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U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School
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LOGISTICS
DICTIONARY
(Last updated on 26 Oct 01)
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Introduction
Many of the definitions below were taken from two sources: Joint Pub1-02, the Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, dated 23 March 1994 and AR 310-25, the Dictionary of United States Army Terms,
dated 15 October 1983. However, except via the web, these publications are not readily available and most of the
terms contained within them do not pertain to logistics. Moreover, these two regulations do not include the myriad
of logistics terms currently in use throughout the Army, especially the ones that have been introduced within the last
decade or so as a result of the extensive increase in logistics automation and the movement to mirror the
revolutionary changes occurring within the commercial sector. As a matter of fact, many logistics terms used
among Army logisticians on a daily basis are not defined in any Army publication. Therefore, the intent of this
dictionary is to capture all of the logistics-related definitions currently listed in numerous regulations into one, allinclusive source and to define logistics terms which are not clearly defined.
The Army frequently introduces new logistics terms during briefings and correspondence without ever clearly
defining them. This can often result in confusion and misunderstanding among Army logisticians. Therefore, this
dictionary will offer logisticians a means to introduce new terminology, clearly defined, so that all Army personnel
have access to the same exact definitions and as such, a common terminology.
This dictionary is in it nascent stages and does not contain anywhere near all of the logistics terms currently used
throughout the Army. It is our hope, that logisticians throughout the Army will see fit to ensure that all important
logistics terms are eventually captured within this dictionary's pages. As with any field of endeavor, the first place
to glean insight is via an understanding of the common, pertinent terms.
The current proponent of this Dictionary is the Logistics Training Department of the Quartermaster Center and
School. Please send comments, recommendations for additional terms to be included, recommendations for
definitions to be deleted, and recommendations for changes to the definitions to the US Army Quartermaster Center
and School, Director, Logistics Training Department, ATTN: Logistics Dictionary, 1831 A Avenue, Fort Lee,
Virginia 23801-1621. Our phone number is (804) 734-3396/3195 and our email address is batesj@lee.army.mil
It is our intent to list the source of all definitions so please cite one when submitting terms for inclusion.
Logisticians, who take the time to clearly define terms that are in common use but are not currently defined, will be
given credit as being the source of the definition. This dictionary will be updated frequently. It will be available on
line at the following web site:
http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/ltd/index.html
JAMES C. BATES
LTC, QM
Director, Logistics Training Dept.
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LOGISTICS DEFINITIONS
463L system
(DOD) Aircraft pallets, nets, tie down, and coupling devices, facilities, handling equipment, procedures, and other
components designed to interface with military and civilian aircraft cargo restraint systems. Though designed for
airlift, system components may have to move intermodally via surface to support geographic combatant commander
objectives. See also airlift. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
999
Use of a "999" in the Required Delivery Date (RDD) data field of a high priority requisition will ensure the
requested item is sent expeditiously, normally via air. Reserved for OCONUS or units deploying within 30 days
from CONUS (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
AAFES Impress Fund Activities (AIFA)
A military operated retail activity, usually in small or remote sites, when regular direct operation exchanges cannot
be provided. An AIFA is a satellite activity of an AAFES direct operation. The supported unit appoints the officerin-charge of an AIFA, who is issued an initial fund by AAFES to purchase a beginning inventory. Money generated
from sales is used to replenish the merchandise stock. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
ABC Analysis
The classification of items in an inventory according to importance defined in terms of criteria such as sales volume
and purchase volume. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Acceptance at destination
Assumption of title to property by DA at the specified delivery point. This term corresponds, generally, to the
commercial term "FOB destination." (AR 735&-5) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the
Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Acceptance at origin
Assumption of title to property by DA at point of shipment. This term corresponds, generally, to the commercial
term "FOB origin." It does not imply that payment was made at the time title passed to the Army nor does it
necessarily mean that the Government, by assumption of title, forfeited the right to reject any article not conforming
to contract specifications. (AR 735-5) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level,
31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Accountability
(DOD) The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping
accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual
possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while
responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping. See also responsibility. (Joint Pub1-02,
Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Accountability
Obligation to keep records of property, documents, or funds, such as identification data, gains, losses, dues-in, duesout and balances on hand or in use. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5) AR 710-2, Inventory
Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Accountable activity (AA)
An activity that maintains a formal stock record account for receipt, storage, and issue of property. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Accountable officer
Person officially appointed in writing to maintain a formal set of accounting records of property or funds. This
person may or may not have physical possession of the property or funds. There are three types of supply
accountable officers as defined below:
a. Transportation officer, accountable for property entrusted to him or her for shipment.
b. Stock record officer, accountable for supplies being held for issue from time of receipt until issued, shipped, or
dropped from accountability.
c. Property book officer, accountable for property upon receipt and until subsequently turned in, used (consumed)
for authorized purposes, or dropped from accountability. (Hand receipt holders are not considered accountable
officers.) (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply
Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Accountable officer (A)
An individual required to maintain accounting, including records thereof, of property and funds, whether public or
quasi-public. The accountable officer may or may not have physical possession of the property or funds. See also
responsible officer. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Activity designator
See force designator. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Adjustments, physical inventory
a. The accounting transaction that corrects a book balance to agree with the quantity of the item in storage.
Adjustments may result from(1) Physical inventory;
(2) A potential discrepancy revealed by a Materiel release denial or location survey/ reconciliation; or
(3) Erroneous capitalization or decapitalization action.
b. Excluded are adjustment transactions caused by(1) Reidentification of stock,
(2) Type of pack changes,
(3) Standard price changes,
(4) Catalog data changes,
(5) Supply condition and purpose code changes,
(6) Condemnation of materiel resulting from rebuild and surveillance programs.
c. Adjustment transactions caused by computer malfunctions, program errors, and correction of computer system
time lags are not adjustments due to physical inventory. These adjustment transactions will be assigned the proper
error classification code (para C-31); the occurrence rate will be monitored by supply system managers. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Administrative storage (A)
The placement of its organic equipment in a limited care and preservation status by a table of organization and
equipment/table of distribution and allowances unit or activity for short periods of time to reduce the need for
maintenance resources or because of the nonavailability of adequate resources to maintain the equipment in an
operational status. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Adopted items of materiel (A)
Items of materiel which are suitable for their intended military purpose; have been type classified; are suitable for
inclusion in equipment authorization documents; and are described in adopted items lists published to provide the
official nomenclature source and type classification status of such items. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Advice code (A)
A code used to transmit instructions considered by the creators of requisitions to be essential to the desired supply
action. Insertion of an advice code is at the discretion of the initial document creator. Advice codes are the opposite
of status codes in that directional flow is reversed. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
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Advice code
Advice Codes are used by the requisitioner to inform the supplier about exceptional data pertaining to a specific
request. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Dept)
AIMI (Army Intensively Managed Items) Program
An intensive management concept for critical aviation items. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System,
15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Airdrop
Delivery of personnel or cargo from aircraft in flight. Airdrops are categorized in height bands as follows:
a. Ultra low level-Ground level to 50 feet above ground level.
b. Low level-51 feet above ground level to 500 feet above ground level.
c. Medium level-501 feet above ground level to 2,500 feet above ground level (the height dividing conventional
parachuting or airdrop from stabilized fall or free drop).
d. High level--2,501 feet above ground level to 12,000 feet above ground level.
e. Ultra high level-Above 12,000 feet above ground level. Explanatory note: When dropping above 5,000 feet
mean sea level, consideration must be given to oxygen requirements for all personnel. Where any airdrop system
overlaps two defined heights, exchange of information will be conducted on the basis of the level that is the more
restrictive or dangerous. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Airdrop
The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight. See also airdrop platform; air movement; free drop;
free fall; high-velocity drop; low-velocity drop (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Air Line Of Communication (ALOC)
A system that provides air shipments (regardless of priority) for all Class IX, air eligible repair parts, and selected
Class II materiel to certain oversea units. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566573.
Ambulance exchange point
(DOD) A location where a patient is transferred from one ambulance to another en route to a medical treatment
facility. This may be an established point in an ambulance shuttle or it may be designated independently. Also called
AXP. See also medical treatment facility. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Ammunition controlled supply rate
(DOD) In Army usage, the amount of ammunition estimated to be available to sustain operations of a designated
force for a specified time if expenditures are controlled at that rate. It is expressed in terms of rounds per weapon per
day for ammunition items fired by weapons, and in terms of units of measure per organization per day for bulk
allotment ammunition items. Tactical commanders use this rate to control expenditures of ammunition during
tactical operations at planned intervals. It is issued through command channels at each level. It is determined based
on consideration of the required supply rates submitted by subordinate commanders and ammunition assets
available. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Ammunition day of supply (A)
The estimated quantity of conventional ammunition required per day to sustain operations in an active theater. It is
expressed in terms of rounds per weapon per day for ammunition items fired by weapons, and in terms of other units
of measure for bulk allotment ammunition items. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Ammunition lot
(DOD, NATO) A quantity of homogeneous ammunition, identified by a unique lot number, which is manufactured,
assembled, or renovated by one producer under uniform conditions and which is expected to function in a uniform
manner. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Ammunition lot (A)
A quantity of components, each of which is manufactured by one manufacturer under uniform conditions, and which
is expected to function in a uniform manner. The lot is designated and identified by assignment of an ammunition lot
number and preparation of an ammunition data card. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Ammunition lot number (A)
Code number that identifies a particular quantity of ammunition from one manufacturer. The number is assigned to
each lot of ammunition when it is manufactured. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Ammunition required supply rate (A)
The amount of ammunition expressed in terms of rounds per weapon per day for ammunition items fired by
weapons, and in terms of other units of measure per day for bulk allotment ammunition items estimated to be
required to sustain operations of any designated force without restriction for a specified time. Tactical commanders
use this rate to state their requirements for ammunition to support planned tactical operations at specific intervals. It
is submitted through command channels and is consolidated at each echelon. It is considered by each commander in
determining the controlled supply rate within his command. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms,
15 October 1983)
Ammunition supply point
See distribution point. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
APS reserve equipment
Material stored at predetermined locations and maintained in a state of combat readiness for issue to designated
units. This does not include material reserved by NICP under purpose codes reserving material for mobilization or
APS. (AR 740–1, Logistics Storage and Supply Activity Operations, 15 June 2001)
Army prepositioned stocks (APS)
Material configured to equip specific TOE type units upon initial deployment to a designated theater of operations.
(AR 740–1, Logistics Storage and Supply Activity Operations, 15 June 2001)
Appeal authority
An officer designated to take final action on requests for reconsideration when the report of survey approving
authority denies relief of financial responsibility to a respondent, and to act on requests for remission or cancellation
of indebtedness. Appeal authority action is by authority of the Secretary of the Army. Normally, the appeal authority
will be the next higher commander above the approving authority. (AR 735-5) AR 710-2, Inventory Management
Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Appointing authority
An appointing authority is an officer or civilian designated by the approving authority with responsibility for
appointing report of survey investigating officers. (AR 735-5) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy
Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Appropriation (A)
Authorization to make payments out of the Treasury for a designed purpose pursuant to an act of Congress.
Appropriations are multiple year, current, expired, lapsed, definite, indefinite, permanent, civil, etc. See also
obligation authority. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Approving authority
An approving authority is an officer authorized to appoint a surveying officer and to approve reports of survey "by
authority of the Secretary of the Army." (AR 735-5) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the
Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
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Area oriented depot (AOD)
A depot that stores secondary items tailored to support specific customers, missions, and/or geographical areas. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Arithmetic mean
The average obtained by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of these quantities. As used in
the pipeline analysis report, it is the average days needed to process in each of the cycle segments. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Army and Air Force Exchange Service imprest fund activity
(DOD) A military operated retail activity, usually in remote or forward sites, when regular direct operations
exchanges cannot be provided. It is a satellite activity of an Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) direct
operation. The supported unit appoints the officer-in-charge of an imprest fund activity, who is issued an initial fund
by AAFES to purchase beginning inventory. Money generated from sales is used to replenish the merchandise stock.
See also impress fund. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Army Central Service Point (ACSP)
A focal point for the processing of DODAAD data within the Army. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue
System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Army depot (A)
Depot located within the area of Army and designated by the Army commander, where supplies from the
communications zone or from local sources are received, classified, stored, and distributed. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Army Industrial Fund (A)
A consolidated working capital fund consisting of unexpended balances of cash on deposit in the Treasury or its
equivalent; accounts receivable; stores of supplies, materials, and work-in- process; finished goods; and all other
current and deferred assets pertaining to, or acquired in the operations of all Army installations or activities financed
by the fund. The foregoing current assets are subject to all current and accrued liabilities incurred in connection
with, or pertaining to such operations. The fund is applied to industrial and commercial type activities of the Army
that produce and furnish goods or render services to other activities on a reimbursable basis. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Army Managed Item (AMI)
An item managed by one of the Army Materiel Command’s commodity commands, which perform the full spectrum
of item management responsibility from acquisition, materiel fielding, life cycle sustainment to disposition.
Identified in SARSS catalog data with the first character of the RIC Source of Supply of “A”, “B”, or “C.” See also
non-Army Managed Item. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office).
Army Military Clothing Sales Stores
A designated facility where Army uniforms, components, and insignia items are kept for sale or issue to authorized
persons. (AR 700-84) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp.
186-195.
Army Network Station (ANS)
A command or activity designated element which has been delegated the responsibility of maintaining that portion
of the DODAAF pertinent to its functional interest, and to receive DODAAC adds, changes, and deletions from the
ACSP for the purpose of keeping its portion of the DODAAF current. (Source AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt
and Issue System, 15 Nov 95.
Army Oil Analysis Program
Part of a DOD-wide effort to detect impeding equipment component failures and determine lubricant condition
through evaluation of used oil samples. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984)
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Army property
All property under DA control, except property accounted for as owned by a Non Appropriated Fund (NAF)
activity. "Government property " and "Army property" are used synonymously with " property." (AR 735-5) AR
710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Army Retail Logistics
Traditionally defined as the Army Logistics System (less Wholesale logistics). Retail level stockage generally is
oriented toward attaining maximum operational readiness of support units and, therefore, is based on demand or
item essentiality. Includes a variety or organizations providing field service, supply (receipt, store, issue),
maintenance, and transportation of Army equipment. Installation supply and maintenance activities, direct support
organizations, and General Support Units (GSUs) usually are engaged in retail level supply support. Under
emerging doctrine, the differences between Army Retail and Army Wholesale logistics operations are being reduced
through initiatives such as the Single Stock Fund and National Maintenance Management. See also AR 710-2, DA
Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Army Stock Fund (A)
A means for consolidated management, financing, control and accounting for the procurement and inventories of
those items of materials, supplies and equipment, the costs of which are chargeable, when issued, to a number of
consuming activities (Section 405, National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 585: SUSC 172)). (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Army Wholesale Logistics (A)
The Army Logistics System less Army in the field logistic and CONUS installation logistic functions; includes
complete logistic support of the Army Wholesale Logistic complex to include national inventory control point,
national maintenance point, depots, terminals, arsenals, and plant/factories associated with commodity command
activities and of special Army activities retained under direct control of Headquarters, Department of the Army. See
also Army in the field logistics; Army Logistics System; Army Wholesale Materiel. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Army Working Capital Fund (AWCF)
An Army industrial account that provides needed sources of National logistics services. It initially receives assets in
the form of cash and inventory, which it then owns as capital, and is replenished through sales. It includes 4 business
activities (Information Services, Depot Maintenance, Ordnance, and Supply Management, Army) and mirrors the
Defense Working Capital Fund. See also DBOF. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office)
ASL depth
Quantity of a single line stocked on an ASL. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) AR 710-2, Inventory Management
Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
ASL range
Size of an ASL in terms of the number of different lines stocked. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) AR 710-2,
Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, Logistics (A)
A general staff officer who assists the Chief of Staff of an Army field command in the coordination of those
logistical functions pertaining to supply, evacuation, and hospitalization, transportation, service, and miscellaneous
related subjects. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Audit trail
Documentation supporting debit and credit entries on accounting records from the time property is brought into the
Army inventory with a source document, until the property is dropped from accountability. (AR 735-5) AR 710-2,
Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
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Authorized allowances of equipment (A)
Equipment specified by an applicable table of allowances, table of organization and equipment, or authorized
equipment modification lists, etc., as modified by movement order. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Authorized allowances of supplies (A)
Quantity of supplies authorized in accordance with tables of allowances, tables of organization and equipment, or
other appropriate authority. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983
Authorized Level of Organization (ALO)
The authorized level of organization of a unit is the ratio of authorized manpower spaces to the full tables of
organization and equipment structure spaces, against which a unit is authorized to requisition personnel and
equipment. Authorized level of organization may be expressed in numerical and letter designated levels representing
percentages of full tables of organization and equipment structure spaces (i.e., authorized level of organization 1, 2,
3, and E approximate 100 percent, 90 percent, 80 percent, and less than 80 percent), respectively. Equipment
resources are specified by item for each level of organization. Inherent in the Department of the Army approved
authorized level of organization for a unit is the stated distribution objective based on a programmed capability of
the Army to provide assets at the designated level of personnel and equipment. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Authorized parts list
List of authorized parts for units in each echelon of supply and maintenance as prescribed by appropriate authority
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Authorized retention limit
The quantity of items authorized to be retained before reporting excesses or requesting disposition instructions. (AR
710-2) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Authorized stockage list (ASL)
A list of all items authorized to be stocked at a specific echelon of supply. The following are various types of
authorized stockage lists: Prescribed load list; direct support unit stockage list; installation stockage list,
maintenance shop stock; field Army depot stockage lists; theater authorized stockage list; national inventory control
point demand stockage list; and list of items for operational projects. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Authorized Stockage List (ASL)
A list of items that an SSA is authorized to stock on a perpetual basis. Units will normally receive a request much
quicker if it is an ASL item at their SSA. ASL items have a much shorter Order Ship Time. (Source: QMC&S,
Logistics Training Department)
Automated Identification Technology (AIT)
(DOD, NATO) A suite of tools for facilitating total asset visibility (TAV) source data capture and transfer.
Automated identification technology (AIT) includes a variety of devices, such as bar codes, magnetic strips, optical
memory cards, radio frequency tags for marketing or “tagging” individual items, multi-packs, equipment, air pallets
or containers. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Automatic return (A)
An item of supply designated by the cognizant national inventory control point for return to the designated source of
supply or commercial contractor's facility for repair, when condition warrants, without recourse to individual line
item disposition reporting prior to shipment. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Automatic supply wholesale
A system by which selected supplies are automatically shipped to sustain forces for a predetermined time during
military operations. This will continue until normal requisitioning capabilities are established. AR 725-50,
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Automation fill/degree day
A program under which a contractor guarantees that all small heating fuel tanks (under 5,000 gallons) identified in
the contract will not fall below "30 percent full. " During the heating season (1 October through 31 March), degree
days will be used as a basis for determining frequency of deliveries necessary to assure the 30-percent-full
requirement. (AR 710-2) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97,
pp. 186-195.
Auxiliary equipment
Equipment which supplements mission essential materiel or takes the place of such materiel should it become
inoperative. (This equipment is identified by DA.) AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov
95, pp. 566-573.
Availability Balance Files
ABFs depict the current Stock Record Account on-hand balances, stocks due in, and stocks due out to customers or
other SSAs. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Average customer wait time
Average time in days, developed at a supply support activity, required to satisfy customer demands, regardless of
whether the demand was for a stocked or unstocked item, or whether or not the demand was satisfied from stock on
hand at the supply support activity. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1) AR 710-2, Inventory Management Supply Policy
Below the Wholesale Level, 31 Oct 97, pp. 186-195.
Back-haul
A vehicle's return movement from original destination to original origin. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi
and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,
1996) glossary)
Back-haul airlift
(DOD) The rearward movement of personnel and materiel from an air terminal in forward deployed areas back to a
staging base (either in-theater or out) after the normal forward delivery. See also staging base. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept
of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Back order
(DOD) The quantity of an item requisitioned by ordering activities that is not immediately available for issue but is
recorded as a stock commitment for future issue. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Back order
That portion of requested stock not immediately available for issue and not passed to another source of supply for
action. Record of obligation to file the backorder is known synonymously as a backorder or due-out. (AR 710-2, DA
Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Bare base
(DOD) A base having minimum essential facilities to house, sustain, and support operations to include, if required, a
stabilized runway, taxiways, and aircraft parking areas. A bare base must have a source of water that can be made
potable. Other requirements to operate under bare base conditions form a necessary part of the force package
deployed to the bare base. See also base. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Barge
The cargo-carrying vehicle that inland water carriers primarily use. Basic barges have open tops, but there are
covered barges for both dry and liquid cargoes. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Barrel
Standard unit of measurement of liquids in petroleum pipeline and storage operations, 42 US standard gallons.
(Source: AR 310-25, Dictionary of the United States Army Terms, 1998, draft)
Basic allowance for subsistence
A monetary allowance paid to all service personnel who are authorized to subsist themselves. (Source: AR 310-25,
Dictionary of the United States Army Terms, 1998, draft)
Basic daily food allowance
A prescribed quantity of food defined by components, and monetary value, which is required to provide a
nutritionally adequate diet for one person for one day. The Department of Defense Food Cost Index is used to
compute the basic daily food allowance. (Source: AR 310-25, Dictionary of the United States Army Terms, 1998,
draft)
Basic Issue Items (BII)
Those essential ancillary items required to operate the equipment and to enable it to perform the mission and
function for which it was designed or intended. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Basic load
(DOD, NATO) The quantity of supplies required to be on hand within, and which can be moved by, a unit or
formation. It is expressed according to the wartime organization of the unit or formation and maintained at the
prescribed levels. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Basic load
Supplies kept by using units for use in combat (for other than ammunition). The quantity of each item of supply in a
basic load is related to the number of days in combat the unit may be sustained without resupply. (AR 710-2, DA
Pam 710-2-1) (For ammunition, see JCS Pub 1 and AR 310-25.) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Basic ration (A)
Ration to be used for civilian supply and stated in terms of calories and nutritional distribution that are necessary to
provide a minimum standard of health. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Basis of issue
(DOD) Authority which prescribes the number of items to be issued to an individual, a unit, a military organization,
or for a unit piece of equipment. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Battlefield Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR)
A wartime procedure to rapidly return disabled equipment to operational condition by expediently repairing,
bypassing, or jury-rigging components to restore the minimum essential systems required for the support of a
specific combat mission or to enable the equipment to self-recover. (DA Pam 750-35, 1 dtd August 1984)
Bench stock
Consumable class 2, 3 (packaged), 4, and 9 supplies used by maintenance personnel at an unpredictable rate. Bench
stocks are authorized for support level maintenance activities, including aviation unit maintenance activities. (AR
710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep
98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Bill of Lading
The acknowledgment of the receipt of goods for movement by the carrier and the contract for the movement. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Bill of Lading
Includes Government bills of lading issued by the Army (as defined in AR 55-355) and commercial bills of lading
for transportation services administered by the Army. (For exception of "FOB origin shipments," see para 16-9.)
(AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Bonded Warehousing
A type of warehousing in which companies place goods in storage without paying taxes or tariffs. The warehouse
manager bonds himself or herself to the tax or tariff collecting agency to ensure payment of the taxes before the
warehouse releases the goods. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of
Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Break-bulk
The separation of a consolidated bulk load into smaller individual shipments for delivery to the ultimate consignee.
