DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY AMERICA’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY AMERICA’S COMBAT LOGISTICS SUPPORT AGENCY WARFIGHTER FIRST - PEOPLE & CULTURE - STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT - FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP - PROCESS EXCELLENCE Joint Small Arms Light Weapons Coordinating Group (JSALWCG) Meeting Serial Number/Unique Item Identifier (UII) Data Characteristics Defense Logistics Management Standards Office November 3, 2015

Deliver the right solution on time, every time WARFIGHTER FIRST - PEOPLE & CULTURE - STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT - FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP - PROCESS EXCELLENCE 2 DLA Disposition Services reported historical issue related to inconsistency in communication of serial numbers under current SA/LW Unique Item Tracking (UIT) Program. –Upper/lower case –Special characters –Leading spaces –Spaces DLA Disposition Services requests clarification of business rules and subsequent publication within MILSTRAP/DLMS guidance. –Required to ensure data integrity –Deviation among trading partners could impact transaction processing and reconciliation Discussion Topic

Deliver the right solution on time, every time WARFIGHTER FIRST - PEOPLE & CULTURE - STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT - FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP - PROCESS EXCELLENCE Current Configuration Legacy MILSTRAP –Length restricted to 11 positions –Right justify and fill unused positions with zeros. If the serial number begins with a zero, also enter a 12-zone in the zero position which starts the serial number. –No spaces are authorized IUID Registry –Serial number is recorded in a separate data field from the UII. –Length restricted to 30 positions. –Can be submitted and will be retained with spaces and special characters. –Registry will strip anything other than a slash or dash from the concatenated UII. 3

Deliver the right solution on time, every time WARFIGHTER FIRST - PEOPLE & CULTURE - STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT - FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP - PROCESS EXCELLENCE 4 Serial Number: A string of characters (including special characters) not to exceed 30 characters. The serial number may include leading zeros. MILSTD 130: Serial number. An assigned designation that provides a means of identifying a specific individual item. NOTE: Characters are normally numeric or alphanumeric, with special characters as allowed by applicable marking protocol standards (e.g., UII data set). The UII construct based upon a serial number may include dashes and/or forward slashes. Any spaces contained in the component data elements are deleted. All special characters, except for dashes (-) and forward slashes (/) shall be deleted from the original part number, lot or batch number, and serial number. If the UII data set elements contain lowercase alpha characters, they shall be converted to uppercase before a UII is derived/encoded. The basic character set for Data Identifiers (MH10.8.2) does not include special characters, unless individually specified for a Data Identifier, or unless the application prescribes an expanded character set. For application in IUID the use of dashes (-) and slashes (/) is permitted in DIs as significant characters for part numbers, lot or batch numbers, and serial numbers, and in DIs that are composed from these numbers. Marking and Labeling Requirements