the existence of superior replacement item.
total item property record. The record or record set maintained by the materiel manager that
identifies the quantity, condition, and value of the items for each organizational entity having
physical custody of those items. The total item property record includes materiel that is due in,
in transit, in organic wholesale and retail repair facilities, in a contractor’s custody, on loan, on
hand in wholesale distribution centers, on-hand at retail activities, and for reported assets in the
custody of users.
UII. A set of data elements marked on items that is globally unique and unambiguous. The term
includes a concatenated UII or a DoD recognized unique identification equivalent.
unique item level traceability. The requirement to trace life-cycle management events related
to acquisition, storage, operation, maintenance, safety, physical security, retirement, and disposal
by each individual item, e.g., for a single instance of a stock-numbered item or a single assembly
or subassembly.
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REFERENCES
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, current edition
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, “Defense Logistics Management System (DLMS),”
June 5, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 1, “Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS): Concept and Procedures,” May, 19, 2014
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 2, “Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS): Supply Standards and Procedures,” June 5, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 3, “Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS): Transportation,” March 23, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 4, “Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS): Military Standard Billing System (MILSBILLS) - Finance,” April 11, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 6, “Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS): Logistics Systems Interoperability Support Services,” June 6, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25, Volume 7, “Defense Logistics Management Standards
(DLMS): Contract Administration,” April 24, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-1, “Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
(MILSTRIP),” June 13, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-2, “Military Standard Transaction Reporting and
Accountability Procedures (MILSTRAP),” June 13, 2012
Defense Logistics Manual 4000.25-4, “Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS),”
June 13, 2012
Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, “Establishment of the Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Research Engineering and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment,” July 13, 2018
DoD 5205.02-M, “DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program Manual,” November 3, 2008, as
amended
DoD 5220.22-M, “National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual,” February 28, 2006,
as amended
DoD 7000.14-R, “Department of Defense Financial Management Regulations (FMRs),” current
edition
DoD Directive 3150.01, “Joint DoD-Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security
Administration (DoD-DOE/NNSA) Nuclear Weapon Life-Cycle Activities,”
August 4, 2016
DoD Directive 5105.22, “Defense Logistics Agency,” June 29, 2017
DoD Directive 5106.01, “Inspector General of the Department of Defense (IG DoD),”
April 20, 2012, as amended
DoD Directive 5134.01, “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
(USD(AT&L)),” December 9, 2005, as amended
DoD Directive 5134.12, “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Material Readiness
(ASD(L&MR)),” May 25, 2000, as amended
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DoD Directive 5158.04, “United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM),”
July 27, 2007, as amended
DoD Directive 5205.02E, “DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program,” June 20, 2012, as
amended
DoD Instruction 4105.72, “Procurement of Sustainable Goods and Services,” September 7, 2016
DoD Instruction 4140.63, “Management of DoD Clothing and Textiles (Class II),”
April 12, 2017, as amended
DoD Instruction 4140.67, “DoD Counterfeit Prevention Policy,” April 26, 2013, as amended
DoD Instruction 4161.02, “Accountability and Management of Government Contract Property,”
April 27, 2012, as amended
DoD Instruction 5000.02, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System,” January 7, 2015, as
amended
DoD Instruction 5158.06, “Distribution Process Owner (DPO),” July 30, 2007, as amended
DoD Instruction 5200.39, “Critical Program Information (CPI) Identification and Protection
Within Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E),” May 28, 2015, as amended
DoD Instruction 5200.44, “Protection of Mission Critical Functions to Achieve Trusted Systems
and Networks,” November 5, 2012, as amended
DoD Instruction O-5240.24, “Counterintelligence (CI) Activities Supporting Research,
Development, and Acquisition (RDA),” June 8, 2011, as amended
DoD Instruction 8320.04, “Item Unique Identification (IUID) Standards for Tangible Personal
Property, September 3, 2015, as amended
DoD Instruction 8500.01, “Cybersecurity,” March 14, 2014
DoD Manual 4100.39, “Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) Procedures,”
October 5, 2017, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 1, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Operational
Requirements,” February 10, 2014, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 2, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Demand
and Supply Planning,” February 10, 2014, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 3, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel
Sourcing,” February 10, 2014, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 4, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Make and
Maintain Materiel,” February 10, 2014, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 5, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Delivery of
Materiel,” February 10, 2014
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 6, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel
Returns, Retention, and Disposition,” March 8 2017, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 7, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Supporting
Technologies,” February 10, 2014, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 8, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel
Data Management and Exchange,” February 10, 2014, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 9, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel
Programs,” February 16, 2018
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DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 10, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Supply
Chain Inventory Reporting,” March 9, 2017, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 11, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Inventory
Accountability and Special Management and Handling,” March 8, 2017, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 12, “Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Sales and
Operations Planning,” March 22, 2016, as amended
DoD Manual 4140.70, “DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures for Storage and
Material Handling,” October 12, 2017
DoD Manual 4160.21, Volume 1, “Defense Materiel Disposition: Disposal Guidance and
Procedures,” October 22, 2015, as amended
DoD Manual 5030.55, “DoD Procedures for Joint DoD-Department of Energy/National Nuclear
Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Nuclear Weapon Life-Cycle Activities,”
January 26, 2018
DoD Manual 5200.01, Volume 3, “DoD Information Security Program Protection of Classified
Information,” February 24, 2012, as amended
Executive Order 13693, “Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade,” March 5, 2015
National Military Strategy of the United States of America 2015, June 2015
United States Code, Title 10, Chapter 146