The freight may be moved intact inside the trailer, or it may be interchanged and rehandled to connecting carriers.
(Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Break-bulk cargo
(DOD) Any commodity that, because of its weight, dimensions, or non-compatibility with other cargo, must be
shipped by mode other than MILVAN or SEAVAN. See also break-bulk ship; cargo. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Break-bulk point (A)
A transshipping activity to which multiple shipment units may be consigned for further distribution within the
transportation system. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Break-bulk point (BBP)
A transshipping activity that receives unitized shipments and distributes them or has them picked up by the ultimate
consignee. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Break-bulk ship
(DOD) A ship with conventional holds for stowage of breakbulk cargo, below or above deck, and equipped with
cargo-handling gear. Ships also may be capable of carrying a limited number of containers, above or below deck.
See also breakbulk cargo. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Broker
An intermediary between the shipper and the carrier. The broker arranges transportation for shippers and secures
loads for carriers. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Buffer stock
Stocks held in the vicinity of a movement agency, to ensure rapid dispatch, cater for unforeseen urgent demands, or
overcome delays in obtaining stocks from normal sources. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Bulk cargo
(DOD) That which is generally shipped in volume where the transportation conveyance is the only external
container; such as liquids, ore, or grain. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Bulk issue (POL)
An issue of bulk fuel into a transportation vehicle or storage tank that will subsequently be issued to a consuming
end item of equipment. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures,
30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
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Bulk loading (A)
Stowage of supplies so as to utilize the entire carrying capacity of a ship, disregarding segregation of cargoes either
by class, service, or commodity. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Bulk petroleum product
(DOD, NATO) A liquid petroleum product transported by various means and stored in tanks or containers having an
individual fill capacity greater than 250 liters. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Bulk storage
(DOD) 1. Storage in a warehouse of supplies and equipment in large quantities, usually in original containers, as
distinguished from bin storage. 2. Storage of liquids, such as petroleum products in tanks, as distinguished from
drum or packaged storage. See also bin storage; storage. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Bunker fuel
Fuel oil carried on steamships for their own boilers. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Business Logistics
The process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services
and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to
customer requirements. Note that this definition includes inbound, outbound, internal and external movements.
(Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Cache
(DOD) In evasion and recovery operations, source of subsistence and supplies, typically containing items such as
food, water, medical items, and/or communications equipment, packaged to prevent damage from exposure and
hidden in isolated locations by such methods as burial, concealment, and/or submersion, to support evaders in
current or future operations. See also evader; evasion; evasion and recovery; recovery; recovery operations;
concealment. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Cancellation
A total or partial stopping of supply requested of and confirmed by the supplier. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt
and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Cannibalization point (A)
An area where uneconomically repairable or disposable end items and components are collected and held for
controlled cannibalization. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Capacity table (POL)
A table showing capacity of a bulk storage tank. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Capital equipment
Personal property of a capital nature classified nonexpendable in an Army supply manual, or that would be so
classified if included in an Army supply manual or catalog. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
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Capital nature
Property that has all or most of the following characteristics:
a. Does not lose its identity when used for its intended purpose.
b. Has an acquisition cost of $1,000 or more.
c. Has a useful life of more than 2 years when used for intended purpose.
d. Normally is an investment-type item capitalized in the accounting records. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Capitalization
The assumption of in-place stock accountability by a gaining item manager of assets located at a storage site during
logistical reassignment. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Care of Supplies In Storage (COSIS)
A program whereby supplies and equipment in storage are preserved in a serviceable condition through inspection
and action taken to correct any forms of deterioration and to restore the supplies to ready for issue condition. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Carousel
A rotating system of layers of bins and/or drawers that can store many small items using relatively little floor space.
(Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Carrier Liability
A common carrier is liable for all shipment loss, damage and delay with the exception of that caused by act of God,
act of a public enemy, act of a public authority, act of the shipper and the goods' inherent nature. (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Causative research
An investigation of variances in transactions. The investigation consists of a complete review of all transactions
since the last inventory or last reconciliation between custodial and inventory control point (ICP) accountable
records. Hard copy supporting documentation, catalog changes, shipment discrepancies, and unposted or rejected
documentation also are reviewed. The purpose of causative research is to assign a cause to a variance so that
corrective action may be taken. Causative research ends when the cause of the variance has been determined; or
when, after review of transactions back to the last inventory or reconciliation, no conclusive findings were possible.
(AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710- 2-2, AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Central Collection Activity
An activity designated by each MACOM to provide CBS-X field support for a specified supply support area or for a
specified command. Central collection activities may be located at division, installation, Corps or subordinate
MACOM level. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep
98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Central Data Collection Point (CDCP)
The DOD activity that provides data processing support for DOD activities and service or agency CPP. It collects,
processes, and distributes all intransit data transactions and tape records prescribed in chapter 10, MILSTAMP. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Central Demand Data Base (CDDB)
The Army central repository of all demands generated by the organizational level. CDDB provides data and analysis
to Army-wide commanders on end item repair parts consumption, task force tailoring of logistical support data, and
secondary item applications. to specific end items. CDDB is built from individual requests for issue from the
organizational level reformatted by the retail automated systems into the DIC BAH and transmitted to the LCA. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Central Processing Point (CPP)
The service or agency data processing point that collects and processes MILSTRIP and MILSTAMP source
documents described herein for preparing and submitting MILSTEP reports to OASD (Comptroller). The U.S. Army
Systems Integration and Management Activity (SIMA), Chambersburg, PA, is the Army (CPP.) AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Central Receiving Point (CRP)
An activity at a CONUS installation responsible for receiving shipments, processing prescribed documentation, and
distributing materiel. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Centralized receiving and shipping point
Actual Location where containers with cargo must be sorted before transshipment to the appropriate supply support
activity or owning unit. Single consignee cargo and ammunition will not pass through the centralized receiving and
shipment point. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Central Service Point (CSP)
A focal point for the processing of DODAAD data within a participating military service or agency. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Certified (POL)
Written documentation by a competent authority that the item has been proven to provide accurate measurements.
(AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Checking-in (tally-in) operation
An operation performed by a receiving clerk, normally under supervision of the transportation officer or receiving
property officer. Includes removing items from a carrier's vehicle and conducting a visual inspection to decide the
condition of packages and loose pieces in a shipment. Checking-in may be performed under other supervision, or at
a later time, because of emergency conditions; however, it will not be confused with the "storage" operation. Storage
operation involves opening undamaged packages after delivery to a customer, user, or warehouse. (AR 735-5) DA
Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Chock
A wedge, usually made of hard rubber or steel that is firmly placed under the wheel of a trailer, truck or boxcar to
stop it from rolling. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Classes of supply (A)
Divides supplies and equipment into ten (10) meaningful major categories of materiel, within which items are easily
identified to each particular class; establishes a common supply terminology; provides an improved management
tool for logistics planning and operations; and enhances communications between the Military/Department of
Defense services and unilaterally within the Army. Classes of supply are depicted by roman numerals. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Class III Supply Point (POL)
An Army activity that issues fuel in either bulk and/or retail modes. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Clear Text Address
The complete mail, freight and billing address, which includes the activity designator or name of each DOD or other
U.S. Government organization, or contractor, assigned a DOD activity address code. AR 725-50, Requisitioning,
Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Clothing initial issue point
A facility normally located at an installation that serves as a reception station for new soldiers being processed for
training in the Active Army. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Clothing issue-in-kind
An alternate system for furnishing items or initial clothing and replacements at Government expense. Replacement
is done by exchange of unserviceable garments for serviceable garments. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Clothing maintenance
Alteration and replacement by purchase of personal uniform clothing by the individual. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 7102-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Clothing monetary allowance system
A system for furnishing the individual soldier an initial clothing allowance on an item basis. (AR 700-84) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Clothing store manager
A person designated by the local exchange manager to be responsible for store supervision and store operation. This
definition does not include the Berlin clothing store or contractor-operated stores. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Classified item
Material that requires protection in the interest of national security. (AR 740–1, Logistics Storage and Supply
Activity Operations, 15 June 2001)
Combat loading
(DOD, NATO) The arrangement of personnel and the stowage of equipment and supplies in a manner designed to
conform to the anticipated tactical operation of the organization embarked. Each individual item is stowed so that it
can be unloaded at the required time. See also loading. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Commodity command
AMC major subordinate command or activity that performs life cycle management functions, including item
management and logistic support for specific commodity groups. (AR 750-10, Army Modification Program, 8
September 2000)
Combat readiness
(DOD) Synonymous with operational readiness, with respect to missions or functions performed in combat. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Combat Service Support
(DOD) The essential capabilities, functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces
in theater at all levels of war. Within the national and theater logistic systems, it includes but is not limited to that
support rendered by service forces in ensuring the aspects of supply, maintenance, transportation, health services,
and other services required by aviation and ground combat troops to permit those units to accomplish their missions
in combat. Combat service support encompasses those activities at all levels of war that produce sustainment to all
operating forces on the battlefield. Also called CSS. See also logistics; support. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Combustibility (A)
The relative combustibility of materials in storage is defined as follows:
a. Hazardous: Materials which, either by themselves or in combination with their packaging, are highly susceptible
to ignition and will contribute to the intensity and rapid spread of fire.
b. Moderate: Materials and their packaging, both of which will contribute fuel to fire.
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c. Low: Materials which, in themselves, will not normally ignite, but which in combination with their packaging,
will contribute fuel to fire. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Command responsibility
The obligation of a commander to ensure that all Government property within his or her command is properly used
and cared for, and that proper custody and safekeeping of Government property are provided. Command
responsibility is inherent in command and cannot be delegated. It is evidenced by assignment to command at any
level and includes:
a. Ensuring the security of all property of the command, whether in use or in storage.
b. Observing subordinates to ensure that their activities contribute to the proper custody, care, use, and safekeeping
of all property within the command.
c. Enforcing all security, safety, and accounting requirements.
d. Taking administrative or disciplinary measures when necessary. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Command strip list
A list of items, prepared by a MACOM, to be removed from an end item put in a cannibalization point. (DA Pam
710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp.
268-276.
Commodity Command Standard System (CCSS)
Used by AMC to automate and integrate National logistics. One of the world’s largest integrated business systems,
with over 525 separate sub-systems and 5,000 programs. Integrates AMC’s business processes of provisioning,
cataloging, requirements determination, procurement, maintenance planning, inventory control, financial
management, and Security Assistance.
Commercially performed maintenance contract
Any repair, overhaul, modification, or reconditioning done under contract by commercial organizations. It is for
weapon systems, equipment, or components. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp.
566-573.
Common Carrier
A for-hire carrier that holds itself out to serve the general public at reasonable rates and without discrimination. To
operate, the carrier must secure a certificate of public convenience and necessity. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J.
Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing
Co., 1996 glossary)
Common Table of Allowances (CTA)
An authorization document for items of materiel required for common usage by individuals and/or by table of
organization and equipment, table of distribution and allowances, or joint table of allowances units and activities
Army-wide, to include the Reserve components. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Communications Zone (COMMZ)
(DOD, NATO) Rear part of theater of operations (behind but contiguous to the combat zone) which contains the
lines of communications, establishments for supply and evacuation, and other agencies required for the immediate
support and maintenance of the field forces. See also combat zone; rear area. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Component
A combination of parts mounted together during manufacturing, that may be bested, replaced as a unit, or repaired
(for example, starter, generator fuel pump, and printed circuit board). The term “module” is normally associated
with electronic equipment . (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984
Components
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Items identified in technical publications (such as technical manuals) as part of an end item. (Items troop installed or
separately authorized, and special tools and test and support equipment are not components.
a. Components of end items.
b. Components of assemblages. Items identified in a supply catalog component listing (SC/CL) as part of a sets,
kits, and outfits (SKO), or other assemblage. DA Pam 710-2-1, Using Unit Supply System (Manual Procedures), 31
Dec 97, Glossary, pp. 226-228
Component change order
An order issued by an AA to an assembly depot to use or recover component items to or from existing assemblages.
This also includes applying BII to a major end item to complete it before issue. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt
and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Component end item (A)
An end item assigned to a supporting service that is incorporated in an end item assigned to an issuing service. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Components Of End Items (COEI)
Spare/repair parts identified in technical publications, e.g., technical manuals, that make up the sum total of the end
item. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Concealed shortage or damage
Shortage in or damage to the contents of an original container or package detected after delivery. This damage or
shortage is contrasted with visible damages or shortages in the number of packages involved, readily noticeable at
time of delivery. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Concept of logistic support
(DOD) A verbal or graphic statement, in a broad outline, of how a commander intends to support and integrate with
a concept of operations in an operation or campaign. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Condition Code (A)
A one-position, alphabetic character used to classify materiel to identify the degree of serviceability, condition, and
completeness in terms of readiness for issue and use or to identify actions underway to change the status of materiel.
See also serviceability standards. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consignee
The receiving agency, unit, depot or person to whom the cargo is addressed or consigned, as indicated by the
appropriate shipping document. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consignor
The agency from which shipment is made. Consignors may be depots, installations, bases, supply points, holding
areas, units, contractors or other agencies. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consolidation and containerization point (CCP)
An activity designated to receive, accumulate, assemble and containerize or palletize cargo for onward movement
to an oversea destination. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consumable supplies
A special classification for use in program expense accounting activities that encompass nonexpendable supplies
valued at less than $200 per item and all expendable supplies. This classification will not be construed to alter
existing requirement for maintenance of station property book records of nonexpendable supplies. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Contact team
An element of a command organization or unit designated to visit another organization for the purpose of providing
service or intelligence; for example, detachment from a maintenance company sent forward to deliver supplies
and/or make repairs on ordnance materiel of units needing assistance.
Contracting officer
Any person authorized by virtue of his position or by appointment in accordance with procedures prescribed in the
Defense Acquisition Regulation to enter into and administer contracts and make determinations and findings with
respect thereto, or with any part of such authority. The term also includes the authorized representative of the
contracting officer acting within the limits of his authority.
Contractor-Owned, Contractor-Operated (COCO)
Term applied to a manufacturing facility owned and operated by a private contractor performing a service, under
contract, for the Government.
Controlled exchange
Removal of serviceable parts, components, and assemblies from unserviceable, but economically repairable
equipment and their immediate reuse in restoring a like item of equipment to a combat mission capable condition.
(DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1August 1984)
Consignee (A)
The receiving agency, unit, depot or person to whom the cargo is addressed or consigned, as indicated by the
appropriate shipping document. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consignee
The receiver of a freight shipment, usually the buyer. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Consignor
The sender of a freight shipment, usually the seller. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Consignor (A)
The agency from which shipment is made. Consignors may be depots, installations, bases, supply points, holding
areas, units, contractors or other agencies. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consolidation
Collecting smaller shipments to form a larger quantity in order to realize lower transportation rates. (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Consolidation and containerization point (A)
An activity designated to receive, accumulate, assemble and containerize or palletize cargo for onward movement to
an oversea destination. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consolidation container (A)
A container other than CONEX (container express) designed to be handled with normal materials handling
equipment and used to consolidate more than one line item into a single shipping container to one destination. See
also CONEX (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Consumable supplies (A)
A special classification for use in program expense accounting activities which encompass nonexpendable supplies
valued at less than $200 per item and all expendable supplies. This classification will not be construed to alter
existing requirement for maintenance of station property book records of nonexpendable supplies. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Consumable supplies
Supplies consumed in use, such as ammunition, fuel, cleaning and preserving materials, surgical dressings, and
drugs, or supplies that lose their separate identity in use, such as repair parts and building materials. (AR 735-5) DA
Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Consumable supplies and material
See expendable supplies and material. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Consumer logistics
(DOD) That part of logistics concerning reception of the initial product, storage, inspection, distribution, transport,
maintenance (including repair and the serviceability), and disposal of materiel, and the provision of support and
services. In consequence, consumer logistics includes: materiel requirements determination, follow-on support,
stock control, provision or construction of facilities (excluding any materiel element and those facilities needed to
support production logistics activities), movement control, codification, reliability and defect reporting, storage,
transport and handling safety standards, and related training. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Consumption rate
(DOD, NATO) The average quantity of an item consumed or expended during a given time interval, expressed in
quantities by the most appropriate unit of measurement per applicable stated basis. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Container
(DOD) An article of transport equipment that meets American National Standards Institute/International
Organization for Standardization standards designed to be transported by various modes of transportation; designed
to facilitate and optimize the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transportation without intermediate
handling of the contents and equipped with features permitting its ready handling and transfer from one mode to
another. Containers may be fully enclosed with one or more doors, open top, refrigerated, tank, open rack, gondola,
flatrack, and other designs. See also containerization. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Container handling equipment
(DOD) Items of materials handling equipment required to specifically receive, maneuver, and dispatch International
Organization for Standardization containers. Also called CHE. See also materials handling equipment. (Joint Pub102, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Containerization (A)
The placement of cargo in an article of transport equipment designed to facilitate and optimize the carriage of goods
by one or more modes of transportation without intermediate handling of contents from point of shipment to final
destination. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Containerization
(DOD) The use of containers to unitize cargo for transportation, supply and storage. Containerization incorporates
supply, transportation, packaging, storage and security together with visibility of container and its contents into a
distribution system from source to user. See also cargo. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Contaminated petroleum products (POL)
Distillates and residuals of the petroleum refining process that have been contaminated before or during a usage
period and can no longer satisfy the specifications of the original intended use. Included in this category are
gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuels, motor oils, and greases. Although not a petroleum-derived product, degreasing
solvents are included in the broader sense because of the parallel methods of handling recovery, recycling, and final
disposal. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
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Continuing Balance System-Expanded (CBS-X)
An Army-wide equipment control data base which uses supply transactions or property book forms that change
equipment balances in order to provide on-hand equipment positions for SB 700-20 items as reportable item control
code (RICC 2 for active Army, USAR, and ARNG units and activities). (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Continuous Replenishment
A system used to reduce customer inventories and improve service usually to large customers. (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Contracting officer
(DOD) A US military officer or civilian employee who has a valid appointment as a contracting officer under the
provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The individual has the authority to enter into and administer
contracts and determinations and findings about such contracts. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Contracting officer
A person who is currently a contracting officer with authority to enter into and administer contracts. The person may
be a contracting officer either by virtue of position or by appointment under procedures prescribed by the Defense
Acquisition Regulation (DAR). This person may make determinations and findings for contracts or for any part of
such authority. In the ARNG, a contracting officer is the USPFO, or an ARNG technician who has been appointed
as contracting officer by the CNGB with authority to enter into and administer contracts. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 7102-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI)
CCIs are described as secure telecommunications or information handling equipment, associated cryptographic
components, or other hardware items that perform a critical COMSEC function. Items so designated are unclassified
but controlled and will bear the designation "controlled cryptographic item" or "CCI." (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Controlled inventory items
Items with characteristics requiring special identification accounting, security, or
handling to ensure their safeguard. These items, in order of degree of control normally exercised, are as follows:
a. Classified item. Materiel requiring a protection in the interest of national security.
b. Sensitive item. Materiel requiring a high degree of protection and control because of statutory requirements or
regulations; high-value, highly technical, or hazardous items; and small arms, ammunition, explosives, and
demolition materiel. (See controlled inventory item codes (CIIC) "1-6," "7," "8," "9," "$," "N," "P," "Q," "R," and
"Y" (night vision devices and navigation systems (GPS)) in the AMDF as explained by AR 708-1.) (AR 735-5)
c. Pilferable item. Materiel having ready resale value or civilian application to personal possession and, therefore,
especially subject to theft. Examples are binoculars, projectors, cigarettes, pagers, handheld two-way radios,
cameras, tapes, or recorders. (See CIIC codes in the AMDF as explained by AR 708-1.) (AR 710-2, AR 735-5) DA
Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Controlled inventory items (A)
Items that are designated as having characteristics which require they be identified, accounted for, secured or
handled in a special manner to insure their safeguard. Controlled inventory items, in order of degree of control
normally exercised are as follows: Sensitive item, classified item, and pilferage item. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
CONUS Intransit
The number of days from the "date shipped" until the date of receipt by the CONUS requisitioning installation, or by
the Port of Embarkation (POE) for overseas requisitions. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15
Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Cost contract
(DOD) 1. A contract that provides for payment to the contractor of allowable costs, to the extent prescribed in the
contract, incurred in performance of the contract. 2. A cost-reimbursement type contract under which the contractor
receives no fee. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Cost-plus a fixed-fee contract
(DOD) A cost reimbursement type contract that provides for the payment of a fixed fee to the contractor. The fixed
fee, once negotiated, does not vary with actual cost but may be adjusted as a result of any subsequent changes in the
scope of work or services to be performed under the contract. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Cost sharing contract
(DOD) A cost reimbursement type contract under which the contractor receives no fee but is reimbursed only for an
agreed portion of its allowable costs. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms,
23 March 1994)
Conveyor
A materials handling device that moves freight from one warehouse area to another. Roller conveyors utilize
gravity, whereas belt conveyors use motors. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Critical item
(DOD) An essential item that is in short supply or expected to be in short supply for an extended period. See also
critical supplies and materials; regulated item. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Critical supplies and materiel
(DOD, NATO) Those supplies vital to the support of operations, which owing to various causes are in short supply
or are expected to be in short supply. See also critical item; regulated item (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Cross-docking
The movement of goods directly from receiving dock to shipping dock to eliminate storage expense. (Source: John
J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Curb weight
(DOD) Weight of a ground vehicle including fuel, lubricants, coolant and on-vehicle materiel, excluding cargo and
operating personnel. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Custodial record
A record maintained by the storage activity reflecting standard catalog data; owner/manager identification code; and
may include lot/ serial number and/or on hand quantity by supply condition code; for controlling assets in storage
and aiding in inventory. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Custodial responsibility
The responsibility of a storage activity, depot, or agent, which is not the designated single manager, to maintain
proper custody, care, safekeeping, receipt, issue, and balance data for stored DOD wholesale materiel. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Cycle Inventory
An inventory system where counts are performed continuously, often eliminating the need for an annual overall
inventory. It is usually set up so that A items are counted regularly (i.e., every month), B items are counted semiregularly (every quarter or six months) and C items are counted perhaps only once a year. (Source: John J. Coyle,
Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West
Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Cyclic item (A)
An item which has a high rate of demand during the same period in each cycle. Comparable to an item which
experiences seasonal demand. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Damage
A condition that impairs either value or use of an article; may occur in varying degrees. Property may be damaged in
appearance or in expected useful life without rendering it unserviceable or less useful. Damage also shows partial
unserviceability. Usually implies that damage is the result of some act or omission. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Date available for shipment
The Julian date when the materiel has been picked, packed, marked, and made available to the consignor
transportation officer for movement. This date marksa. The end of the supply source processing time segment.
b. The beginning of the transportation hold and CONUS intransit processing time segment of UMMIPS. AR 72550, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Date of delivery and date shipment received
The Julian date the shipment is offered to the consignee transportation officer regardless of discrepancies in the
materiel received. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Date packed
For all items required to be marked with date packed, the date packed will be that date on which the product was
packaged in the unit container, regardless of dates of packing, shipping, or additional processing. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Date of pack/expiration
This term applies to two different dates. It is applicable to the date the manufacturer packed the product or to the
expiration date assigned by the manufacturer. The "date of pack" is applicable to both Troop Issue specification
items, Brand Name Resale Items, and both chill and freeze items. The "date of expiration" is applicable to open
dated Brand Name Resale chill items. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566573.
Date of receipt of requisition
The Julian date the initial wholesale supply source receives the requisition (e.g., ICP that maintains any asset
availability records to fill materiel demands or order other supplies). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue
System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Date of requisition
The Julian date in the MILSTRIP document number. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov
95, pp. 566-573.
Date shipped
The Julian date on which shipment is delivered to the carrier. This date is the same as that used on the GBL and the
MILSTRIP materiel release receipt confirmation (DD For 1348-1). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue
System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Day of supply
See one day's supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Deadline
(DOD) To remove a vehicle or piece of equipment from operation or use for one of the following reasons: a. is
inoperative due to damage, malfunctioning, or necessary repairs. The term does not include items temporarily
removed from use by reason of routine maintenance, and repairs that do not affect the combat capability of the item;
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b. is unsafe; and c. would be damaged by further use. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Deadlining
The act of removing an item of equipment from operation or use because it is inoperative due to damage or
malfunction, is in need of repairs, is unsafe, or would be damaged by further use. (AR 750-10, Army Modification
Program, 8 September 2000)
Debarkation
(DOD) The unloading of troops, equipment, or supplies from a ship or aircraft. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Decapitalization
The transfer of in-place stock accountability by a losing item manager of assets located at a storage site during
logistical reassignment. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Deficiency
A fault or problem that causes equipment to malfunction. Faults that make the equipment not mission capable
(NMC) are deficiencies. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984)
Defense Business Operations Fund
(DOD) A revolving industrial fund concept for a large number of Defense support functions, including
transportation. Utilizes business-like cost accounting to determine total cost of a business activity. Defense Business
Operations Fund-Transportation is comprised of those Defense Business Operations Fund accounts assigned by the
Office of the Secretary of Defense for USCINCTRANS control. Also called DBOF. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Defense fuel support point (POL)
Military or commercial bulk fuel terminals that will receive, store, and issue DLA-owned products. (AR 710-2) DA
Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center
A primary level field activity of DLA responsible for providing services to DOD components (as set forth in DLAM
4215.1 (AR 700-43). (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Delayed issue shipments
An item shipped, as it applies to the Pipeline Performance Analysis Reports (Formats 1A and 11)), that was not
ordered from depot or storage site on hand stocks during the first pass against stock availability records. These
shipments include all issues caused by back orders against stock replenishment (MILSTRIP status codes BB and
BC). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Demand documents
Requisitions, modified requisitions, passing orders, and referral orders. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and
Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Demurrage
The charge a railroad assesses for a shipper or receiver holding a car beyond the free time the railroad allows for
loading (twenty-four hours) or unloading (forty-eight hours). (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Department of Defense Ammunition Code (DODAC)
An eight-character code assigned for identification of ammunition items in FSG 13. AR 725-50, Requisitioning,
Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Department of Defense container system
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(DOD) All Department of Defense (DOD)-owned, leased, controlled 20- or 40-foot intermodal International
Organization for Standardization containers and flatracks, supporting equipment such as generator sets and chassis,
container handling equipment, information systems, and other infrastructure that supports DOD transportation and
logistics operations, including commercially provided transportation services. This also includes 463L pallets, nets,
and tie down equipment as integral components of the DOD Intermodal Container System. Size and configuration of
the common-use portion of the DOD container system controlled by US Transportation Command
(USTRANSCOM), will be determined by USTRANSCOM based on established requirements and availability of
commercially owned containers and equipment. USTRANSCOM will lease or procure additional containers as
required to augment the DOD container system. See also container handling equipment; containerization;
International Organization for Standardization. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Depot
(DOD) 1. supply--An activity for the receipt, classification, storage, accounting, issue, maintenance, procurement,
manufacture, assembly, research, salvage, or disposal of material. 2. personnel--An activity for the reception,
processing, training, assignment, and forwarding of personnel replacements. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Depot activity
An activity physically separated from the parent depot, which performs one or more wholesale supply or
maintenance functions in support of the depot mission. It may be a separate installation or be located at another
installation. (AR 740–1, Logistics Storage and Supply Activity Operations, 15 June 2001)
Depot maintenance
(DOD) That maintenance performed on materiel requiring major overhaul or a complete rebuild of parts, assemblies,
subassemblies, and end-items, including the manufacture of parts, modifications, testing, and reclamation as
required. Depot maintenance serves to support lower categories of maintenance by providing technical assistance
and performing that maintenance beyond their responsibility. Depot maintenance provides stocks of serviceable
equipment by using more extensive facilities for repair than are available in lower level maintenance activities.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Depot Maintenance Work Requirement (DMWR)
An existing maintenance serviceability standard for organic depot level reparables that prescribes the scope of work
to be performed, types and kinds of materiel to be used, and quality of workmanship. The DMWR also addresses
repair methods; procedures and techniques; modification requirements; performance parameters, and quality
assurance discipline. See National Maintenance Work Requirement. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office)
Destruction
Action or omission that renders property completely useless. Damage to the point of complete loss of identity or
beyond the prospect of future restoration is considered to be "destruction." Animals killed for various reasons are
said to be "destroyed." (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures,
30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Detail accounting
Method of accounting that requires each transaction to be separately recorded and uniquely identified by a voucher
or document number in the records, including adjustment of balances each time. Opposite of summary accounting,
whereby several transactions may be shown as one without any unique identification. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2,
AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Detention
The charge a motor carrier assesses when a shipper or receiver holds a truck or trailer beyond the free time the
carrier allows for loading or unloading. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management
of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Developmental line item number (ZLIN)
A temporary number assigned by AMC catalog data activity for planning purposes to a developmental or
nondevelopmental item before TC and replacement with a standard line item number (AR 708-1 and AR 70-1).
Direct responsibility
Obligation of a person to ensure that all Government property for which he or she has receipted for, is properly used
and cared for, and that proper custody and safekeeping are provided. Direct responsibility results from assignment as
an accountable officer, receipt of formal written delegation, or acceptance of the property on hand receipt from an
accountable officer. Commanders and/or supervisors will determine and assign in writing the individuals who will
have direct responsibility for property. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Direct Support
(DOD) A mission requiring a force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly to the
supported force's request for assistance. Also called DS. See also close support; general support; mission; mutual
support; support. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Direct Support/Reparable Exchange (DS/RX)
An integrated supply and maintenance transaction wherein an unserviceable secondary item is turned into supply, a
replacement is issued, and the unserviceable is job ordered to DS maintenance for repair and return to the owning
SSA. The RX system expedites the exchange of designed items on a “one for one” basis using DA Form 2765-1.
DS/RX operations are performed at echelons below corps. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office)
Direct Support System (DSS)
The Army's standard supply distribution system for selected classes of supply. The DSS allows direct delivery of
shipments from CONUS area oriented depots (AODs) to overseas and CONUS supply support activities (SSAs). AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Direct Vendor Delivery
A transaction for the amount of an item requisitioned by ordering activities that is not immediately available for
issue. However, it is processed for purchase and direct delivery by vendor to ordering activities. A requisition will
be considered for vendor delivery when stock is not available, and the item is to be processed for direct delivery. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Discrepancy
Disagreement between quantities or condition of property on hand and that required to be on hand, as shown by an
accountability record of the property. It is usually a disagreement between quantities or condition of property
actually received in a shipment and that recorded on the shipping document. This type of discrepancy generally is
referred to as a "discrepancy incident to shipment." Another form of discrepancy occurs when a disagreement exists
between a stock record balance and the result of a physical count or inventory.
a. Shipping-type (item) discrepancy. A variation in quantity or condition of goods received from that shown on the
authorized (supply) shipping document; for example, DD Form 1348-1A or DD Form 1348-2. A shipping-type
(item) shortage or overage is not evident on delivery; it is discovered when the article of freight as described on the
transportation document is opened and the contents do not agree with the supply shipping documents.
b. Inconsequential transportation discrepancies. Loss and damage claims of $50 or less. Formal documents are not
required, nor are claims filed against carriers in amounts of $50 or less. Exceptions are narcotics, drugs, and
sensitive and classified materiel.
c. Report of survey discrepancies in shipment. Procedure and proper forms required to adjust property
accountability and determine liability for discrepancies in shipment as defined above.
SF 361 (Transportation Discrepancy Report (TDR)). A multiple-use form to report, investigate, and process
discrepancies in shipments involving loss or damage and to report other transportation-type discrepancies. SF 361 is
authorized for use as a report of survey to support claims against carriers and contractors or vendors, including
adjustment of inventory and financial accounting records, as proper, when dollar value involved is $50 or more.
(2) SF 364 (Report of Discrepancy (ROD)). When negligence is suspected, the ROD is used as an exhibit to a report
of survey to report and adjust supply discrepancies. (See AR 735-5, fig 16-2, for an example of how an ROD
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condition could develop into a report of survey condition.)
d. Transportation-type discrepancy in shipment. A carrier (common or contract)
may fail to deliver to a consignee, in the condition originally billed, all of the packages or loose pieces of property
listed on the Government Bill of Lading (GBL) or other transportation documents (for example, commercial bill of
lading, manifest, load list, freight warrant). The shortage, overage, or damage is termed a transportation-type
discrepancy. Transportation-type discrepancies reportable on SF 361 (TDR) may be the fault of the carrier, shipper,
vendor, or contractor, container consolidation point, or transshipping activities. Overages and shortages within
commercial or Government-owned (or leased) shipping containers (SEAVANs), military-owned demountable
containers (MILVANs), MSCVANs, roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) trailers, or container expresses (CONEXs) with seals
intact, missing, or broken are included in this term. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Discrepancy with mandatory research requirement
Potential or actual physical inventory adjustment that exceeds established dollar value limits or which is applicable
to a controlled inventory item. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Disposal (POL)
All practices and actions associated with removing materiel from an organization's inventory and accountability.
The materiel is normally considered as having expended its usefulness to the organization. (AR 710-2) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Distribution system
(DOD) That complex of facilities, installations, methods, and procedures designed to receive, store, maintain,
distribute, and control the flow of military materiel between the point of receipt into the military system and the
point of issue to using activities and units. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Distribution system
The procedures used by facilities and installation to receive, store, maintain, distribute, and control the flow of
materiel between the point ofa. Receipt into a military supply system, and
b. Issue to a post, camp, station, base or equivalent. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov
95, pp. 566-573.
DOD Activity Address Code (DODAAC)
A distinctive six-position alphanumeric code assigned to identify specific units, activities, or organizations. The first
position designates the military service or other Government element of ownership or sponsorship. The remaining
five positions are assigned in accordance with the Central Service Point (CSP) of the participating service or agency.
(Source: AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573)
DOD Activity Address Code (DODAAC)
It is a six-digit alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies a unit, activity or organization that has the authority to
requisition and or receive materiel. It supports the Defense transportation Payment Program. The first digit is a
service code (e.g., N represents the Navy), so many folks think of it as being a five digit Activity Address
Code...There can be up to three distinct addresses associated with each DODAAC: The TAC1 (mailing address),
TAC2 (the ship to, freight address), and the TAC3 (the billing address). (Source: Defense Supply Center
Philadelphia, www.warfighter.net)
DOD Activity Address Directory (DODAAD)
A directory of DOD activity address codes and corresponding organization addresses to which materiel,
documentation, or billing is directed under the Military Standard Logistics Data Systems. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
DOD Activity Address File (DODAAF)
A machine processable Me containing the activity address code and clear-text address of activities under the
purview of the DODAAD system. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Dollar accounting
Used in Stock Record Accounts (SRAs), this method of accounting expresses credit and debit (loss and gain,
respectively) entries in terms of extended dollar worth, rather than in terms of quantities of items. May be performed
in either detailed or summary manner. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Dollar Threshold
Are limits established in the parameters of the supply automation system which, when exceeded, cause a requisition
to be blocked until a manager reviews, approves, and then re-inputs the requisition into the automated supply
requisitioning channels. Dollar Threshold limits ensure that excessive quantities or expensive items are not
mistakenly ordered. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Dept)
Durable item
An item of Army property coded with an ARC of 'D' in the AMDF. Durable items do not require property book
accountability after issue from the stock record account, but do require hand receipt control when issued to the user.
Commercial and fabricated items similar to items coded 'D' in the AMDF are considered durable items. Note: This
category consists of selected hand tools with a unit price greater than $5.
(AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-1, DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5). DA Pam 710-2-1, Using Unit Supply System (Manual
Procedures), 31 Dec 97, Glossary, pp. 226-228
Due in
(DOD) Quantities of materiel scheduled to be received from vendors, repair facilities, assembly operation,
interdepot transfers, and other sources. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Earliest Arrival Date
(DOD) A day, relative to C-day, that is specified by a planner as the earliest date when a unit, a resupply shipment,
or replacement personnel can be accepted at a port of debarkation during a deployment. Used with the latest arrival
data, it defines a delivery window for transportation planning. Also called EAD. See also latest arrival date. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
(DOD) That quantity derived from a mathematical technique used to determine the optimum (lowest) total variable
costs required to order and hold inventory. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
An inventory model that determines how much to order by determining the amount that will minimize total ordering
and holding costs. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Economic retention stock
(DOD) That portion of the quantity of an item excess of the approved force retention level that has been determined
will be more economical to retain for future peacetime issue in lieu of replacement of future issues by procurement.
To warrant economic retention, items must have a reasonably predictable demand rate. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994
Economies of Scale
The reduction in long-run average cost as the company's size (scale) increases. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J.
Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,
1996) glossary)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
Computer-to-computer communication between two or more companies that such companies can use to generate
bills of lading, purchase orders and invoices. It also enables firms to access the information systems of suppliers,
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customers and carriers and to determine the up-to-the-minute status of inventory, orders and shipments. (Source:
John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St.
Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Emergency requirement
An unexpected, serious occurrence or situation urgently requiring prompt action and immediate remedy.
Note. To qualify for an emergency requirement the situation must support one of the following:
a. To save human lives or to relieve human sufferings.
b. To repair emergency equipment.
c. To support contingency operations when the operation is imminent (i.e., declared simple alert) or is in progress.
(AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
End item
(DOD) A final combination of end products, component parts, and/or materials that is ready for its intended use,
e.g., ship, tank, mobile machine shop, aircraft. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
End Item Code (EIC)
A three position alphanumeric code using the full English alphabet and all numerals, except 0 and 1, to specifically
identify Army managed end items. The EIC, applied to individual requests for issue, allows the Army to capture in
the CDDB repair part consumption at the organizational level. The individual requests with EIC are the source for
the DIC BAH used to build CDDB. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Equipment
Articles needed to outfit an individual or organization. Clothing, tools, utensils, vehicles, weapons, and similar items
are articles of equipment. It is synonymous with "supplies" and "materiel." (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Equipment density data
A listing of initial issue type equipment by line number, national stock number (NSN), make and model, and
quantity. It is used to compute planning. The headquarters prepare the list from reports. AR 725-50, Requisitioning,
Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Equipment in place
Nonexpendable equipment of a moveable nature affixed to real property, but able to be removed without destroying
or reducing the usefulness of the facility. It does not include installed building equipment. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 7102-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Equipment Readiness Codes (ERC)
A one-digit code explaining an item’s importance to a unit’s combat mission. The codes are assigned to items on
modification tables of organization and equipment (MTOEs). Since equipment can serve different purposes, the
same item may have a different code in different units. ERC A applies to primary weapons and equipment. These
are items essential to and used directly in the assigned mission. ERC B applies to auxiliary equipment. These are
items which supplement ERC A items or replace ERC A items if the latter become inoperative. ERC C items apply
to administrative support equipment. ERC P (pacing) items are the most critical ERC A items. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd
1 August 1984)
Estimated shipping date (ESD)
The numeric calendar day on which materiel will be available at the supply source for shipment. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Exception data
Information needed for item identification and requisition processing. It cannot be accommodated in a mechanized
requisition transaction format. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Excess
The quantity of items over and above the authorized Requisitioning Objective (RO). (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Excess property
(DOD) The quantity of property in possession of any component of the Department of Defense that exceeds the
quantity required or authorized for retention by that component. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Excess stock (A)
That portion of the total quantity of an item on hand which exceeds the retention limit for the item. (DOD) Property
that may be consumed in use or loses its identity in use and may be dropped from stock record accounts when it is
issued or used. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Expendable items
An item of Army property coded with an ARC of "X" in the AMDF. Expendable items require no formal
accountability after issue from a stock record account. Commercial and fabricated items similar to items coded "X"
in the AMDF are considered expendable items. Note. This category consists of items which are consumed during
normal usage such as paint, rations, gasoline, office supplies, or are merged into another entity when used for their
intended purpose, such as nuts and bolts, construction materiel, repair parts, components and assemblies, and so on.
This includes all class 1, 3, 5 (except 5L), and 9 items, and those class 2, 4, and 10 items which are not end items or
have a unit price of less than a $100. Also included is office furniture in FSC 7110, 7125, and 7195 with a unit cost
of less than $300. OCIE authorized by CTA 50-900 will be accounted for in the same manner as nonexpendable
property regardless of the ARC reflected in the AMDF. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5.)
DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Expendable property
(DOD) Property that may be consumed in use or loses its identity in use and may be dropped from stock record
accounts when it is issued or used. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Expendable supplies and material
(DOD) Supplies which are consumed in use, such as ammunition, paint, fuel, cleaning and preserving materials,
surgical dressings, drugs, medicines, etc., or which lose their identity, such as spare parts, etc. Also called
consumable supplies and material. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Expiration date
See shelf life item expiration date. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Facilities engineer
The person designated as responsible for local maintenance and management of all items of real property. (The plant
engineer at AIF plants and depots is the facilities engineer at that activity.) (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Fair, Wear, and Tear (FWT)
Loss or impairment of appearance, effectiveness, worth, or utility of an item that has occurred solely because of
normal and customary use of the item for its intended purpose. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Fault
A term used to indicate that a piece of equipment has a deficiency or shortcoming. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August
1984)
Federal Stock Number
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(DOD) The Federal Stock Number of an item of supply consists of the applicable 4-digit class code number from the
Federal Supply Classification plus a sequentially assigned 7-digit Federal Item Identification Number. The number
shall be arranged as follows: 4210-196-5439. See also National Stock Number. (Note: Federal Stock Numbers were
replaced by National Stock Numbers effective 30 September 1974.) (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Federal Supply Classification (A)
A uniform supply classification system designed to serve the commodity classification needs of supply operations
within the Federal Government. It divides the universe of items of supply into broad commodity groups; each
Federal supply classification group being further subdivided into classes. The Federal supply classification utilizes a
4-digit coding structure. The first two digits of the code number identify the group; the second two digits of the code
number identify the classes within each group. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
FEU
Forty-foot equivalent unit, a standard size intermodal container. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C.
John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996)
glossary)
Final action
Action taken "by authority of the Secretary of the Army" at the authorized level. For an appeal in the ARNG, final
action is that taken "by the authority of the Secretary of the Army," delegated to the CNGB for State and the
DARNG for ARNG members. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Financial accounting
Maintaining accounting records in terms of dollars, without regard for quantity of items. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 7102-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Financial inventory accounting
Act of establishing and maintaining accounts in both monetary and quantitative terms for material, supplies, and
equipment held as stock on records of property accountability in the Army supply system worldwide. (AR 735-5)
DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Financial liability
Personal, joint, or corporate statutory obligation to reimburse the U.S. Government for Government property lost,
damaged, or destroyed because of negligence or misconduct. (Misconduct includes wrongful appropriation.) (AR
735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp.
268-276.
Fixed Costs
Costs that do not fluctuate with the business volume in the short run. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and
C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996)
glossary)
Fixed price incentive contract
(DOD) A fixed price type of contract with provision for the adjustment of profit and price by a formula based on the
relationship that final negotiated total cost bears to negotiated target cost as adjusted by approved changes. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Fixed price type contract
(DOD) A type of contract that generally provides for a firm price or, under appropriate circumstances, may provide
for an adjustable price for the supplies or services being procured. Fixed price contracts are of several types so
designed as to facilitate proper pricing under varying circumstances. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Flatbed
A trailer without sides used for hauling machinery or other bulky items. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi
and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,
1996) glossary)
Flatcar
A railcar without sides, used for hauling machinery. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Floating
Refers to the lateral transfer process of a Fully Mission Capable Operational Readiness Float (ORF) item to be
exchanged for a Non Mission Capable item. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
F.O.B.
A term of sale defining who is to incur transportation charges for the shipment, who is to control the shipment
movement, or where title to the goods passes to the buyer; originally meant "free on board ship." (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Fog oil (A)
Special petroleum oil used in mechanical smoke generators. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms,
15 October 1983)
Follow-up
An inquiry about a requisition previously submitted. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov
95, pp. 566-573.
Force/Activity
A unit, organization or installation performing a function or mission; a body of troops, ships or aircraft, or a
combination thereof; a function, mission, project, or program, including the Military Assistance Program (MAP) and
Foreign Military Sales (FMS). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Force/Activity Designator (FAD)
A Roman Numeral (I to V) assigned to the Secretary of Defense, the JCS, or a DOD Component to indicate the
mission essentiality of a unit, organization, installation project or program to meet national objectives. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Force designator (A)
A Roman numeral designated by the Military Service of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that relates to the mission of an
activity. A force/activity is-a. A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission. b. A body of
troops, ships, or aircraft, or a combination thereof. c. A function, mission, project, or program, including the Military
Assistance Program (Grant Aid, Foreign Military Sales, and Supply Support Arrangements). (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Formal accountability
Obligation to maintain property book or stock record property accounts, commissary accounts, or Troop Issue
Subsistence Activity (TISA) sales accounts. All property is subject to formal accountability unless specifically
exempted by regulation or specific instructions of Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA). (AR 735-5) DA
Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Forward operating base
(DOD) An airfield used to support tactical operations without establishing full support facilities. The base may be
used for an extended time period. Support by a main operating base will be required to provide backup support for a
forward operating base. Also called FOB. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Free drop
(DOD, NATO) The dropping of equipment or supplies from an aircraft without the use of parachutes. See also
airdrop; air movement; free fall; high velocity drop; low velocity drop. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary
of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Free issue
(DOD) Materiel provided for use or consumption without charge to the fund or fund subdivision that finances the
activity to which issued. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Freight consolidating activity
(DOD) A transportation activity that receives less than carload/truckload shipments of materiel for the purpose of
assembling them into carload/truckload lots for onward movement to the ultimate consignee or to a freight
distributing activity or other break bulk point. See also freight distributing activity. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Freight distributing activity
(DOD) A transportation activity that receives and unloads consolidated carloads/truckloads of less than
carload/truckload shipments of material and forwards the individual shipments to the ultimate consignee. See also
freight consolidating activity. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Freight forwarder (A)
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company or association other than a railroad, motor or water carrier,
which represents itself as a common carrier; and a. undertakes to assemble and consolidate shipments or provide
assembling and consolidating and performing or providing for the performance of break-bulk and distributing; b.
assumes responsibility for the transportation of such property from point of receipt to point of destination; and c,
utilizes the services of carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, the Federal Aviation Act, as
amended, and the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Freight forwarder (FF)
Any person named by a country to ship or control shipment of FMS materiel. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt
and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Frustrated cargo
(DOD) Any shipment of supplies and/or equipment which while en route to destination is stopped prior to receipt
and for which further disposition instructions must be obtained. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Frustrated shipment
A shipment of cargo (supplies or materiel) that is stopped or diverted while in route and prior to receipt at
destination. It requires further disposition instruction from the shipping activity or ICP. AR 725-50, Requisitioning,
Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Fully Mission Capable
Systems and equipment that are safe and have all mission-essential subsystems installed and operating as designated
by applicable Army regulation. A full mission capable vehicle or system has no faults that are listed in the "not fully
mission capable ready if" columns of the -10/-20 TM PMCS tables that apply to the vehicle/system or its subsystem
required by AR 700-138. The terms ready/available and full mission capable refer to the same status: equipment is
on hand and able to perform its combat missions. (Source: DA PAM 750-35)
Fund code (A)
A 2-digit code provided for the specific use of the requisitioner or Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue
Procedures reimbursable requisitions to indicate to the distribution system that funds are available to pay the related
charges and to identify the applicable funds. When used in conjunction with certain other codes, the first position of
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the fund code also will designate the office to be billed. For certain centrally funded transactions, the distribution
system may utilize the fund code internally to designate the billing activity and the appropriation/fund that is to be
reimbursed. Within Army the fund code is structured to identify the appropriation/fund and related fiscal/program
year; or if stock funded, the applicable stock fund division or materiel category. It also may be used to designate the
office to be billed when used in conjunction with signal code C or L. For International Logistics program
requisitions, the fund code identifies the Army billing activity and appropriation/fund that is to be reimbursed from
International Logistics customer funds. When International Logistics requisitions are passed between commands or
to other military services or agencies and require interim financing, normal fund code usage applies (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
General cargo
(DOD) Cargo which is susceptible for loading in general, nonspecialized stowage areas; e.g., boxes, barrels, bales,
crates, packages, bundles, and pallets. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
General support
(DOD, NATO) That support which is given to the supported force as a whole and not to any particular subdivision
thereof. See also close support; direct support; mutual support; support. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary
of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
General Support/Reparable Exchange (GS/RX)
An integrated supply and maintenance transaction wherein an unserviceable secondary item is turned into supply, a
replacement is issued, and the unserviceable is job ordered to GS maintenance for repair and return to the Army
supply system. The RX system expedites the exchange of designed items on a “one for one” basis using DA Form
2765-1. GS/RX operations are performed at installation and echelons above division. (DALO-SSF Program
Management Office)
General supplies (A)
Intraservice classification applied to ordnance, quartermaster, and transportation supplies. Ordnance general supplies
include all ordnance supplies, with the exception of ammunition, required for the maintenance of an organization.
Quartermaster general supplies include quartermaster materials and equipment required for housing, feeding, and
maintaining a
General supplies (A)
command, but excluding fixed installations in buildings, subsistence, fuel, clothing, and individual equipment.
Transportation general supplies include shelf items and items not ordinarily subject to special controls. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Global Command and Control System (GCCS)
(DOD) Highly mobile, deployable command and control system supporting forces for joint and multinational
operations across the range of military operations, any time and anywhere in the world with compatible,
interoperable, and integrated command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems. Also called
GCCS. See also command and control; command and control system. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Global Command and Control System-Army (GCCS-A)
GCCS-A will provide a single seamless command and control system built around the
Joint Common Operating Environment (JCOE) and is being integrated with the GCCS.
Integration will be partially achieved from the "best of breed" process as GCCS-A and
GCCS share and reuse software modules. These software modules are being identified
by the Joint Service/Agency GCCS engineering team, sponsored by the Defense
Information Systems Agency (DISA). GCCS-A is fundamentally GCCS with additional
Army functionality. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Global Transportation Network (GTN)
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(DOD) The automated support necessary to enable USTRANSCOM and its components to provide global
transportation management. The global transportation network provides the integrated transportation data and
systems necessary to accomplish global transportation planning, command and control, and in-transit visibility
across the range of military operations. Also called GTN. See also command and control; global transportation
management; in-transit visibility; United States Transportation Command. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Government Bill of Lading (GBL)
A limited liability contract document covering transportation of property from one place to another. It is a receipt to
identify the consignee, a proof of shipment to the consignee, and a basis for collection and audit of transportation
charges. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Government-Furnished Materiel (GFM)
Materiel in the possession of or acquired by the Government and later delivered or otherwise made available to a
contractor. GFM is property that may be incorporated into or attached to a deliverable end item or that may be
consumed or expended in performing a contract. GFM includes assemblies, components, parts, raw and processed
materiels, and small tools and supplies that may be consumed in normal use in performing a contract. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Government-Furnished Property
Government-owned property furnished to a contractor for the performance of a contract. It is defined as:
(1) Industrial facilities.
(2) Materiel.
(3) Special tooling.
(4) Special test equipment.
(5) Military property. Also known as Government-furnished material (GFM) and Government-furnished equipment
(GFE). (AR 735-5.) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Government Furnished Property (A)
All tangible property of the Government furnished to the contractor, including both property acquired by the
Government and delivered to the contractor, and property acquired by the contractor for the account of the
Government. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Gratuitous issue
An issue or replacement of personal clothing, not in excess of authorized allowances, without cost to an enlisted
person. (AR 700-84.) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Gross weight
The total weight of the vehicle and the payload of freight or passengers. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi
and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,
1996) glossary)
Gross weight
(DOD, NATO) 1. Weight of a vehicle, fully equipped and serviced for operation, including the weight of the fuel,
lubricants, coolant, vehicle tools and spares, crew, personal equipment, and load. 2. Weight of a container or pallet
including freight and binding. See also net weight. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Hand receipt
A signed document acknowledging acceptance of and responsibility for items of property listed thereon that are
issued for use and are to be returned. (AR 735-5, AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Hand receipt (A)
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A document used to record acceptance of and responsibility for material. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Hand receipt annex (A)
A document used to record data on basic issue items issued as part of a major end item, and data relative to
components of sets, chests, kits, and outfits. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Hand tools
Any hand-held devices either manually operated or power driven that are portable, lightweight, and small enough to
be used by a craftsman in accomplishing his trade. They include such items as wrenches, screwdrivers, hammers,
chisels, pliers, saws, impact wrenches and such other small devices that are normally held in a toolbox. DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
Materials that the Department of Transportation has determined to be a risk to health, safety and property; includes
items such as explosives, flammable liquids, poisons, corrosive liquids and radioactive material. (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Health service support
(DOD) All services performed, provided, or arranged by the Services to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the
mental or physical well being of personnel. These services include, but are not limited to, the management of health
services resources, such as manpower, monies, and facilities; preventive and curative health measures; evacuation of
the wounded, injured, or sick; selection of the medically fit and disposition of the medically unfit; blood
management; medical supply, equipment, and maintenance thereof; combat stress control; and medical, dental,
veterinary, laboratory, optometric, medical food, and medical intelligence services. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Heavy drop
(DOD) A system of delivery of heavy supplies and equipment by parachute. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Heavy drop (A)
System of delivery of heavy supplies and equipment by parachute. Either a conveyor system alone or a combination
of an extraction parachute and conveyor system, can be used to discharge the load from an aircraft in flight. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983
Heavy-lift ship
(DOD, NATO) A ship specially designed and capable of loading and unloading heavy and bulky items. It has booms
of sufficient capacity to accommodate a single lift of 100 tons. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
High velocity drop
(DOD, NATO) A drop procedure in which the drop velocity is greater than 30 feet per second (low velocity drop)
and lower than free drop velocity. See also airdrop. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Host-nation support
(DOD) Civil and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign forces within its territory during peacetime,
crises or emergencies, or war based on agreements mutually concluded between nations. Also called HNS. See also
host nation. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Host-nation support (A)
Civil and military assistance provided by host nations to allied forces and organizations in peacetime, transition to
war, and in wartime. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983
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Imprest fund
(DOD) A cash fund of a fixed amount established through an advance of funds, without appropriation change, to an
authorized imprest fund cashier to effect immediate cash payments of relatively small amounts for authorized
purchases of supplies and nonpersonal services. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Inbound cargo (A)
Cargo unloaded from ships or aircraft at a terminal for subsequent forwarding to consignee. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Incentive type contract
(DOD) A contract that may be of either a fixed price or cost reimbursement nature, with a special provision for
adjustment of the fixed price or fee. It provides for a tentative target price and a maximum price or maximum fee,
with price or fee adjustment after completion of the contract for the purpose of establishing a final price or fee based
on the contractor's actual costs plus a sliding scale of profit or fee that varies inversely with the cost but which in no
event shall permit the final price or fee to exceed the maximum price or fee stated in the contract. See also cost
contract; fixed price type contract. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Indefinite delivery type contract
(DOD) A type of contract used for procurements where the exact time of delivery is not known at time of
contracting. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Individual equipment
Personal clothing and equipment issued for exclusive personal use of an individual. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Industrial plant equipment
Plant equipment that cost $3,000 or more; used to cut, abrade, grind, shape, form, join, test, measure, heat, treat, or
otherwise alter physical, electrical, or chemical properties of materials, components, or end items. Also used in
manufacturing, maintenance, supply, processing, assembly, or research and development operations. Excludes minor
plant equipment. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Information System (I/S)
Managing the flow of data in an organization in a systematic, structured way to assist in planning, implementing and
controlling. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th
ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Initial clothing allowance
Prescribed items and quantities of personal type clothing and service uniforms, with component items, furnished to
enlisted members when entitled to an initial issue clothing allowance. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Initial issues
(DOD) The issue of materiel not previously furnished to an individual or organization, including new inductees and
newly activated organizations, and the issue of newly authorized items of materiel. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Initial provisioning
(DOD) The process of determining the range and quantity of items (i.e., spares and repair parts, special tools, test
equipment, and support equipment) required to support and maintain an item for an initial period of service. Its
phases include the identification of items of supply, the establishment of data for catalog, technical manual, and
allowance list preparation, and the preparation of instructions to assure delivery of necessary support items with
related end articles. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Initial requisition status
All status generated during supply source processing that is not produced in response to follow-up and cancellation
requests. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Inland Petroleum Distribution System
(DOD) A multi-product petroleum pipeline designed to move bulk fuel forward in a theater of operation. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Installation kit
That assemblage of hardware and software that interfaces between the modified host system and the mounted
system. The installation kit is intended for removal from the host system upon disposition. It is not a permanent part
of the host system. (AR 750-10, Army Modification Program, 8 September 2000)
Installation property
Nondeployable property issued to a unit under authority of a CTA or other HQDA-approved or NGB authorization
documents, except expendable items and personal clothing. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Installation property book
Record of property issued under an authorization document other than an MTOE, deployable TDA, and deployable
CTA items. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Installation/SSA supply point (POL)
Those units, organizations, facilities, and CONUS installations that receive, store, and issue petroleum products,
primarily in bulk, to support customer units. The SSA installation supply point in conjunction with a bulk mission
may also support customers through issues to individual equipment. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Installed building equipment
Items of equipment that are affixed and built into the facility as an integral part of the facility. Equipment that is an
integral part of the facility is equipment that is necessary to make the facility complete, and if removed would
destroy or reduce the usefulness of the facility. Use of the equipment determines if it is an integral part of a facility.
(AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Integrated Logistics Support
(DOD) A composite of all the support considerations necessary to assure the effective and economical support of a
system for its life cycle. It is an integral part of all other aspects of system acquisition and operation. Also called
ILS. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Integrated materiel inventory management (A)
The management, by a designated commodity manager, of the following related logistical missions: a. Initiation of
actions requiring the timely identification of items and preparation of prescribed Department of the Army manuals,
leading to the cataloging of items. Short title-cataloging direction. b. Computation of quantitative requirements,
subject to review and approval by higher authority, when prescribed. Short title-requirements computation. c.
Development of budget estimates and apportionment requests, subject to review and approval. Short title-budgeting
direction. d. Authority, within limitation of approved programs or as otherwise directed by higher authority, to
require procurement to be accomplished. Short title-procurement direction. e. Control of stocks in, due into, or
planned for the distribution system on a quantitative and monetary basis. Short title-distribution management. f.
Authority to require overhaul to be accomplished, short title-overhaul direction. g. Authority to require disposal to
be accomplished. Short title-disposal direction (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Intensive management items
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Those items of supply identified for very high or high-intensive management by the appropriate materiel manager.
AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Intensively managed item (A)
An item of supply, generally of high unit cost, designated by the cognizant national inventory control point which
requires premium and comprehensive supply management attention in both the supply system and in all command
echelons. Criteria to govern the selection of items to be intensively managed are as follows: a. High unit cost and/or
high annual demand. b. Highly essential to a particular mission or weapons system. c. Overall supply status must be
reviewed frequently because of high cost or importance. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Interchangeability
(DOD, NATO) A condition which exists when two or more items possess such functional and physical
characteristics as to be equivalent in performance and durability, and are capable of being exchanged one for the
other without alteration of the items themselves, or of adjoining items, except for adjustment, and without selection
for fit and performance. See also compatibility. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Intermodal
(DOD) Type of international freight system that permits transshipping among sea, highway, rail, and air modes of
transportation through use of American National Standards Institute/International Organization for Standardization
containers, line-haul assets, and handling equipment. See also American National Standards Institute; International
Organization for Standardization. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Inter-modal Transportation
The use of two or more transportation modes to transport freight; for example, rail to ship to truck. (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
International Organization for Standardization
(DOD) A specified international agency for standardization. This agency is comprised of members from more than
80 countries. The agency's aim is to promote worldwide agreement of international standards. Also called ISO.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Interoperability
The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to, and accept services from, other systems, units, or
forces and to use these services to enable them to operate effectively together.
Inter-service supply
Exchange of materiel, inventory control documents, and other management data between a distribution system of
one service or agency and that of another. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp.
566-573.
In-transit inventory
(DOD) That materiel in the military distribution system that is in the process of movement from point of receipt
from procurement and production (either contractor's plant or first destination, depending upon point of delivery)
and between points of storage and distribution. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
In-transit visibility
(DOD) The ability to track the identity, status, and location of Department of Defense units, and non-unit cargo
(excluding bulk petroleum, oils, and lubricants) and passengers; medical patients; and personal property from origin
to consignee or destination across the range of military operations. See also global transportation network. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Intraservice supply
Exchange of materiel, inventory control documents, and other management data within or between the distribution
system of a single service or agency. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566573.
Inventory
An inventory is a physical count of property on hand. Components are inventoried when the end item is inventoried.
(AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Inventory accounting
Establishment and maintenance of accounts for materiel in storage, in manufacturing process, on hand, in transit, or
on consignment in terms of cost or quantity. The accounting process includes maintenance of supporting records and
rendition of reports when required. Specific types of inventory accounting are detail, summary, financial, and item
accounting. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Inventory control
(DOD, NATO) That phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging, requirements determinations,
procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel. Synonymous with materiel control, materiel
management, inventory management, and supply management. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Inventory control point
(DOD) An organizational unit or activity within a DOD supply system that is assigned the primary responsibility for
the materiel management of a group of items either for a particular Service or for the Defense Department as a
whole. Materiel inventory management includes cataloging direction, requirements computation, procurement
direction, distribution management, disposal direction, and, generally, rebuild direction. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Inventory control record
Data entries that show (by item) the ownership or purpose, condition, location, balances on hand, due-in or on back
order, and other management data that competent authority may prescribe. It is the main source of recorded data that
influence inventory control, supply distribution, and financial management decisions and actions. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Inventory Cost
The cost of holding goods, usually expressed as a percentage of the inventory value; includes the cost of capital,
warehousing, taxes, insurance, depreciation and obsolescence. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Inventory Management
Inventory administration through planning, stock positioning, monitoring produce age and ensuring product
availability. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th
ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Inventory, scheduled
A physical inventory to be conducted on a group of items within a certain time according to a set plan. There are two
types of scheduled inventories, complete and sample.
a. Inventory, complete. An inventory of all conditions of all stock numbers within specified categories.
b. Inventory, sample. A sample of items selected from an inventory lot in such a manner that each item in the lot
has an equal opportunity of being included in the sample. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15
Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Inventory, unscheduled
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A physical inventory which is to be conducted on a specific item as a result of some unscheduled inventory
requirement such as an inventory manager or locally initiated request, materiel release denial, location survey or
location reconciliation request, etc. There are two types of unscheduled inventories, special and spot.
a. Inventory, special. An unscheduled physical inventory of a specific item(s) as a result of a special requirement
generated by the location audit program, preprocurement, or any other reason deemed appropriate by the item
manager, accountable property officer (APO) or the APO designated representative, or the storage activity.
b. Inventory, spot. An unscheduled physical inventory required to be accomplished as a result of a total or partial
materiel denial. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Item accounting
Method of accounting that expresses credit and debit (loss or gain) entries in terms of quantity of items transacted
without regard for dollar value of the materiel. May be performed in either detailed or summary manner. (AR 710-2,
DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Joint logistics
(DOD) The art and science of planning and carrying out, by a joint force commander and staff, logistic operations to
support the protection, movement, maneuver, firepower, and sustainment of operating forces of two or more
Military Departments of the same nation. See also logistics. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Joint logistics over-the-shore operations
(DOD) Operations in which Navy and Army logistics over-the-shore (LOTS) forces conduct LOTS operations
together under a joint force commander. Also called JLOTS operations. See also joint logistics; logistics over-theshore operations. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Joint mortuary affairs office
(DOD) Plans and executes all mortuary affairs programs within a theater. Provides guidance to facilitate the conduct
of all mortuary programs and to maintain data (as required) pertaining to recovery, identification, and disposition of
all US dead and missing in the assigned theater. Serves as the central clearing point for all mortuary affairs and
monitors the deceased and missing personal effects program. Also called JMAO. See also mortuary affairs; personal
effects. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Joint Petroleum Office (A)
A theater staff agency established in major geographical areas or theaters of operations to compile requirements of
fuels and lubricants of all services in those areas. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Joint Total Asset Visibility
A capability designed to consolidate source data from a variety of joint and service automated information systems
to provide joint force commanders with visibility over assets in-storage, in-process, and in-transit. Joint Pub1-02,
Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Just-In-Time (JIT) Inventory System
An inventory control system that attempts to reduce inventory levels by coordinating demand and supply to the point
where the desired item arrives just in time for use. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Labeled cargo (A)
Cargo of a dangerous nature such as explosives, flammable or corrosive liquids, and the like, which is designated by
different colored labels to indicate the requirement for special handling and storage. Examples of such colored labels
are-- (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Lading
The cargo carried in a transportation vehicle. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Latent defects
Weaknesses or flaws normally not detected by examination or routine tests, but present at time of manufacture and
may be aggravated or discovered by use. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Lateral Transfer
The permanent physical transfer of Class VII items from one unit to another unit. With lateral transfers both the
losing and gaining units are identified. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Latest arrival date
(DOD) A day, relative to C-day, that is specified by a planner as the latest date when a unit, a resupply shipment, or
replacement personnel can arrive and complete unloading at the port of debarkation and support the concept of
operations. Also called LAD. See also earliest arrival date. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
LCL
Less than carload rail service; less than container load. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Lead nation
One nation assumes the responsibility for procuring and providing a broad spectrum of logistics support for all or
part of the multinational force and/or headquarters. Compensation and/or reimbursement will then be subject to the
agreements between the parties involved. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Lead Time
The total time that elapses between an order's placement and its receipt. It includes the time required for order
transmittal, order processing, order preparation and transit. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Less than carload (A)
The quantity of freight less than that required for the application of a carload rate. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Less than truckload (A)
The quantity of freight less than that required for the application of a truckload rate. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Life cycle
(DOD) The total phases through which an item passes from the time it is initially developed until the time it is either
consumed in use or disposed of as being excess to all known materiel requirements. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Lighterage
(DOD) A small craft designed to transport cargo or personnel from ship to shore. Lighterage includes amphibians,
landing craft, discharge lighters, causeways, and barges. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Like item
An end item that will serve the same purpose, has the same capacity as the end item replaced, and will not create
turbulence in unit PLL. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures,
30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Line haul (A)
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In highway transportation, a type of haul involving long trips over the road wherein the proportion of running time is
high in relation to time consumed in loading and unloading. Line hauls usually are evaluated on the basis of ton
miles forward per day. In rail transportation, this term applies to the movement or carriage of material over tracks of
a carrier from one point to another, but excluding switching service. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Line Item Number (A)
A number assigned to a generic nomenclature, by US Army technical committee action, for the purpose of
identifying the line on which the official generic nomenclature is listed. The line item number is used as a tool for
sorting items into sequence. It is also used in supply management for consolidating assets, requirements, and other
data for all federally stock-numbered items to which it is related. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Line Item Number (LIN)
A six-position alphanumeric number that identifies the generic nomenclature of specific types of equipment.
Standard LINs consist of equipment. Standard LINs consist of one alpha character followed by five numeric
characters. Standards are assigned by the Army Materiel Command and are listed in SB 700-20. (DA Pam 750-35,
dtd 1 August 1984)
Line Replaceable Unit (LRU)
A composite group of modules/subassemblies performing one or more discrete functions in communicationselectronics system, constructed as an independently packaged unit for direct installation in communicationselectronics equipment. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Local procurement
(DOD) The process of obtaining personnel, services, supplies, and equipment from local or indigenous sources.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Local purchase
(DOD) The function of acquiring a decentralized item of supply from sources outside the Department of Defense.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Local purchase
Authorized purchase of supplies requested by an SSA for its own use or for issue to a supported activity in lieu of
requisitioning through the supply distribution system. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Location audit program
The location audit program consists of actions required to assure compatibility between the assets in storage and the
locator records and between the locator records and the accountable records. Location audit programs may include
quantity. This program is accomplished in two phases:
a. Location survey. A physical verification, other than actual count, between actual assets and recorded location
data to ensure that all assets are properly recorded as to location, identity, condition, and unit of issue.
b. Location reconciliation. A match between valid storage activity records and the accountable records, in order to
identify and correct situations where items are in physical storage but not on record, on record but not in storage, or
where common elements of data (may include quantity) do not match. Research for mismatches, including special
inventories when required, results in corrective action. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15
Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Logistics
(DOD) The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces. In its most
comprehensive sense, those aspects of military operations which deal with: a. design and development, acquisition,
storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; b. movement, evacuation,
and hospitalization of personnel; c. acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities;
and d. acquisition or furnishing of services. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP)
Advanced acquisition planning which provides for the use of civilian contractors during wartime and unforeseen
military emergencies to augment the U.S. Army combat support and combat service support capability. The
contract support will be arranged through combined advanced acquisition and operations planning. (AR 700-137,
dtd 16 December 1985)
Logistics immaterial position (A)
A duty position that is not identified with one specific branch of the Army but is limited to officers whose branches
are Ordnance, Quartermaster and Transportation. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Logistics over-the-shore operation area
(DOD) That geographic area required to successfully conduct a logistics over-the-shore operation. Also called LOA.
See also logistics over-the-shore operations. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Long supply (A)
The situation wherein the total quantity of an item of materiel on hand within a Military Service exceeds the
Service's M-day materiel requirement for the item. This situation, when it occurs, requires a further determination as
to that portion of the quantity in long supply which is to be retained (either as economic retention stock or
contingency retention stock), and that portion of the quantity in long supply which is not to be retained (excess
stock). (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Long Ton
2,240 pounds. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics,
6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Loss
Loss of, damage to, or destruction of property of the U.S. Government under control of the Army. Includes loss
from Government accountability. Property is considered lost when it cannot be accounted for by the person
responsible for it. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Loss allowances (POL)
A managerial tool that takes into account system imprecision, product evaporation, and incidental spills. (AR 710-2)
DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Lot
See JCS Pub 1 for definition.
(A) 2. Quantity of supplies of the same general classification, such as subsistence, clothing, or equipage received
and stored at any one time. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Lot number (A)
Identification number assigned to a particular quantity or lot of materiel, such as ammunition, from a single
manufacturer. For example, see ammunition lot number. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
LTL Shipment - A less-than-truckload shipment, one weighing less than the minimum weight a company needs to
use the lower truckload rate. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of
Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Lubrication Order (LO)
Primary approved medium for the publication of mandatory lubrication instructions on all equipment that requires
lubrication by organizational maintenance. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC)
A chart format, prepared and placed in appropriate equipment technical manuals, indicating maintenance operations
applicable to an end item, component, assembly, or module, and which prescribes the maintenance categories
authorized to accomplish specific maintenance operations. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Maintenance Assistance and Instruction Team (MAIT)
This program provides a means whereby technical expertise can be furnished individual unit commanders to help
them identify and solve equipment maintenance problems that are contributing to the inability of their units to meet
materiel readiness standards. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Maintenance concept (A)
A concept which describes the manner in which an end item will be maintained and supported. It indicates
maintenance capabilities required of the using unit and supporting units, and provides information concerning
tactical employment; usually maintenance environment, mobility consideration, allowable downtime, and other
operational considerations. Additionally, the technical information required to develop military and civilian
occupational series codes to recognize new or changed skill requirements is included. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Maintenance expenditure limit (A)
The maximum expenditure permitted for one-time repair of an item at organizational, direct, general, or depot
categories of maintenance. It includes the cost of repair parts and labor service. Unserviceable items with repair cost
exceeding the maintenance expenditure limits are classified as uneconomically repairable. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Maintenance float (A)
End items of equipment authorized for stockage at installations or activities for replacement of unserviceable items
of equipment when timely repair of the unserviceable equipment cannot be accomplished by the support
maintenance activity. Maintenance float includes both operational readiness float and repair cycle float.
a. Operational readiness float--End items of mission-essential, maintenance-significant equipment, authorized for
stockage by maintenance support units or activities to replace unserviceable repairable equipment to meet
operational commitments. b. Repair cycle float--An additional quantity of end items of mission essential,
maintenance significant equipment, specified by Headquarters, Department of the Army, for stockage in the supply
system to permit withdrawal of equipment from organizations for scheduled overhaul and the depot repair of crash
damaged aircraft without detracting from the units' readiness condition. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Maintenance shop stock (A)
Low dollar-value expendable items and repair parts which have a high consumption rate at general and direct
support maintenance activities in support maintenance activities in support of the assigned maintenance missions.
These stocks are in addition to shop supplies. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Maintenance support plan (A)
A continually updated plan initiated at the beginning of the development phase for an item of military design and at
the beginning of the procurement phase for a commercial item. For the purpose of this definition, commercial items
modified in any manner to meet military requirements will be considered to be items of military design. The plan
provides narrative data concerning the planned use of the item, and establishes a time- phased schedule of the major
actions required to determine and insure timely availability of all elements required for maintenance support of the
item in the field. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Major Army Command (MACOM)
A command directly subordinate to, established by authority of, and specifically designated by Headquarters,
Department of the Army. Army component commands of unified and specified commands are major Army
commands. DA Pam 710-2-1, Using Unit Supply System (Manual Procedures), 31 Dec 97, Glossary, pp. 226-228
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Major Army subcommand
A command directly subordinate to a MACOM. Assigned direct line responsibility and authority for a prescribed
Army mission and designated by HQDA as a SUBMACOM. (Not applicable to the ARNG.) (AR 700-84) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Major Assembly (A)
A self-contained unit of individual identity. A completed assembly of component parts ready for operation, but
utilized as a portion of, and intended for, further installation in an end item or major item. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Major component
A combination of subassemblies, assemblies, components, modules, and parts connected in such a manner as to be a
self-contained unit that, although part of an end item, is capable of operating independently of the end item. Major
assemblies are separately identified by type, model and series and assigned item ID numbers (SB 700-20). Examples
are receivers or receiver-transmitters in radio sets and machine guns or other weapons in secondary, armament
subsystems of combat vehicles. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984)
Major inventory variance
Total dollar value for the stock number of the item coverage or shortage that exceeds $500. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Major item
A final combination of component parts or materials that is ready for its intended use. It is important enough to be
subject to continuing, centralized, individual item authorization and management throughout all command support
echelons.
Major Item Requisition Validation (MIRV)
A wholesale supply source program (CCSS) which provides the major item manager with a method of maintaining
valid backordered requisitions in release sequence under the proper line item number (LIN). This system provides
automated support for major item requisitioning under MILSTRIP and supports the functions of materiel managers
at the commodity commands. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Major repair (A)
Repair work on items of materiel or equipment that need complete overhaul or substantial replacement of parts, or
that requires special tools. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Management Control Number (MCN)
A number, similar to a Federal Stock Number, assigned by the National Inventory Control Points under certain
specific conditions for identification and accounting purposes. Consists of applicable four-digit class code number
from the Federal Supply Classification, plus a letter to designate the assigning agency, followed by a six-digit
number. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Management level
An acceptable range of performance usually expressed with upper and lower control units, or occasionally as a
single figure. Performance inconsistent with a management level will be cause for the operation to receive closer
management. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep
98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Mandatory Parts List (MPL)
A published list of spare/repair parts that must be stocked to support a specific system. (AR 700-142, Materiel
Release Fielding and Transfer, 1 May 1995)
Materials handling
(DOD, NATO) The movement of materials (raw materials, scrap, semi-finished, and finished) to, through, and from
productive processes; in warehouses and storage; and in receiving and shipping areas. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Materials Handling Equipment (MHE)
(DOD) Mechanical devices for handling of supplies with greater ease and economy. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Materials Handling Equipment (A)
Mechanical devices for handling of supplies with greater ease and economy. Examples: Forklift truck, roller
conveyor, straddle truck. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Materiel
(DOD) All items (including ships, tanks, self-propelled weapons, aircraft, etc., and related spares, repair parts, and
support equipment, but excluding real property, installations, and utilities) necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and
support military activities without distinction as to its application for administrative or combat purposes. See also
equipment; personal property. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Materiel
Property necessary to equip, maintain, operate, and support military activities. May be used either for administrative
or combat purposes. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Materiel obligation
That unfilled portion of a requisition (for a stocked or nonstocked item) not immediately available for issue. It is
recorded as a commitment for future issue, either by direct delivery from vendor or back ordered from stock. This
includes both NSN and non-NSN items. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566573.
Materiel readiness
(DOD) The availability of materiel required by a military organization to support its wartime activities or
contingencies, disaster relief (flood, earthquake, etc.), or other emergencies. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994
Materiel Readiness Command (MRC)
The major subordinate commands of AMC responsible for National Inventory Control Point (NICP) and National
Maintenance Point (NMP) functions for assigned items. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15
Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Materiel release confirmation (MRC)
A notice from a storage site advising the preparer of a materiel release order of the positive action taken on the
order. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Materiel Release Denial (MRD)
A notice from a storage site advising the preparer of a materiel release order of the negative (warehouse refusal)
action on the order. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Materiel Release Denial (MRD)
A notification from a distribution activity advising the originator of a materiel release order, or a referral order, of
failure to ship all or part of the quantity originally ordered shipped because of lack of stock, lack of proper shelf life,
condition change, or item identification. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Materiel Release Order (MRO)
(DOD) An order issued by an accountable supply system manager (usually an inventory control point or accountable
depot/stock point) directing a non-accountable activity (usually a storage site or materiel drop point) within the same
supply distribution complex to release and ship materiel. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Materiel Release Order (MRO)
An order issued by an accountable supply system manager (usually an ICP or accountable depot) directing a
nonaccountable activity (usually a storage site or materiel drop point) within the same supply distribution complex
to release and ship materiel. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Middleware
The interim, Single Stock Fund automation architecture used to link current retail level logistics systems (i.e.,
SARRS) to the National logistics system (CCSS). Middleware intercepts all outgoing Corps Theater Automated
Data Process Support Center (CTASC) supply and financial transactions, makes changes to those transactions, and
reroutes the modified supply and financial transactions back through the CTASC to the national system. (DALOSSF Program Management Office)
Military packaging (A)
The materials and methods or procedures prescribed in Federal/military specifications, standards, drawings, or other
authorized documents, which are designed to provide the degree of packaging protection determined necessary to
prevent damage and deterioration during worldwide distribution of materiel. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Minor repair (A)
Repair which, in general, permits quick return to serviceability without extensive disassembly; can be accomplished
with few tools and little or no equipment, and normally does not require evacuation to a rear echelon. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
MILVAN
(DOD) Military-owned demountable container, conforming to United States and international standards, operated in
a centrally controlled fleet for movement of military cargo. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Mobilization reserve stockage list (MORSL)
See AR 11-8. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Mode of transport
(DOD) The various modes used for a movement. For each mode, there are several means of transport. They are: a.
inland surface transportation (rail, road, and inland waterway); b. sea transport (coastal and ocean); c. air
transportation; and d. pipelines. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Modification
The alteration, conversion, or modernization of an end item of investment equipment that changes or improves the
original purpose or operational capacity in relation to effectiveness, efficiency, reliability, or safety of that item.
(AR 750-10, Army Modification Program, 8 September 2000)
Modification Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE)
A table that prescribes in a single document the modification of a basic table of organization and equipment
necessary to adapt it to the needs of a specific unit or type of unit. See also table of organization and equipment. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Modification Work Order (MWO)
A Department of the Army publication providing authority and instructions for the modification of Army materiel
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Modular design (A)
A modular building block principal which normally employs quick disconnect technique features and is the method
used by materiel developers to simplify design and construction, or assembly, and to optimize on a means for fault
isolation/diagnosis, replacement, and repair of those modules which malfunction or become defective. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Module (A)
A standard or unit for measuring. 2. In building, a selected unit of measure, ranging in size from a few inches to
several feet, used as a basis for planning and standardization of building materials. 3. In automatic data processing, a
program unit that is discrete and identifiable with respect to compiling, combining with other units and unloading;
e.g., the input from an assembler. 4. An item, assembly, subassembly, board, card, or component which is designed
as a single unit to facilitate and simplify production line techniques, transportation, supply, and maintenance
processing (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Movement control
(DOD) 1. The planning, routing, scheduling, and control of personnel and cargo movements over lines of
communications. 2. An organization responsible for the planning, routing, scheduling, and control of personnel and
cargo movements over lines of communications. Also called movement control center. See also non-unit-related
cargo; non-unit-related personnel. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Multipack (A)
A shipment of more than one line item consolidated for a single addressee in one package. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Multiple drop (POL)
Dispensing of fuel from a fuel delivery vehicle at more than one location or more than one receiving tank. (AR 7102) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268276.
National Item Identification Number (NIIN)
A nine-digit semi-significant number assigned serially without regard to name, description, or Federal Supply
Classification group or class, but denoting country of origin, to each item of supply assigned an approved National
Item Identification. The second part of the two-part national/NATO stock number. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
National Inventory Control Point (NICP)
The Army organization responsible for wholesale inventory management of assigned items, either for DA only or
DOD as a whole. These activities are AMC MRCs, the U.S. Army Communications Security Logistics Activity
(COMSECLOG), and the U.S. Army Electronic Materiel Readiness Activity (EMRA). AR 725-50, Requisitioning,
Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
National Maintenance Management (NMM)
A HQDA initiative to improve the way that maintenance is performed throughout the Army. DA DCSLOG
message DTG 140623Z Jul 99 assigned the Commander, AMC, responsibility for designing and implementing
NMM. Initial focus is to standardize maintenance business processes at levels above Direct Support (i.e., General
Support maintenance and Depot maintenance). Tasks include developing National maintenance requirements,
implementing a system to identify National providers, and assigning NMM workloads. (DALO-SSF Program
Management Office)
National Maintenance Work Requirement (NMWR)
A maintenance serviceability standard for depot level reparables that do not have an existing depot maintenance
work requirement and for field level reparables that are repaired by maintenance activities below the depot level
maintainers for return to the Army supply system. It prescribes the scope of work to be performed, types and kinds
of materiel to be used, and quality of workmanship. As a general rule, the repair will be to an overhaul standard.
The DMWR also addresses repair methods; procedures and techniques; modification requirements; performance
parameters, and quality assurance discipline. See depot Maintenance Work Requirement. (DALO-SSF Program
Management Office)
National Stock Number (NSN)
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(DOD) The 13-digit stock number replacing the 11-digit Federal Stock Number. It consists of the 4-digit Federal
Supply Classification code and the 9-digit National Item Identification Number. The National Item Identification
Number consists of a 2-digit National Codification Bureau number designating the central cataloging office of the
NATO or other friendly country that assigned the number and a 7-digit (xxxxxxx) nonsignificant number. The
number shall be arranged as follows: 9999-00-999-9999. See also Federal Stock Number. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Near Real Time
Refers to the transfer of data from one computer system to another with only a minimal delay. (Any delays would be
measured in seconds or, at the most, minutes. "Real Time" on the other hand, would be considered instantaneous
data transmission between two computers.' Real Time is the fastest method of data transmission, Near Real Time is
next, while "Batch Processing" is the slowest of the three. When telecommunications are conducted via Batch
Processing, the receiving computer stores the transmitted data until a predetermined time when a group (or batch) of
previously submitted data is processed. Normally batches are run by the receiving computer every few hours, once
per day, or a certain number of days per week. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Near real time
(DOD, NATO) Pertaining to the timeliness of data or information that has been delayed by the time required for
electronic communication and automatic data processing. This implies that there are no significant delays. See also
real time. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Net weight
(DOD) Weight of a ground vehicle without fuel, engine oil, coolant, on-vehicle materiel, cargo, or operating
personnel. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Negligence
a. Simple negligence. The failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would have acted under similar
circumstances.
b. Gross negligence. An extreme departure from the course of action to be expected of a reasonably prudent person,
all circumstances being considered, and accompanied by a reckless, deliberate, or wanton disregard for the
foreseeable consequences of the act. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Net asset
The NA position consists of the total quantity on hand, either serviceable or unserviceable, plus quantities due-in
minus quantities due-out. DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep
98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Node
A fixed point in a firm's logistics system where goods come to rest; includes plants, warehouses, supply sources and
markets. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Non-AMDF NSN
Any item identified by NSN in the Defense Logistics Services Center (DLSC) files, but is not on the AMDF. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Non-Appropriated funds (NAF)
(DOD) Funds generated by DOD military and civilian personnel and their dependents and used to augment funds
appropriated by the Congress to provide a comprehensive, morale-building welfare, religious, educational, and
recreational program, designed to improve the well being of military and civilian personnel and their dependents.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Non-Army Managed Item (NAMI)
An item listed in the Army portion of the FEDLOG for which DLA, GSA, or another US Military Service (Air
Force, Navy, Marines) is the primary source of supply and performs the full spectrum of item management
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responsibility, from acquisition, materiel fielding, and disposition. Identified in SARSS catalog data with the first
character of the RIC Source of Supply of “E”, “F”, “G”, or “H.” (DALO-SSF Program Management Office).
Nonavailable days
Used in assessing the ability of equipment to do its combat or combat support job. Nonavailable days are the days
the equipment was not able to do its missions, the time your equipment is not mission capable.
Nonconsumable supplies
Supplies not consumed in use and retaining their original identity during the period of use, such as weapons,
machines, tools, furniture, and fixtures. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Nonexpendable items
An item of Army property coded with an ARC of "N" in the AMDF. Nonexpendable items require property book
accountability after issue from the stock record account. Commercial and fabricated items, similar to items coded
"N" in the AMDF are considered nonexpendable items. (AR 710-2)
Note. This category consists of end items of equipment that are separately identified. It includes all class 7, all items
assigned a LIN in SB 700-20 other than officer furniture in FSC 7110, 7125 and 7195 with a unit cost of less than
$300, and other selected class 2, 4, and 10 end items. OCIE authorized by CTA 50-900 will be accounted for in the
same manner as nonexpendable supplies regardless of the ARC reflected in AMDF. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1,
DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Nonexpendable supplies and material
(DOD) Supplies which are not consumed in use and which retain their original identity during the period of use,
such as weapons, machines, tools, and equipment. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Nonperishable items (A)
Food items that do not require refrigeration during transportation and storage. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Nonrecoverable items
Personal clothing items of enlisted members not to be turned in or accounted for on termination of service.
Nonrecoverable personal clothing items are headgear (including havelock), belts, boots, buckles, underwear,
necklace, necktabs, neckties, gloves, handbags, towels, scarves, handkerchiefs, shoes, socks, and all insignia. As an
exception, headgear (to include havelock), gloves, and handbags may be recovered when in the best interest of the
Government and when directed by HQDA. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Nonrecoverable item (A)
An end item or repair part which normally is consumed in use and is not subject to return for repair or reuse. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Nonrecurring demand
Request made for a requirement known to be a one-time occurrence will be coded nonrecurring when demand is not
to be considered in requisitioning objective computations. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Nonrecurring demand
(DOD) A request by an authorized requisitioner to satisfy a materiel requirement known to be a one-time
occurrence. This materiel is required to provide initial stockage allowances, to meet planned program requirements,
or to satisfy a one-time project or maintenance requirement. Nonrecurring demands normally will not be considered
by the supporting supply system in the development of demand-based elements of the requirements computation.
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Nonstandard item
(DOD) An item of supply determined by standardization action as not authorized for procurement. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Nonstandard item
The item has no NSN assigned based on research of catalog data. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Non Stockage Listing (NSL)
As opposed to ASL items, NSL items are not perpetually stocked at an SSA. Unit requisitions for NSL items
normally must be processed at the Wholesale Supply level. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Dept)
Non Stockage list item (A)
An item authorized for issue, but not authorized for stockage by a using unit or a stockage activity (direct support
unit/general support unit) unless the item meets current Department of the Army stockage criteria promulgated in
AR 710-2. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Nonstocked item
(DOD) An item that does not meet the stockage criteria for a given activity and, therefore, is not stocked at the
particular activity (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Nonstocked item
An item is centrally managed and purchased but not stocked to meet demands for requisitioners. A part numbered
item is also a nonstocked item. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Not Mission Capable Maintenance (NMCM)
Equipment that cannot perform its combat mission because of maintenance work underway or needed. (Source:
DA PAM 750-35)
Not Mission Capable Maintenance (NMCM)
(DOD) Material condition indicating that systems and equipment are not capable of performing any of their assigned
missions because of maintenance requirements. Also called NMCM. See also not mission capable, supply. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Not Mission Capable, Supply (NMCS)
(DOD) Material condition indicating that systems and equipment are not capable of performing any of their assigned
missions because of maintenance work stoppage due to a supply shortage. Also called NMCS. See also not mission
capable, maintenance. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Not Mission Capable Supply (NMCS)
Equipment that cannot perform its combat mission because of maintenance work stoppage due to a supply shortage.
(Source: DA PAM 750-35)
Obligation (A)
The dollar amount specifically reserved against an appropriation, or fund, for expenditure in payment of an order
placed, contract awarded, or service received. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Obligation authority (A)
Any kind of congressional or administrative authority to incur obligations, whether or not it also carries the authority
to make expenditures in payment thereof. 2. A specific form of authority of the kind known as citation-of-funds used
within the Department of the Army and the Air Force. See also allocation; allotment; appropriation; sub-allotment.
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Obligation of funds (A)
Amount of an order placed, a contract awarded, a service received or any other transaction that legally reserves an
appropriation or fund for expenditure. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Offshore petroleum discharge system
(DOD) Provides a semi-permanent, all-weather facility for bulk transfer of petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL)
directly from an offshore tanker to a beach termination unit (BTU) located immediately inland from the high
watermark. POL then is either transported inland or stored in the beach support area. Major offshore petroleum
discharge systems (OPDS) components are: the OPDS tanker with booster pumps and spread mooring winches; a
recoverable single anchor leg mooring (SALM) to accommodate tankers of up to 70,000 deadweight tons; ship to
SALM hose lines; up to 4 miles of 6-inch (internal diameter) conduit for pumping to the beach; and two BTUs to
interface with the shoreside systems. OPDS can support a two-line system for multiproduct discharge, but ship
standoff distance is reduced from 4 to 2 miles. Amphibious construction battalions install the OPDS with underwater
construction team assistance. OPDS are embarked on selected ready reserve force tankers modified to support the
system. Also called OPDS. See also facility; petroleum, oils, and lubricants; single anchor leg moor; system. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Off-the-shelf item
(DOD) An item that has been developed and produced to military or commercial standards and specifications, is
readily available for delivery from an industrial source, and may be procured without change to satisfy a military
requirement. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Open-end contract (A)
Agreement for the supply of goods or services which contains no or varying limits of time and quantity, and which
usually involves recurring orders and charges in varying degree. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Operating level
The quantity of stock intended to sustain normal operations during the interval between receipt of replenishment
shipment and submission of subsequent replenishment requisition. Does not include either safety level or OST
quantity. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Operating level of supply
(DOD) The quantities of materiel required to sustain operations in the interval between requisitions or the arrival of
successive shipments. These quantities should be based on the established replenishment period (monthly, quarterly,
etc.) See also level of supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Operational load
A quantity of supplies (in a given supply class) kept by using units for use in peacetime operations, based on various
authorizations. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Operational Readiness Float (ORF)
A quantity of selected end items or major components of equipment authorized for stockage at CONUS installations
and overseas support maintenance activities to extend their capability to respond to the materiel readiness
requirements of supported activities. This is accomplished by providing supported activities with serviceable
replacements from ORF assets when like items of equipment of supported activities cannot be repaired or modified
in time to meet operational requirements. (Source: DA PAM 750-35)
Order and shipping time (OST)
(DOD) The time elapsing between the initiation of stock replenishment action for a specific activity and the receipt
by that activity of the materiel resulting from such action. Order and shipping time is applicable only to materiel
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within the supply system, and it is composed of the distinct elements, order time, and shipping time. See also level
of supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Order Cycle Time
The time that elapses from placement of order until receipt of order. This includes time for order transmittal,
processing, preparation and shipping. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management
of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Order Picking
Assembling a customer's order from items in storage. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Order Processing
The activities associated with filling customer orders. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Order Ship Time (OST)
The amount of time, measured in days, it takes for an item requisitioned by a unit to be received and processed at the
unit's SSA. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Order ship time level
The quantity of stock intended to sustain normal operations during the interval between submission of replenishment
requisition until stock receipt is posted to the account. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Order time
(DOD) 1. The time elapsing between the initiation of stock replenishment action and submittal of requisition or
order. 2. The time elapsing between the submittal of requisition or order and shipment of materiel by the supplying
activity. See also order and shipping time. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Ordering Cost
The cost of placing an inventory order with a supplier. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Organizational maintenance
(DOD) That maintenance which is the responsibility of and performed by a using organization on its assigned
equipment. Its phases normally consist of inspecting, servicing, lubricating, adjusting, and the replacing of parts,
minor assemblies, and subassemblies. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Organizational property
Property authorized to a unit or organization under an MTOE or deployable TDA authorization document and all
CTA property that deploys with the unit. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Organizational property book
Record of property issued under an MTOE or deployable TDA authorization document. CTA items of equipment
that are mission-related to all TOE units Army-wide are considered organizational property. Examples of this type
of equipment can be found in AR 71-13. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Original package
A sealed or otherwise securely closed container packed by vendor, supply depot, or arsenal. Container conforms to
the following:
a. Contains only one kind of article to distinguish the container from one in which miscellaneous articles are packed
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for convenience in shipment. Component articles comprising a standard assembled unit of equipment, when shipped
as a complete unit, may be considered as one article.
b. Contents are standard as to quantity, or the outside of the package shows by stenciling or other permanently
affixed markings a list of quantities and description of the contents.
c. Designation of vendor, depot, or arsenal that packaged the contents is shown on the outside of the package.
d. Package was received by consignee with unbroken seals or protective fastening applied by vendor, depot, or
arsenal, and with no evidence of tampering or visible damage to contents. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Other nonconsumable supplies
Nonconsumable supplies other than capital equipment. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Other plant equipment
Plant equipment used in or with, manufacture of components or end items relative to maintenance, supply,
processing, assembly, or R&D operation. (Items categorized as IPE are excluded.) (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Outloading
The assembly and securing of loads for shipment by railroad or motor carrier equipment, including trailer/containeronflat-car (T/COFC), intermodal containers, tactical vehicles, and ships. (AR 740–1, Logistics Storage and Supply
Activity Operations, 15 June 2001)
Outsized cargo
(DOD) A single item of cargo, too large for palletization or containerization, that exceeds 1090 inches long by 111
inches wide by 105 inches high. Requires transport by sea or use of a C-5 or C-17 aircraft for transport by air. See
also cargo; oversized cargo. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Overhaul
Maintenance that restores equipment or components to a completely serviceable condition that revises its servicelife expectancy to a predicted, measurable length This process involves inspection and diagnosis according to Depot
or National Maintenance Work Requirements, or similar technical directions that identify all components exhibiting
wear and directs the replacement or adjustment of those items in accordance with the applicable technical
specifications. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office).
Oversized cargo
(DOD) Large items of specific equipment such as a barge, side loadable warping tug, causeway section, powered, or
causeway section, nonpowered. Requires transport by sea. See also cargo; outsized cargo. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Outsourcing
Purchasing a logistics service from an outside firm, as opposed to performing it in-house. (Source: John J. Coyle,
Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West
Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Overseas delivery
The time from the date of receipt of the materiel by an overseas POD until the date materiel is delivered to the
overseas requisitioning installation. It includes POD hold time and intratheater transit time. (See para 2-14). AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Overseas shipment
The time from the date of receipt of the materiel by a CONUS POE until the date that materiel is delivered to the
oversea Port of Debarkation (POD). It includes POE hold time, materiel loading time, and oversea transit time. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Pacing Items
These are major weapons or equipment systems of such importance that they are subject to continuous monitoring
and management at all levels of command. Pacing items are identified in AR 220-1. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August
1984)
Packaged petroleum fuels
Fuels that are transported, stored, or issued in containers of 55 gallons or less and in 500-gallon collapsible
containers. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Packaged petroleum product
(DOD) A petroleum product (generally a lubricant, oil, grease, or specialty item) normally packaged by a
manufacturer and procured, stored, transported, and issued in containers having a fill capacity of 55 United States
gallons (or 45 Imperial gallons, or 205 liters) or less. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Packaged petroleum products
Petroleum products other than fuels that are stored, transported, and issued in containers of 55 gallons or less.
Examples are lubricants, greases, and specification samples. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Pallet
A platform device (about four feet square) used for moving and storing goods. A forklift truck is used to lift and
move the loaded pallet. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Palletized Load System
(DOD) A truck with hydraulic load handling mechanism, trailer and flatrack system capable of self-loading and unloading. Truck and companion trailer have a 16.5 ton payload capacity. Also called PLS. See also flatrack. (Joint
Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Palletized load system flatrack
(DOD) Topless, sideless container component of palletized load system, some of which conform to International
Organization for Standardization specifications. See also palletized load system. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Parent organization
May be either a TOE or TDA organization. For TOE, a numbered organization of battalion or equivalent level; or
company, battery, troop, platoon, detachment, or team not an organic element of a battalion or other parent
organization. For TDA, any TDA organization assigned a unique TDA number. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA
Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Parent Unit Identification Code
The UIC specifically associated with a parent organization and from which other UICs may be derived. Designator
of a parent UIC is AA; in the case of TDA augmentations to TOE organizations, 90 through 99. (AR 710-2, DA
Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Partial Mission Capable, Maintenance (PMCM)
(DOD) Material condition of an aircraft or training device indicating that it can perform at least one but not all of its
missions because of maintenance requirements existing on the inoperable subsystem(s). Also called PMCM. See
also full mission capable; mission capable; partial mission capable; partial mission capable, supply. (Joint Pub1-02,
Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Partial Mission Capable, Supply
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(DOD) Material condition of an aircraft or training device indicating it can perform at least one but not all of its
missions because maintenance required to clear the discrepancy cannot continue due to a supply shortage. Also
called PMCS. See also full mission capable; mission capable; partial mission capable; partial mission capable,
maintenance. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Part-numbered item
Any item that can be identified only by the Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and the
manufacturer's part number. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Parts common (A)
A part which, because of its conventional design and standard physical characteristics, has a wide range of
adaptability in the manufacture and maintenance of equipment; common parts. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Passing action (A)
A general term identifying all types of supply transactions associated with materiel demands within supply
distribution systems. The term is applicable when forwarding materiel demands from one supply source to another
supply source; i.e., passing orders, referral orders, materiel release orders, and redistribution orders. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Passing actions (generic term)
A general term that identifies supply transactions sending materiel demands from the initial to the ultimate supply
source. Passing action, as time measurement, extends from date that initial supply source receives the requisition
until date of receipt by final supply source (e.g., CONUS ICP). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue
System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Passing order
An order used to pass misrouted requisition to the proper depot or distribution point, and to pass a requisition from
one distribution system to another. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Peripheral components
A device connected to a computer to provide communication as input and output of auxiliary functions such as
additional storage. Includes modems, display terminals, keyboards, disk drives, tape drives, printers, control units,
central processing units, and so on. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Personal arms and equipment
Items designed for personal use or performance of duty by a person and normally stored with the personal effects of
or worn or carried on the person. Examples are handguns, flashlights, some toolboxes, protective masks, binoculars,
and items listed on DA Form 3645 or DA Form 3645-1. Such items become personal equipment only when issued to
the using person for personal use. Items like motor vehicles, office furniture, Government quarters and furnishings
and typewriters are not classified as personal property. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Personal clothing
Military-type clothing and personal clothing such as headgear, underwear, footwear, service uniforms, and
component items prescribed by the Secretary of the Army and provided to enlisted members. (AR 700-84 and AR
735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp.
268-276.
Personal property
Property of any kind except real property and records of the Federal Government. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Personal responsibility
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The obligation of a person to exercise reasonable and prudent actions to properly use, care for, and safeguard all
Government property in his or her possession. Applies to all Government property issued for, acquired for, or
converted to a person's exclusive use, with or without receipt. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Petroleum heating fuel
Includes all heating fuel oil types, both distillate and residual, used as a burner fuel in boiler plants and other heating
equipment. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Physical Distribution
The movement and storage of finished goods from manufacturing plants to warehouses to customers; used
synonymously with business logistics. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management
of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Piggyback
A rail-truck service. A shipper loads a highway trailer, and a carrier drives it to a rail terminal and loads it on a rail
flatcar; the railroad moves the trailer-on-flatcar combination to the destination terminal, where the carrier offloads
the trailer and delivers it to the consignee. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Pilferable item (A)
Materiel having a ready resale value, or civilian application as to personal possession, and is therefore especially
subject to theft. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Pipeline
(DOD, NATO) In logistics, the channel of support or a specific portion thereof by means of which materiel or
personnel flow from sources of procurement to their point of use. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Port of Debarkation (POD)
(DOD) The geographic point at which cargo or personnel are discharged. May be a seaport or aerial port of
debarkation. For unit requirements, it may or may not coincide with the destination. Also called POD. See also port
of embarkation. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Port of Debarkation (POD)
A marine terminal at which troops, units, military sponsored personnel, unit impediments, and materiel are
discharged from ships and watercraft. Ports of debarkation normally act as ports of embarkation on return passenger
and retrograde cargo shipments. See also Army terminals; port of embarkation. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Port of Embarkation (POE)
A marine terminal at which troops, units, military sponsored personnel, unit impediments, and materiel board and/or
are loaded aboard ships. Ports of embarkation normally act as ports of debarkation on return passenger and
retrograde cargo shipments. See also Army terminals; port of debarkation. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Port of Embarkation (POE)
(DOD) The geographic point in a routing scheme from which cargo or personnel depart. May be a seaport or aerial
port from which personnel and equipment flow to port of debarkation. For unit and non-unit requirements, it may or
may not coincide with the origin. Also called POE. See also port of debarkation. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Postpost transaction
The posting of a transaction to add or to subtract from the accountable stock record balance after physical issue or
storage of a stocked item. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Post-inventory transaction
Any transaction that causes an increase or decrease to accountable stock record balance. It is dated after the physical
inventory cutoff date. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Preconfigured Unit Loads (PULs)
Preconfigured unit loads are sets of expendable or durable items packaged and shipped together under a unique
NSN. Preconfigured unit loads are designed to allow an organization the ability to requisition a grouping of
expendable items to support a specific function (such as services on a helicopter) or mission (such as emplacing 100
meters concertina wire). It is designed for use in those units that have a reduced capability to store and move ASL
stocks. Currently, PULs are only authorized in support of the light infantry division. The preconfigured unit load is
used for units within a light infantry division. It is assembled by the wholesale system and will be stored at no lower
than corps level. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep
98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Preinventory planning
Preinventory planning is conducted prior to the physical inventory cutoff date to reduce the potential for inventory
inaccuracies through:
a. Actions to assure location integrity by resolving such situations as unbinned/loose materiel; questionable identity
of materiel in location; and multiple conditions, shelf life (including date of pack/date of expiration), and/or materiel
lots stored in a single location.
b. Document cleanup to assure to the extent possible that adjustments and transaction reversals are posted to the
record, inprocess receipts are stored in location, and related transactions are sent to the ICP before the established
physical inventory cutoff date. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Preinventory transaction
Any transaction, causing an increase or decrease to accountable stock record balance, dated prior to the established
physical inventory cutoff date. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Preposition
(DOD, NATO) To place military units, equipment, or supplies at or near the point of planned use or at a designated
location to reduce reaction time, and to ensure timely support of a specific force during initial phases of an
operation. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Prepositioned war reserve requirement
(DOD) That portion of the war reserve materiel requirement which the current Secretary of Defense guidance
dictates be reserved and positioned at or near the point of planned use or issue to the user prior to hostilities to
reduce reaction time and to assure timely support of a specific force/project until replenishment can be effected.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Prepost transaction
The posting of a transaction to add to or subtract from the accountable stock record before physical issue or storage
of a stocked item. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Prescribed Load List (PLL)
A list of unit maintenance repair parts that are demand-supported, nondemand-supported, and specified initial
stockage repair parts for newly introduced end items. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Preventive maintenance
(DOD) The care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining equipment and facilities in satisfactory
operating condition by providing for systematic inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either
before they occur or before they develop into major defects. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Primary hand receipt
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Hand receipt between an accountable officer and the person receiving the property and assuming direct
responsibility for it. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Primary Hand Receipt Holder
A person who is hand-receipted property directly from the accountable officer. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Prime contract (A)
A contract agreement or purchase order entered into by a contractor with the United States Government (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Principal items
(DOD) End items and replacement assemblies of such importance that management techniques require centralized
individual item management throughout the supply system, to include depot level, base level, and items in the hands
of using units. These specifically include the items where, in the judgment of the Services, there is a need for central
inventory control, including centralized computation of requirements, central procurement, central direction of
distribution, and central knowledge and control of all assets owned by the Services. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Priority Designator (PD)
(DOD) A two-digit issue and priority code (01 through 15) placed in military standard requisitioning and issue
procedure requisitions. It is based upon a combination of factors which relate the mission of the requisitioner and the
urgency of need or the end use and is used to provide a means of assigning relative rankings to competing demands
placed on the Department of Defense supply system. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Priority Designator (PD)
The numeric entry that consists of a two-position code of Arabic numerals, made by combining the Force/Activity
Designator (FAD) and the Urgency of Need Designator (UND). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue
System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Procurement lead time
(DOD) The interval in months between the initiation of procurement action and receipt into the supply system of the
production model (excludes prototypes) purchased as the result of such actions, and is composed of two elements,
production lead time and administrative lead time. See also administrative lead time; initiation of procurement
action; level of supply; receipt into the supply system. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Production lead time
(DOD) The time interval between the placement of a contract and receipt into the supply system of materiel
purchased. Two entries are provided: a. initial--The time interval if the item is not under production as of the date of
contract placement. b. reorder--The time interval if the item is under production as of the date of contract placement.
See also procurement lead time. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Production logistics
(DOD) That part of logistics concerning research, design, development, manufacture, and acceptance of materiel. In
consequence, production logistics includes: standardization and interoperability, contracting, quality assurance,
initial provisioning, transportability, reliability and defect analysis, safety standards, specifications and production
processes, trials and testing (including provision of necessary facilities), equipment documentation, configuration
control, and modifications. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Project code (A)
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A three-position alphabetic or numeric code assigned for purposes of identifying- a. Requisitions and related
documents applicable to specific projects or programs and/or special exercises or maneuvers; b. Shipments of
materiel for specific projects or programs; c. Specific programs to provide for funding and costing of such
extraordinary programs at the requisitioner or supplier level which, by their nature, require such identification to
satisfy program cost analysis. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Property
The terms "Government property," "Army property," and "property" include all property under DA control except
property accounted for as owned by an NAF activity. References to property of other U.S. Government agencies or
of foreign governments clearly will be identified as such; for example, Air Force, State Department, or Republic of
Korea property. All property issued by the United States to the ARNG remains the property of the United States,
under section 710(A), title 32, United States Code. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Property account
(DOD) A formal record of property and property transactions in terms of quantity and/or cost, generally by item. An
official record of Government property required to be maintained. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Property administrator
An individual duly designated by appropriate authority to administer contract requirements and obligations relative
to Government property furnished to or acquired by a contractor; an authorized representative of the contracting
officer. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Property book
A formally designated set of property records maintained under AR 710-2 to account for organizational and
installation property in a using unit. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Property book accountability (A)
The obligation to maintain records, other than a stock record account, of certain classes of nonexpendable property
and expendable (reportable) items listed under specified conditions or by specific instructions from Headquarters,
Department of the Army. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Property records and property account
General terms referring to any record of property. This includes not only formal SRAs maintained in item or
monetary terms by accountable officers, but also organizational property books, installation property books, and
individual clothing and equipment records, or any other organized files of property records. (AR 735-5) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Prototype
(DOD) A model suitable for evaluation of design, performance, and production potential. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Proximate cause
Cause which, in a natural and continuous sequence unbroken by a new cause, produces loss or damage and without
which loss or damage would not have occurred. It can be further explained as primary moving cause, or
predominating cause, from which injury follows as a natural, direct, and immediate consequence, and without which
it would not have occurred. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Purchasing office (PO)
The office that awards or executes a contract for supplies or services and performs post award functions not assigned
to a contract administration office. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
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Quality Assurance (QA)
That function of management by which conformance of materiel to contract and specification requirements is
assured. This assurance is obtained by evaluation of production quality controls and inspections exercised by
procedures, supplemented by direct verification inspection of product. See also quality control. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Quality Control (QC)
That function of management relative to all procedures, methods, examinations, and tests required during
procurement, receipt, storage, and issue that are necessary to provide the user with an item of the required quality.
See also quality assurance. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Quality Deficiency Report (QDR)
The authorized means of users of Army equipment to report, either by message or SF Form 368, equipment faults in
design, operations, and manufacture. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984)
Railhead
(DOD, NATO) A point on a railway where loads are transferred between trains and other means of transport. See
also navigation head. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Railway line capacity
(DOD, NATO) The maximum number of trains which can be moved in each direction over a specified section of
track in a 24 hour period. See also route capacity. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Random Access Memory (RAM)
Temporary memory on micro chips. Users can store data in RAM or take it out at high speeds. However, any
information stored in RAM disappears when the computer is shut off. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and
C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996)
glossary)
Rate of march
(DOD, NATO) The average number of miles or kilometers to be traveled in a given period of time, including all
ordered halts. It is expressed in miles or kilometers in the hour. See also pace. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Readiness
The capability of a unit/formation, ship, weapon system, or equipment to perform the mission or functions for which
it is organized or designed. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984)
Real property
Land and interests in lands. This includes buildings, piers, docks, warehouses, rights-of-way and basements, utility
systems, and all other improvements permanently attached and ordinarily regarded as real estate. This does not
include machinery, equipment, or fixed signal communication systems that may be removed without harming the
usefulness of the structure. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Real property
(DOD) Lands, buildings, structures, utilities systems, improvements, and appurtenances thereto. Includes equipment
attached to and made part of buildings and structures (such as heating systems) but not movable equipment (such as
plant equipment). (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Real time
1. See JCS Pub 1 for definition. (ASCC) 2. The absence of delay in acquisition, transmission, and reception of data.
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Real time
(DOD, NATO) Pertaining to the timeliness of data or information that has been delayed only by the time required
for electronic communication. This implies that there are no noticeable delays. See also near real time. (Joint Pub102, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Rebuild
To restore an item, to a standard as nearly as possible to original or new condition in appearance, performance, and
life expectancy. This is accomplished through the maintenance technique of complete disassembly of the item,
inspection of all parts or components, repair or replacement of worn or unserviceable elements using original
manufacturing tolerance and specifications and subsequent reassembly of the item. (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August
1984)
Rebuild
Maintenance that restores equipment to a zero time/zero mile standard. This process involves end item tear down
and replacement of all expendable components, all aged components, reconditioning of structural components, and
the procedures identified for overhaul of the end item. In addition, this process restores the item to a standard
configuration by installing all outstanding Modification Work Orders and Engineering Change Proposals, and
allows for technology insertion. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office)
Receiving officer
An officer charged with custody or storage of property received by means of shipment. The office is distinguished
from the consignee on the bill of lading because that consignee usually is the transportation officer. Usually, the
receiving officer is an accountable officer at the station of destination. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Reconciliation
A comparison of the supply records of separate activities to ensure their compatibility. The term reconciliation
includes the corrective actions necessary to bring the two record sets into agreement. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Reconciliation, physical inventory
To obtain agreement between the physical count and record balance by attempting to account for all transactions
representing infloat documents. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Recondition (A)
Renovate, repair, overhaul, rebuild, or take any combination of these actions in order to return an item to a state of
serviceability. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Reconsignment (A)
The act of reconsigning cargo that has been discharged at the initial destination but subsequently redirected to a new
consignee prior to delivery to the original consignee. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Recoverable item
(DOD) An item which normally is not consumed in use and is subject to return for repair or disposal. See also
reparable item. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Recovery (A)
1, 2 and 3. See JCS Pub 1 for definitions. (A, Q) 4. The process of extricating a vehicle or equipment casualty from
the place where it has become disabled or defective and moving it to the first place where repairs can be effected, or
from which it can be backloaded. In its broader sense, the term covers not only this process, but also backloading
and evacuation. 5. The search, location, description, and reporting, or survey control. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Recovery (POL)
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Actions and practices required for the segregation and collection of contaminated petroleum-base products.
Collection and storage will be in appropriate mobile or fixed aboveground or underground containers. (AR 710-2)
DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Recurring demand
A request made periodically or anticipated to be repetitive for materiel to be used immediately or for stock
replenishment. Most demands are recurring. A demand is, therefore, considered recurring when doubt exists as to its
nature. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Recurring demand
(DOD) A request by an authorized requisitioner to satisfy a materiel requirement for consumption or stock
replenishment that is anticipated to recur periodically. Demands for which the probability of future occurrence is
unknown will be considered as recurring. Recurring demands will be considered by the supporting supply system in
order to procure, store, and distribute materiel to meet similar demands in the future. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Re-Distillation (POL)
The process of reclaiming contaminated solvents by separating through distillation the solvents from the sludge.
(AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Redistribution
(DOD) The act of effecting transfer in control, utilization, or location of material between units or activities within
or among the Military Services or between the Military Services and other Federal agencies. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Redistribution order
An order issued by a responsible inventory manager on an accountable supply distribution activity that directs
release of materiel to another activity within the same supply complex. For intraservice use, it may be used to direct
release and shipment of materiel from a post, camp, station, or base to another similar activity to meet a demand. AR
725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Reefer
A refrigerated vehicle. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Reefer
(DOD) 1. A refrigerator. 2. A motor vehicle, railroad freight car, ship, aircraft, or other conveyance, so constructed
and insulated as to protect commodities from either heat or cold. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Referral
Under SARSS-O, a referral directs one SSA to package, label, and ship an item it currently has in storage to another
SSA. The later, also known as the destination SSA, upon receipt of the item, will place it in the bin of the unit
needing the item. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Referral order
An order used between supply sources and distribution systems to pass requisitions for supply when the initial
activity cannot fill the demand. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Rejection
A decision by the supplier that positive supply cannot be made for a definite reason. AR 725-50, Requisitioning,
Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Reorder cycle
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(DOD) The interval between successive reorder (procurement) actions. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary
of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Reorder Point (ROP)
(DOD) 1. That point at which time a stock replenishment requisition would be submitted to maintain the
predetermined or calculated stockage objective. 2. The sum of the safety level of supply plus the level for order and
shipping time equals the reorder point. See also level of supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Reorder Point (ROP)
That point, expressed as a quantity of stock, at which time a stock replenishment requisition would be submitted to
maintain a stockage objective. This consists of the sum of the safety level, OST, and (if applicable) the repair cycle
level. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710- 2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Repair
(DOD) The restoration of an item to serviceable condition through correction of a specific failure or unserviceable
condition. See also overhaul; rebuild. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms,
23 March 1994)
Repair cycle
(DOD) The stages through which a reparable item passes from the time of its removal or replacement until it is
reinstalled or placed in stock in a serviceable condition. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Repair cycle float
An additional quantity of selected end items or major components of equipment approved for stockage in the
wholesale supply system to replace like items of equipment withdrawn from using activities for scheduled depot
maintenance or, in the case of the aircraft, the depot maintenance of crash-damaged equipment. This float is used
primarily to extend the economic service life of selected items of Army materiel by providing for their depot
maintenance on a timely basis without detracting from the materiel readiness of using activities. (DA Pam 750-35,
dtd 1 August 1984)
Repair cycle level
Quantity of reparable type items required for stockage, based on average monthly repair rate and repair cycle time.
(AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Repair Cycle Time (RCT)
A parameter, expressed as an average, used in calculation of repair cycle level of stock. The cycle begins on
acceptance of a job by maintenance and ends when the formerly unserviceable asset is returned to stock in a
serviceable condition. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Repair part (A)
Any part, subassembly, assembly, or component, required for installation in the maintenance or repair of an end
item, subassembly, or component. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Repair parts and special tools list (A)
A list indicating the range of repair parts, special tools, and test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment required
for the maintenance of a specified number of end items/systems for a definite period of time for each level of
authorized maintenance. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Reparable
Class IX secondary items that carry a maintenance repair code (MRC) of "D", "F", "H", or "L". (Source: DA PAM
750-35)
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Reparable Exchange Activity
An element of a supply support activity providing exchange service for reparable components. Exchange of an
unserviceable reparable for a serviceable like item is made on a request for issue or turn-in document. (DA Pam
710-2-1 and DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Reparable item
(DOD) An item that can be reconditioned or economically repaired for reuse when it becomes unserviceable. See
also recoverable item. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Report of Survey (ROS)
Official report used to record the circumstances concerning the loss, unserviceability or destruction of property, and
serves as, or supports, a voucher for droppage of items from the property records on which they are listed. It also
serves to determine all question of responsibility (pecuniary or otherwise) for the absence or conditions of the
articles. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Report of Survey (ROS)
An instrument for recording circumstances concerning loss, damage, or destruction of Army property. It serves as,
or supports, a voucher for dropping articles from property records on which they are listed. It also serves to
determine any question of responsibility (financial or otherwise) for absence or condition of the articles. (AR 735-5)
DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Request
A supply request initiated by the using unit. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Request for issue or turn-in (A)
Forms authorized to be used as a unit, organization, or activity to request supplies and to turn in supplies to a supply
officer, accountable officer, or property disposal officer. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Required availability date (RAD)
The date when end items and concurrent spare parts must be available for International Logistics Program recipients.
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Required delivery date (RDD)
The date on which materiel must actually be delivered to the requisitioner. It is always a date earlier or later than the
computed standard delivery date (SDD). An RDD cannot exactly equal a computed SDD. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Required Supply Rate (RSR)
(DOD) In Army usage, the amount of ammunition expressed in terms of rounds per weapon per day for ammunition
items fired by weapons, and in terms of other units of measure per day for bulk allotment and other items, estimated
to be required to sustain operations of any designated force without restriction for a specified period. Tactical
commanders use this rate to state their requirements for ammunition to support planned tactical operations at
specified intervals. The required supply rate is submitted through command channels. It is consolidated at each
echelon and is considered by each commander in subsequently determining the controlled supply rate within the
command. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Requisition
(DOD, NATO) 1. An authoritative demand or request especially for personnel, supplies, or services authorized but
not made available without specific request. (DOD) 2. To demand or require services from an invaded or conquered
nation. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Requisition
A supply request initiated by the SSA in a MILSTRIP format or a unit supply request converted to a MILSTRIP
format by the SSA for submission to the next higher source of supply. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Requisitioning Objective (RO)
(DOD) The maximum quantities of materiel to be maintained on hand and on order to sustain current operations. It
will consist of the sum of stocks represented by the operating level, safety level, and the order and shipping time or
procurement lead time, as appropriate. See also level of supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Requisition objective (RO)
The RO is the maximum quantity of an item authorized to be on hand and on order at any time. (AR 710-2) DA Pam
710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Requisition validation (REQ VAL)
A Logistics Program Support Activity (LPSA) automated system which produces a series of magnetic tape and
microfiche products reflecting The Army Authorization Document System (TAADS) data and Continuing Balance
System-Expanded (CBS-X) asset information. These products display authorizations and assets for major (Class
VII) and secondary (Class 11) items. These are items which are assigned a Line Item Number (LIN) and appear in
MTOE, TDA, and are authorized for ORF, POMCUS, War Reserves, Operational Projects, and decrement stocks.
The net shortages to these authorized quantities are used by the MIRV system. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt
and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Research
An investigation of potential or actual discrepancies between physical count and recorded balances. The purpose of
research is to determine the correct balance and the cause of discrepancies. There are three types of research:
a. Postcount validation. A comparison of physical count with potential recorded balances or another count,
considering recent transactions. The purpose of postcount validation is to determine the validity of the count.
Postcount validation research ends when the accuracy of the count has been verified or when the necessary recounts
have been taken or the discrepancy is $500 or less.
b. Preadjustment research. An investigation of potential discrepancies that involves considering recent transactions,
unposted or rejected documents, search of temporary location areas, and verifying catalog data. Its purpose is to
determine the correct balance. It ends when the balance has been verified or the adjustment quantity determined.
c. Causative research. An investigation of discrepancies (i.e., gains and losses) consisting of (as a minimum) a
complete review of all transactions since the last completed inventory, the last location reconciliation (which
included quantity), or back one year, whichever is sooner. It includes supporting documentation, catalog change
actions, shipment discrepancies and unposted or rejected documentation. The purpose of causative research is to
identify, analyze, and evaluate the cause of inventory discrepancies with the aim of eliminating repetitive errors.
Causative research ends when the cause of the discrepancy has been discovered or when after review of the
transactions no conclusive findings are possible. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95,
pp. 566-573.
Respondent
Any individual, state or entity against whom liability is recommended or assessed. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Responsibility
The obligation of an individual to ensure that Government property and funds entrusted to his or her possession,
command, or supervision are properly used and cared for and that proper custody and safekeeping are provided.
There are four types of responsibility as defined in this glossary:
a. Command responsibility.
b. Direct responsibility.
c. Supervisory responsibility.
d. Personal responsibility. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
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Resupply
(DOD, NATO) The act of replenishing stocks in order to maintain required levels of supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Retail issue (POL)
An issue of bulk fuel into a consuming end item of equipment. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Retail level
Level of supply below the wholesale level. Retail level stockage generally is oriented toward attaining maximum
operational readiness of support units and, therefore, it is based on demand or item essentiality. Installation supply
and maintenance activities, direct support organizations, and GSUs usually are engaged in retail level supply
support. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Retention Level
The maximum amount of stockage a Supply Support Activity (SSA) is allowed to retain for a particular item above
the Requisitioning Objective (RO). When the retention level is exceeded, the amount of stocks in excess of the
retention level will be turned in to the higher supply source. Retention levels allow SSAs to stock quantities of an
item in excess of the Requisitioning Objective. (Source: DA ODCSLOG)
Retention limit (A)
The maximum quantity of an item authorized for retention on the Army supply system. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Retrograde (A)
1. A movement of materiel contrary to the normal flow. 2. A condition designation for materiel; such as
ammunition, earmarked for movement to a rear depot or off-shore facility. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Reverse Logistics
The process of collecting, moving and storing used, damaged or outdated products and/or packaging from end users.
(Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Revolving fund
(DOD) A fund established to finance a cycle of operations to which reimbursements and collections are returned for
reuse in a manner such as will maintain the principal of the fund, e.g., working capital funds, industrial funds, and
loan funds. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Roll-On-Roll-Off (RO-RO)
A type of ship designed to permit cargo to be driven on at origin and off at destination; used extensively for the
movement of automobiles. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Roll-on/roll-off discharge facility
(DOD) Provides a means of disembarking vehicles from a roll-on/roll-off ship to lighterage. The roll-on/roll-off
discharge facility consists of six causeway sections, nonpowered assembled into a platform that is two sections long
and three sections wide. When use of landing craft, utility, as lighters, is being considered, a seventh "sea end"
causeway section, on-powered, fitted with a rhino horn, is required. The roll-on/roll-off discharge facility assembly
includes fendering, lighting, and a ramp for vehicle movement from ship to the platform. Also called RRDF. See
also facility; lighterage. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
RON/DON
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RON/DON is an abbreviation for the Request Order Number/Document Order Number. Under SARSS-O, unit
requisition numbers are not forwarded beyond the unit's supported SSA. If the SSA does not have the requisitioned
item, the SSA will requisition the item using its own DODAAC and document number. Upon receipt of the item at
the SSA, the SARSS 1 computer will identify the specific SSA customer that requested the item. (Source: QMC&S,
Logistics Training Department)
Safety level
Quantity of stock intended to permit continued support in the event of minor interruption of stockage replenishment
or unpredictable fluctuation in demand rate, or both. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Safety level of supply
(DOD) The quantity of materiel, in addition to the operating level of supply, required to be on hand to permit
continuous operations in the event of minor interruption of normal replenishment or unpredictable fluctuations in
demand. See also level of supply. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Safety Stock
The inventory a company holds beyond normal needs as a buffer against delays in receipt of orders or changes in
customer buying patterns. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business
Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
SARSS-Gateway
The SARSS-Gateway, formerly known as the Objective Supply Capability (OSC) - Gateway is a computer located
in St. Louis, MO, that maintains all of the on-hand balances of the Supply Support Activities throughout the Army.
(Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Scrap
Materiel that has no value except for its basic content. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Secondary item (A)
End items, replacement assemblies, parts, and consumables, other than principal items. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Security Assistance Office (SAO)
An overall term used to define any or all of the following IL terms: Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG),
mil group, or mission. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Selected Item Management System--Expanded (SIMS-X)
System of centralized asset knowledge and control (vertical materiel management) of selected secondary items. The
goal of SIMS-X is to improve the utilization of assets already in the supply system. The wholesale item manager is
provided data of on-hand quantities and RO by all owning stock record accounts. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Self Service Supply Center (SSSC)
A consolidated point of distribution for specified expendable supplies to activities authorized logistical support at an
installation. In concept and operation, the center is similar to a commercial supermarket. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Sensitive item (A)
Materiel which requires a high degree of protection due to its characteristics (i.e., fragile, delicate, hazardous to
materiel, special weapons except ammunition, highly technical in nature, narcotics, etc.). (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Sets, kits, and outfits (SKO)
A collection of component items and support items designed to accomplish one general function. It is identified,
cataloged, authorized and issued as a single end item. It may be made up of components and support items included
in more than one class of supplies; may include separately type-classified end items; may include components and
support items for which logistic responsibilities are assigned to more than one agency; and may include
nonexpendable, durable, and expendable components and support items. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Scheduled maintenance
(DOD) Periodic prescribed inspection and/or servicing of equipment accomplished on a calendar, mileage, or hours
of operation basis. See also organizational maintenance. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Shelf life
See JCS Pub 1 for definition. (A) 2. The total period of time, beginning with the date of manufacture/cure/assembly
that an item may remain in the combined wholesale (including manufacturer) and retail storage system and still
remain suitable for issue to, and use by the end user. (Shelf life is not to be confused with service life that is a
measurement of anticipated total in-use time.) (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Shelf life
The total period of time beginning with the data of manufacture/cure/assembly or inspection/test/restorative action
that an item may remain in the combined wholesale (including manufacturer) and retail storage system and still
remain suitable for issue/use by the end user. Supply condition codes applicable to shelf life items and described in
paragraph C-22 (Federal Condition Codes). Shelf life is not to be confused with service-life, which is a measurement
of anticipated total in-use time. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Shelf-life code (A)
A code assigned to a shelf-life item to identify the period of time, beginning with the date of
manufacture/cure/assembly and terminated by the date by which the item must be used or be subjected to
inspection/test/restorative or disposal action. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Shelf-life item (A)
An item of supply possessing deteriorative or unstable characteristics to the degree that a storage time period must
be assigned to assure that the item will perform satisfactorily in service. For the medical commodity, the definition
of a shelf-life item refers only to expiration dated items. Medical items, without an assigned potency expiration date,
are defined as estimated storage life items. a. Type I-An item of supply that is determined, through an evaluation of
technical test data and/or actual experience, to be an item with definite nonextendible period of shelf life. b. Type IIAn item of supply having an assigned shelf-life time period which may be extended after the completion of
prescribed inspection/test/restorative action. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Shelf life item
An item of supply possessing deteriorative or unstable characteristics to the degree that a storage time period must
be assigned to assure that it will perform satisfactorily in service.
a. Type I Shelf life item. An item of supply that is determined through an evaluation of technical test data and/or
actual experience to be an item with a definite nonextendable period of shelf life.
b. Type II shelf life item. An item of supply having an assigned shelflife time period that may be extended after
completion of inspection/test/restorative action.
c. Expiration Date. The date beyond which nonextendable items (Type 1) should be discarded as no longer
suitable for issue or use.
d. Inspection/Test Date. The date by which extendable items (Type 11) should be subjected to inspection, test, or
restorative.
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Shipping officer
An officer who ships property for which he or she is responsible or accountable, as distinguished from the officer
who prepares the bill of lading. Normally, a shipping officer is an accountable property officer who ships property to
an officer who has requisitioned the articles (receiving officer). (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Shop Officer
Normally a 1LT, the shop officer is the OIC of the Direct Support Unit's maintenance section. (Source: QMC&S,
Logistics Training Department)
Shop Stock
Repair parts and consumable supplies stocked within a support-level maintenance activity for internal use during
accomplishment of maintenance requests. It is similar in purpose to repair parts kept by a unit in support of
organizational maintenance, in that it is for internal use only and has been issued from an ASL at an SSA. (AR 7102, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Shop supplies (A)
Expendable items consumed in operation and maintenance (waste, oils, solvents, tape, packing, flux, welding rod).
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Shortcoming
A fault that requires maintenance or supply action on a piece of equipment but does not render the equipment Not
Mission Capable (NMC). (DA Pam 750-35, dtd 1 August 1984)
Short supply
(DOD) An item is in short supply when the total of stock on hand and anticipated receipts during a given period are
less than the total estimated demand during that period. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Short Ton
2,000 pounds. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics,
6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Simulation
A computer model that represents a real life logistics operation with mathematical symbols and runs it for a
simulated length of time to determine how proposed changes will affect the operation. (Source: John J. Coyle,
Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West
Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Single Stock Fund (SSF)
A HQDA business process reengineering initiative to streamline and modernize the way that secondary items (end
items, replacement assemblies, parts, and consumables) are managed in the Army. SSF is merging current wholesale
and retail elements of the Army Working Capital Fund, Supply Management Army business area below
Departmental level, and converting selected Operations & Maintenance inventories, into a single, Nationally
managed fund. (DALO-SSF Program Management Office).
Slated items
(DOD) Bulk petroleum and packaged bulk petroleum items that are requisitioned for overseas use by means of a
consolidated requirement document, prepared and submitted through joint petroleum office channels. Packaged
petroleum items are requisitioned in accordance with normal requisitioning procedures. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Slurry
Dry commodities that are made into a liquid form by the addition of water or other fluids to permit movement by
pipeline. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Small arms
Handguns; shoulder-fired weapons; light automatic weapons up to and including .50 caliber machinegun;
multibarrel machineguns such as the 7.62mm M134; recoilless rifles up to and including 106mm; mortars up to and
including 81mm; rocket launchers, man-portable; grenade launchers, rifle and shoulder-fired; flamethrowers, and
individually operated weapons that are portable or can be fired without special mounts or firing devices and that
have potential use in civil disturbances and are vulnerable to theft. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Small arms reporting
a. DOD Central Registry. DOD activity that is a repository for small arms serial numbers provided by the DOD
Component Registries.
b. DOD Component Registry. Military department or agency that maintains the location of all small arms serial
numbers within that component. It provides the DOD Central Registry with small arms status. A list of weapon
serial numbers for which the component registry's Military department or agencyAR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Source, Maintenance, and Recoverability code (SMR)
A code which indicates the parts selected to satisfy maintenance or repair requirements; the most efficient and
practical source or method of supply for the selected repair part; the lowest echelon of maintenance capable of
installing or manufacturing the repair part; and the recoverability aspects of the repair part. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Specialized Repair Activity (SRA)
Under the SRA process, a below-depot maintenance activity (typically at installation level) may submit a request
through Command channels to be authorized to perform specific maintenance tasks on DA-designated items coded
"D" or "L" in the maintenance allocation charts. Requests must contain information that all tools and equipment
required to perform this task are on hand and that unit personnel are thoroughly familiar with the repair standards.
Requests for SRA's are routed to the applicable Army Materiel Command (AMC) commodity command for input
and then forwarded for review to HQAMC. While elements along the processing chain may approve the SRA
request, HQDA (DALO-SM) retains disapproval authority. MACOMs are required to compile and submit annual
reports summarizing the performance of all approved SRAs.
Special tool and equipment (A)
Tools and equipment (usually designed concurrently with an end item) designed and developed to perform
maintenance, test/calibration, diagnostic/prognostic analysis, and other related support of specific end items. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Spot
To move a trailer of boxcar into place for loading or unloading. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C.
John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996)
glossary)
Spot inventory (A)
An unscheduled physical inventory required as a result of a total or partial materiel release denial. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Staging
(DOD) Assembling, holding, and organizing arriving personnel, equipment, and sustaining materiel in preparation
for onward movement. The organizing and preparation for movement of personnel, equipment, and materiel at
designated areas to incrementally build forces capable of meeting the operational commander's requirements. See
also staging area. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Standard Army Ammunition System (SAAS)
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Standard Army Ammunition System (SAAS) SAAS provides centralized information management to support
ammunition management functions on the battlefield and in CONUS/OCONUS MACOMS. (Theater Logistics
Handbook, 2001)
Standard Army Retail Supply System - Objective (SARSS-O): SARSS-O is the primary automation system for
supply units operating in the Brigade and Division areas. It processes customer requests from ULLS, Standard Army
Maintenance System (SAMS) and Standard Property Book System-Redesign (SPBS-R). SARSS maintains stock
record balances and reports them to the higher echelon SARSS systems. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Standard Army Retail Supply System-2A (SARSS-2A)
SARSS-2A performs time-sensitive supply management functions at the MMC level. It will rapidly respond to
documentation received from subordinate SARSS-l, SARSS-2A, or DS4 activities. It is to be an on-line, transactionoriented, management system allowing users to enter data and query the system using a keyboard. It will use
near-real-time batch processing for transactions received from other activities. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Standard Army Retail Supply System-2B (SARSS-2B)
This module is also scheduled to replace elements of the SAILS and the DS4. It will perform less time-sensitive
actions. These include demand history and analysis, document history, and cataloging. It will process on corps/
theater automated service centers (CTASCs) at the operational and tactical levels. It will process on the Army
Standard Information Management System (ASIMS) at installations. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Standard Property Book System - Redesign (SPBS-R)
SPBS-R is a Standard Army Management Information System (STAMIS) that automates property accounting
systems. It operates in a centralized or decentralized mode. It also provides asset visibility where there is a
requirement. System operators are Unit Supply Specialists - 92Y and Property Accounting Technicians - 920A.
There is one per Property Book Team at each Heavy Division, Light Division, Airborne Division, Separate Combat
Brigade, Separate Group/Brigade, Non-Division Battalion, Separate Company, and one per CSSAMO at each
Division Support Command (DISCOM), Corps Support Command (COSCOM), Corps Support Group
(Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS)
STAMIS are DA approved computer software programs that provide important managerial related information.
The following are just a few of the logistics-related STAMIS: SPBS-R, SARSS, SAMS, SAAS. (Theater Logistics
Handbook, 2001)
Standard Army Maintenance System-1 (SAMS-1)
SAMS-1 is an automated maintenance management system used at the direct support (DS) maintenance company
found in the separate brigade, division, corps, and echelons above corps and the general support (GS) maintenance
company at echelons above corps. The system automates work order registration and document registers. It
automates inventory control and reorder of shop and bench stock as well as automating work order parts and
requisitioning. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
SAMS-2 is an automated maintenance management system used at the main support battalion (MSB), the forward
support battalion (FSB) in the division, and the materiel office of functional maintenance battalions and support
groups in the corps and echelons above corps (EAC). It is also used at the material management center (MMC) and
in the division support command (DISCOM), corps support command (COSCOM), and the theater Army area
command (TAACOM). (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Standard Delivery Date (SDD)
The latest date by which normal processing and shipping in the logistics system will permit receipt and recording of
the materiel by the consignee. (AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573)
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Standardization
The process of developing concepts, doctrines, procedures, and designs to achieve and maintain the most effective
levels of compatibility, interoperability, interchangeability, and commonality in the fields of operations,
administration, and materiel. Standardization is the process by which nations achieve the closest practicable
cooperation among forces, the most efficient use of research , development, and production resources, and items.
Standard rebuild cost
Average cost to repair an article to return it to its regular operating condition.
The cost may be set forth in publications such as supply bulletins and manuals,
or may be obtained from the installation maintenance activity. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2,
Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
See standing operating procedure. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)standing operating procedure
(DOD, NATO) A set of instructions covering those features of operations which lend themselves to a definite or
standardized procedure without loss of effectiveness. The procedure is applicable unless ordered otherwise. Also
called SOP. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Standard Requirements Code (SRC)
A basic set of codes, integral to each current table of organization and equipment for the purpose of expressing each
and every possible combination or variation thereof, which, when associated with organizational data, is the basis
for personnel and supply computations. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Statement of charges (A)
Form listing the items of property that have been issued to a military person which he or she has lost, damaged, or
destroyed, and for which he or she must repay the Government. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Status Code (A)
A code used to transmit information from the inventory manager and/or supply source to the creator of a requisition
or the consignee or a designated control officer. Status codes are the opposite of advice codes in that the directional
flow is reversed. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Status-Of-Forces Agreement (SOFA)
(DOD) An agreement that defines the legal position of a visiting military force deployed in the territory of a friendly
state. Agreements delineating the status of visiting military forces may be bilateral or multilateral. Provisions
pertaining to the status of visiting forces may be set forth in a separate agreement, or they may form a part of a more
comprehensive agreement. These provisions describe how the authorities of a visiting force may control members of
that force and the amenability of the force or its members to the local law or to the authority of local officials. To the
extent that agreements delineate matters affecting the relations between a military force and civilian authorities and
population, they may be considered as civil affairs agreements. Also called SOFA. See also civil affairs agreement.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Stockage list code (A)
A letter code to denote the status of the item in relation to the authorized stockage list. See also stockage list item.
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Stockage list item (A)
An item of supply authorized to be stocked by a particular unit and included in the authorized stockage list of that
unit. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Stockage objective
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(DOD) The maximum quantities of materiel to be maintained on hand to sustain current operations. It will consist of
the sum of stocks represented by the operating level and the safety level. See also level of supply. (Joint Pub1-02,
Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Stock control
(DOD, NATO) Process of maintaining inventory data on the quantity, location, and condition of supplies and
equipment due-in, on-hand, and due-out, to determine quantities of material and equipment available and/or required
for issue and to facilitate distribution and management of materiel. See also inventory control. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept
of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Stock control activity (SCA)
The organizational elements of a distribution system that maintains inventory data. Data maintained include the
quantity, ownership and purpose, condition and location of materiel due-in, on hand and back ordered. Data will be
used to determine availability of materiel for issue and to help in its distribution and management. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Stocked item
An item that is centrally procured and stocked for issue within the supply distribution system of the inventory
manager. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Stock fund
(DOD) A revolving fund established to finance costs of inventories of supplies. It is authorized by specific provision
of law to finance a continuing cycle of operations. Reimbursements and collections derived from such operations are
available for use by the fund without further action by the Congress. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU)
A single unit that has been completely assembled. In a DRP system, an item is not considered complete until it is
where it can satisfy customer demand. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management
of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Stock management (A)
Direction and supervision of stock distribution from the time it becomes available until it is expended, declared
surplus, or sent to disposal. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Stock number
A number used to identify an item of supply. Types of numbers used are:
(1) NSN or NATO stock number.
(2) Commercial and Government Entity Code.
(3) Management control number.
(4) DODAC.
(5) Army commercial vehicle code.
(6) Any other identifying number when one of the types in (1) through (5) above has not been assigned. (AR 710-2,
DA Pam 710-2-1, DA Pam 710-2-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Stockout
A situation in which the items a customer orders are currently unavailable. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi
and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co.,
1996) glossary)
Stockout Cost
The opportunity cost that companies associate with not having supply sufficient to meet demands. (Source: John J.
Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul:
West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Stock Record Account
Formal basic record showing, by item, receipt and disposal of property being held for issue, balance on hand, and
other identifying or stock control data. The account is prepared on prescribed forms. It is maintained by, or under
supervision of, an accountable officer. It may be maintained manually, by accounting machine methods, or by
ADPE. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Stock Record Account
(DOD) A basic record showing by item the receipt and issuance of property, the balances on hand and such other
identifying or stock control data as may be required by proper authority. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary
of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Storage activity (SA)
The organizational element of a distribution system that is responsible for the physical handling of materiel. This
includes its checkin and inspection (receipt); its keeping and surveillance in a warehouse, shed or open area
(storage); and its selection and shipment (issue). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95,
pp. 566-573.
Storage life
(DOD, NATO) The length of time for which an item of supply including explosives, given specific storage
conditions, may be expected to remain serviceable and, if relevant, safe. See also shelf life. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Storage periods:
(1) Temporary-up to 90 days.
(2) Short term-90 days to 1 year.
(3) Long term-over 1 year.
(AR 740–1, Logistics Storage and Supply Activity Operations, 15 June 2001)
Strapping
(DOD) 1. An operation by which supply containers, such as cartons or boxes, are reinforced by bands, metal straps,
or wire, placed at specified intervals around them, drawn taut, and then sealed or clamped by a machine. 2.
Measurement of storage tanks and calculation of volume to provide tables for conversion of depth of product in
linear units of measurement to volume of contents. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Sub-Area Petroleum Office (SAPO)
An agency established to assist joint petroleum officers and joint area petroleum offices in compiling requirements
of fuels and lubricants. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Subassembly (A)
1. See JCS Pub 1 for definition. 2. A functional division within an assembly, made up of a number of components or
parts and capable of further disassembly. See also assembly; part. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Subassembly
(DOD, NATO) In logistics, a portion of an assembly, consisting of two or more parts, that can be provisioned and
replaced as an entity. See also assembly; component; part. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Subclasses of supply (A)
Provides subclassifications within specific classes of supply based on the following considerations: (a) Specialized
transportation requirements, (b) Specialized packaging requirements, (c) Peculiar storage and handling
characteristics, (d) Commodity characteristics, (e) Intended usage characteristics, and (f) Chemical/radiological
sensitivity hazards. Subclasses of supply are depicted by alphabetic or numeric codes. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Subhand receipt
A hand receipt between a primary hand receipt holder and a person subsequently given the property for use. It does
not transfer direct responsibility for property to the subhand receipt holder. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply
Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Subsistence (A)
Food for, and provisions to be used in, feeding military personnel and animals. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Subsistence type of pack code
A code entered only in subsistence requisitions to show the "level of pack" to be applied to shipments of perishable
and nonperishable subsistence. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Substitute item (A)
An item authorized for issue in lieu of a standard item of like nature and quality. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United
States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Summary accounting
Grouping transactions together for a specific time or activity, and then posting only net results or summary of
transactions to accounting records. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2, AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Sunk costs (A)
Costs which have already been incurred as a result of past decisions and are considered irrevocable. Such costs
should have no relevance to decisions regarding future actions. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Supervisory responsibility
Obligation of a supervisor to ensure that all Government property issued to, or used by, his or her subordinates is
properly used and cared for, and that proper custody and safekeeping of the property are provided. It is inherent in
all supervisory positions and is not contingent upon signed receipts or responsibility statements. It arises because of
assignment to a specific position and includes-a. Providing proper guidance and direction.
b. Enforcing all security, safety, and accounting requirements.
c. Maintaining a supervisory climate that will facilitate and ensure the proper care and use of Government property.
(AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary,
pp. 268-276.
Supplemental allowances
Items and quantities of personal clothing authorized for issue to enlisted members to supplement initial allowances.
They are given to persons whose assigned duties require more quantities of items than are included in initial issues.
They are also given to those whose assigned duty requires special items of personal clothing not normally issued to
the majority of enlisted members. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual
Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Supplier
Activities that maintain asset availability records and process requisitions to meet a customer's demand. They are:
a. Defense supply centers (DSC).
b. Inventory control points (ICP) (overseas and CONUS).
c. Accountable supply distribution activities, (ASDA) including overseas command depots.
d. Nonaccountable shipping activities.
e. Procurement activities.
f. Managers for retail stocks.
g. General Services Administration (GSA). AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp.
566-573.
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Supplies
Items needed to equip, maintain, operate, and support military activities. Supplies may be used for administrative,
combat, or general plant purposes. Supplies include food, clothing, equipment, arms, ammunition, fuel materials,
and machinery of all kinds. For planning and administrative purposes, supplies are divided into 10 classes. Supplies
are synonymous with "equipment" and "materiel." (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Supply
(DOD) The procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the
determination of kind and quantity of supplies. a. producer phase--That phase of military supply which extends from
determination of procurement schedules to acceptance of finished supplies by the military Services. b. consumer
phase--That phase of military supply which extends from receipt of finished supplies by the Military Services
through issue for use or consumption. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Supply control
(DOD) The process by which an item of supply is controlled within the supply system, including requisitioning,
receipt, storage, stock control, shipment, disposition, identification, and accounting
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Supply point
(DOD, NATO) Any point where supplies are issued in detail. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Supply point distribution (A)
That method of distributing supplies in which the receiving unit is issued supplies at a supply point (depot, railhead,
truckhead, distribution point) and moves the supplies in organic transportation. This method is the normal method of
providing direct support ammunition supply service. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Supply Support Activity (SSA)
a. An activity assigned a DODAAC having a supply support mission. Examples are:
(1) Direct support units.
(2) Missile support elements.
(3) Maintenance general support units.
(4) Supply and transportation battalions.
(5) Supply and service units.
(6) Repair and utility accounts.
(7) Installation supply divisions.
(8) Service schools.
(9) Materiel management centers.
(10) Technical supply agencies.
(11) Self-service supply centers.
(12) Technical supply agencies.
(13) Tables of distribution and allowances maintenance shops.
(14) Central issue facilities.
(15) Clothing initial issue points.
b. Any activity below the wholesale level having a supply support mission such as direct support units and
installation supply divisions. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Supply Support Activity (SSA)
(DOD) Activities assigned a Department of Defense activity address code and that have a supply support mission,
i.e., direct support supply units, missile support elements, maintenance support units. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
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Supply Status
Is feedback from the supply system that informs interested parties about the status of a requested item. Supply
Status feedback may indicate that the request was canceled, that the supply source requires additional information,
that the requisition is valid but that it will take additional time for it to be shipped, or that the item is on hand at the
supply source and is being prepared for shipment. (Source QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Supply/Maintenance Telecommunications Methods
The methods by which two separate computers transfer data via electronic means (radiowaves, microwaves,
satellites, land lines, etc. (QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Supportability
That characteristic of materiel which quantifies its ability to adapt to changing supply and maintenance concepts
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Support items
(DOD) Items subordinate to, or associated with an end item (i.e., spares, repair parts, tools, test equipment and
sundry materiel) and required to operate, service, repair or overhaul an end item. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Surplus property
(DOD) Any excess property not required for the needs and for the discharge of the responsibilities of all federal
agencies, including the Department of Defense, as determined by the General Services Administration. (Joint Pub102, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Survey
Act of investigating circumstances involving loss, damage, destruction, or unserviceability of property listed on a
report of survey. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30
Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Sustaining stocks
(DOD, NATO) Stocks to support the execution of approved operational plans beyond the initial predetermined
period covered by basic stocks until resupply is available for support of continued operations. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept
of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Sustainment
(DOD) The provision of personnel, logistic, and other support required to maintain and prolong operations or
combat until successful accomplishment or revision of the mission or of the national objective. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept
of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Table of allowance
(DOD) An equipment allowance document that prescribes basic allowances of organizational equipment, and
provides the control to develop, revise, or change equipment authorization inventory data. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA)
A table which prescribes the organizational structure, personnel, and equipment authorizations, and requirements of
a military unit to perform a specific mission for which there is no appropriate table of organization and equipment.
(AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE)
1. See JCS Pub 1 for definition. (A) 2. A table that prescribes the normal mission, organizational structure, and
personnel and equipment requirements for a military unit, and is the basis for an authorizations document. See also
modification table of organization and equipment; tentative table of organization and equipment. (AR 310-25,
Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Tank Cars
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Railcars designed to haul bulk liquid or gas commodities. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Technical Inspection (TI)
1. Inspection of equipment and weapons to determine whether they are serviceable for continued use or whether
repairs are necessary. 2. The initial, in-process, and final inspections performed within a maintenance unit on
materiel, incident to repair, to determine condition, deficiencies, parts requirements, nature of repairs necessary, and
whether the item will be repaired locally, salvaged, or evacuated (initial inspection); to determine whether repairs in
process are being performed properly (in- process inspection); and to determine, before disposition is made of a
repaired item, whether all required repairs were performed satisfactorily (final inspection). See also in-process
inspection. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Technical Manual (TM)
A manual providing detailed treatment of specific subjects considered necessary for the full accomplishment of
required training. A technical manual also contains descriptions of materiel and instructions for the operation,
handling, and maintenance and repair thereof; information and instructions on technical procedures, exclusive of
those of an administrative nature. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Telecommunication
(DOD, NATO) Any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, or information
of any nature by wire, radio, visual, or other electromagnetic systems. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of
Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Terminal hold time
The number of days from the time a shipment unit is offered to a transshipment activity to the time it is released
(date shipped) to the carrier for onward movement within the DTS. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue
System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
TEU
Twenty-foot equivalent unit, a standard size intermodal container. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C.
John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996)
glossary)
Theater
The geographical area outside CONUS for which a commander of a unified or specified command has been
assigned military responsibility. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Theater
(DOD) The geographical area outside the continental United States for which a commander of a combatant
command has been assigned responsibility. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Theater army logistical command (A)
The command, located in the communications zone, having responsibility for providing administrative support,
except personnel replacement and civil affairs, to all US Army Forces located in a theater of operations and to such
theater Navy, theater Air Force, allied, and other forces, as directed. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Theater of operations
(DOD) A subarea within a theater of war defined by the geographic combatant commander required to conduct or
support specific combat operations. Different theaters of operations within the same theater of war will normally be
geographically separate and focused on different enemy forces. Theaters of operations are usually of significant size,
allowing for operations over extended periods of time. See also theater of war. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Throughput
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(DOD) The average quantity of cargo and passengers that can pass through a port on a daily basis from arrival at the
port to loading onto a ship or plane, or from the discharge from a ship or plane to the exit (clearance) from the port
complex. Throughput is usually expressed in measurement tons, short tons, or passengers. Reception and storage
limitation may affect final throughput. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated
Terms, 23 March 1994)
Tie down
(DOD, NATO) The fastening or securing of a load to its carrier by use of ropes, cables or other means to prevent
shifting during transport. Also used (as a noun) to describe the material employed to secure a load. (Joint Pub1-02,
Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
TIER III
Personal, laptop, notebook, and similar type computers and their external peripheral components (less CCI). AR
710-2 DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp.
268-276.
Time and material contract
(DOD) A contract providing for the procurement of supplies or services on the basis of: a. direct labor hours at
specified fixed hourly rates (which rates include direct and indirect labor, overhead, and profit); and b. material at
cost. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Time-Definite Delivery
The delivery of requested logistics support at a time and destination specified by the receiving activity. (Joint Pub102, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
TL (Truckload)
A shipment weighing the minimum weight or more. Carriers give a rate reduction for shipping a TL-size shipment.
(Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
TM-10/-20 Maintenance Standard
The condition of the equipment when it is as follows:
a. The equipment is Fully Mission Capable (FMC)
b. All faults have been identified using the "items to check" column of the applicable TM-10 series and TM-20
series PMCS table.
c. Corrective actions that are authorized to be accomplished at unit level, and for which required parts are available,
have been completed.
d. Required parts are requisitioned for faults that require them to complete the corrective actions and corrective
actions that are authorized to be accomplished at a maintenance level above the unit are on a valid direct support
maintenance request.
e. Equipment services have performed within the scheduled service interval.
f. All current urgent and limited urgent modification work orders are applied.
g. All authorized basic issue items and components of end items are present and serviceable or on valid
requisition. (Source: DA Pam 750-35)
Total Asset Visibility (TAV)
The capability to provide users with timely and accurate information on the location, movement, status, and identity
of units, personnel, equipment, materiel and supplies. It also includes the capability to act upon that information to
improve overall performance of the Department of Defense’s logistic practices. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Total materiel assets
(DOD) The total quantity of an item available in the military system worldwide and all funded procurement of the
item with adjustments to provide for transfers out of or into the inventory through the appropriation and procurement
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lead-time periods. It includes peacetime force materiel assets and war reserve stock. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Total Package Fielding
The Army process to effect a total system fielding. It provides for the concurrent fielding of a materiel system and
all its required support. The process aims at minimizing the logistics burden on the gaining MACOM related to the
fielding process. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Traffic control point (A)
Points on the ground or road network in a static, garrison-type environment, where military police control the traffic
flow. See also area traffic control. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Traffic density
(DOD, NATO) The average number of vehicles that occupy one mile or one kilometer of road space, expressed in
vehicles per mile or per kilometer. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Transportation movement data
Weight and cube data of items of supply, coupled with mode of shipment, probable source of supply, and outloading
military ocean terminal or air terminal. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566573.
Transportation officer
The officer responsible for shipment of property. This officer initiates and accomplishes Bills of Lading (BLs).
When no person is specifically provided to perform these functions, the officer who accomplishes BLs is responsible
for duties assigned to the transportation officer. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Trash
Materiel that has no residual functional scrap value. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Troop Issue Subsistence Activity (TISA)
The element of an installation responsible for acquiring, storing, issuing, selling, and accounting for subsistence
supplies used for subsisting personnel authorized to subsist in appropriated fund dining facilities, and by
organizations and activities authorized to purchase therefrom, to include Reserve components. Functions are
administered by a Troop Issue Subsistence Officer. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15
October 1983)
Turnaround
(DOD, NATO) The length of time between arriving at a point and being ready to depart from that point. It is used in
this sense for the loading, unloading, re-fueling and re-arming, where appropriate, of vehicles, aircraft and ships. See
also turnaround cycle. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March
1994)
Turnaround cycle
(DOD, NATO) A term used in conjunction with vehicles, ships and aircraft, and comprising the following: loading
time at departure point; time to and from destination; unloading and loading time at destination; unloading time at
returning point; planned maintenance time, and where applicable, time awaiting facilities. See also turnaround.
(Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Ullage (propellant tank) (A)
Space or void left in a propellant tank to allow for thermal expansion. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States
Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System (A)
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A system for use by the Military Services, Defense agencies, United States Coast Guard, Defense contractors, other
Government agencies, and Military Assistance countries (Grant Aid, Foreign Military Sales, and Supply Support
Agreement) for the movement of Department of Defense materiel and in the requisitioning of materiel from the
Department of Defense distribution system. The system will be used in peacetime and in war, except for Military
Assistance Program in general war and will- a. Establish maximum requisition processing and materiel movement
time standards for use by all activities of the Department of Defense distribution and transportation systems. b.
Provide a basis for managing movement of materiel throughout the Department of Defense distribution system. c.
Ensure that materiel issue requirements are processed in accordance with the mission of the requiring activity, the
urgency of need, and specific materiel management consideration. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army
Terms, 15 October 1983)
Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System (UMMIPS)
A system to establish time standards for processing requirements in accordance with the mission of the requiring
activity and the urgency of need. AR 725-50, Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
Unit assembly (A)
Assemblage of machine parts which constitutes a complete auxiliary part of an end item, and which performs a
specific auxiliary function, and which may be removed from the parent item without itself being disassembled. (AR
310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983
Unit distribution (A)
That method of distributing supplies in which the receiving unit is issued supplies in its own area, the transportation
being furnished by the issuing agency. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
United States Property and Fiscal Officer (USPFO)
An officer in each State, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia who is an officer of the
National Guard of that jurisdiction and of the Army or Air National Guard of the United States, and who is on active
duty for the purpose of receiving and accounting for all funds and property of the United States in possession of the
National Guard of that State (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
United States Property and Fiscal Officer (USPFO)
A commissioned officer of the Army or National Guard of the United States on extended Federal active duty and
who is accountable and responsible for proper obligation and expenditure of all Federal funds and for receipt and
account all Federal property in possession of the National Guard of the State; maintains an SRA comparable to the
level of a CONUS installation; and must ensure that accountability for Federal property is maintained after property
is issued to property book level. (AR 700-84, AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System:
Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Unit Identification Code (UIC)
(DOD) A six-character, alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each Active, Reserve, and National Guard unit of
the Armed Forces. Also called UIC. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms,
23 March 1994)
Unitize
To consolidate several packages into one unit; carriers strap, band or otherwise attach several packages together.
(Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed.
(Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Unit Level Logistics System (ULLS)
The computer software system used at the unit level to order and track repair parts and to process The Army
Maintenance Management System (TAMMS).
Unit pack (A)
The first tie, wrap, or container applied to a single item or quantity thereof, or to a group of items of a single stock
number, preserved or unpreserved, which constitutes a complete or identical package. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of
United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
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Unitized load
(DOD) A single item, or a number of items packaged, packed or arranged in a specified manner and capable of
being handled as a unit. Unitization may be accomplished by placing the item or items in a container or by banding
them securely together. See also palletized unit load. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and
Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Unit of Issue (UI)
(DOD) In its special storage meaning, refers to the quantity of an item; as each number, dozen, gallon, pair, pound,
ream, set, yard. Usually termed unit of issue to distinguish from "unit price." See also unit. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Unit Level Logistics System - Aviation (ULLS-A) -- ULLS-A is located in all
aviation units. It performs those functions for aviation that ULLS-G performs for
ground units. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Unit Level Logistics System - S4 (ULLS-S4) -- Unit Level Logistics System-S4
(ULLS-S4) is located at unit level supply rooms, as well as battalion and brigade
level S4 staff sections. ULLS-S4 automates the supply property requisitioning/document
register process, hand/sub-hand receipts, component, budget, and logistical planning activities
at the Unit Supply, Bn, and Bde S4 levels. (Theater Logistics Handbook, 2001)
Unit price
(DOD) The cost or price of an item of supply based on the unit of issue. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary
of Military and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Unserviceability
More inclusive term than damage or destruction. It indicates, in military usage, that the article to which the term is
applied is no longer useful for the intended purpose. Damage or destruction may not be involved. The term also
indicates property that has deteriorated through use; however, it may include property no longer usable for its
original purpose, despite the reason for its condition. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Urgency of Need Designator (A)
An alphabetic letter that relates the urgency of need as determined by a requisitioning activity using the criteria
prescribed by the Materiel Issue Priority System. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
User
An individual (or activity) that needs an item for immediate use or to be on hand for assigned missions. AR 725-50,
Requisitioning, Receipt and Issue System, 15 Nov 95, pp. 566-573.
USPFO clothing issue point
A facility located at the USPFO that serves to receipt, store, and issue personal clothing. (AR 700-84) DA Pam 7102-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Validation
The review of open requisitions by the requestor to affirm the continued need for the materiel and quantity on
requisition. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98,
Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Variable Cost
A cost that fluctuates with the volume of business. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Vehicle Hull Targets
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A vehicle used for destructive testing and target training. Vehicles are usually obsolete, nonstandard, or military
excess withdrawn from DOD surplus or the DRMO. (AR 710-2) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply
System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Vendor (A)
An individual, partnership, corporation, or other agency which sells property to the Army. (AR 310-25, Dictionary
of United States Army Terms, 15 October 1983)
Vendor
A firm or individual that supplies goods or services; the seller. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John
Langley, Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
Voucher
Document attesting to, or serving as, evidence of a specific property transaction. Credit vouchers, such as signed
receipts, support a reduction of on-hand balance shown on the property record. Debit vouchers, such as receiving
reports, support an increase in recorded on-hand balance. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity
Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
War reserves
(DOD, NATO) Stocks of materiel amassed in peacetime to meet the increase in military requirements consequent
upon an outbreak of war. War reserves are intended to provide the interim support essential to sustain operations
until resupply can be effected. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 23
March 1994)
Wheel load capacity
(DOD) The capacity of airfield runways, taxiways, parking areas, or roadways to bear the pressures exerted by
aircraft or vehicles in a gross weight static configuration. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military
and Associated Terms, 23 March 1994)
Wholesale level
Level of supply support including national inventory control points, depots, terminals, arsenals, central wholesale
data banks, plants and factories associated with commodity command activities, and special Army activities retained
under direct control of HQDA. Wholesale functions are mostly performed in CONUS. A wholesale system procures
supplies for the Army from commercial sources or from Government plants. Wholesale supply support is
accomplished by distributing supplies to retail level for stockage or for issue to users. (AR 710-2, DA Pam 710-2-2)
DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Willful misconduct
Any intentionally wrongful or unlawful act dealing with property. (AR 735-5) DA Pam 710-2-2, Supply Support
Activity Supply System: Manual Procedures, 30 Sep 98, Glossary, pp. 268-276.
Winterization (A)
The process of converting equipment especially changes in accessories, instruments, or special installations, for use
in cold or very cold weather, as in the Arctic. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
Working capital fund
(DOD) A revolving fund established to finance inventories of supplies and other stores, or to provide working
capital for industrial-type activities. (Joint Pub1-02, Dept of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms,
23 March 1994)
Work in Progress (WIP)
Parts and subassemblies in the process of becoming completed assembly components. These items, no longer part
of the raw materials inventory and not yet part of the unfinished goods inventory, may constitute a large inventory
by themselves and create extra expense for the firm. (Source: John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi and C. John Langley,
Management of Business Logistics, 6th ed. (Minneapolis, St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1996) glossary)
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Zero Balance
Indicates that no stocks are available. (Source: QMC&S, Logistics Training Department)
Zone time system (A)
A system whereby the world is divided into 24 hours for timekeeping purposes, and where the time used in one zone
differs from that used in the adjacent zone by 1 hour, thereby affecting an exact number of hours' difference between
zone time and Greenwich Mean Time. Variations of zone time from Greenwich Mean Time are denoted by adding a
zone suffix letter to the date-time group. Thus, when the zone time is subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time, the
difference is-1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time-- The suffix letter is A (Zone -1).
2 to 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time--The suffix letters are B to M (omitting J) (Zones -2 to -12).
1 hour behind Greenwich Mean Time--The suffix letter is N (Zone + 1).
2 to 12 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time--The suffix letters are O to Y (Zones + 2 to + 12).
Greenwich Mean Time--The suffix letter is Z. (AR 310-25, Dictionary of United States Army Terms, 15 October
1983)
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Words or Phrases which are awaiting definitions
Army Intensively Managed Item (AIMI)
Report of Discrepancy (ROD)
System Change Package
Stockage List Authorization Card (SLAC)
Velocity Management
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