Title: Product Manager Joint Automatic Identification Technology Item Unique Identification IUID Basics, Ch
1Product ManagerJoint Automatic Identification
TechnologyItem Unique Identification
(IUID)Basics, Challenges, and Accomplishments
Fred Naigle Office of PM J-AIT Support
Contractor 20 May 2009
2IUID Basics
Super Serial
- Assign an item a globally-unique identification
number - Apply a permanent machine-readable mark to the
item, containing that globally-unique
identification number - Register that identification number in a central
database, linking it to pedigree data about that
specific item, such as cost, manufacturer, part
number, date acquired, etc. - Use that globally-unique identification number
for life cycle management of the item
Unique Item Identifier (UII)
AIT Enables Error-Free Data Transfer
Over the next several years, Serialized Item
Management will transition to Uniquely
Identified Item Management based on a single
data element, the Unique Item Identifier
3AIT is Key to IUID Data Integrity
UII can contain up to 50 characters
- D123455513HGR13136574867635009
Goal Eliminate key entry of data!
Each uniquely identified item must bear a data
matrix symbol encoding its Unique Item Identifier
(UII)
Area Imager Enables Error-Free Data Transfer!
4Items that Require Item Unique Identification
(IUID)
- IUID is Required by DoDI 8320.04 for
- A delivered Item with unit price gt 5,000.00
- An item that is identified by the requiring
activity as DoD serially managed - An Item that is identified by the requiring
activity as mission essential or controlled
inventory - A parent item that contains a DoD serially
managed subassembly, component or part - IUID is Optional by DFARS/DOD Policy for
- Any other item that a PM or item manager desires
to uniquely track - Additional Items Where IUID is Required by Army
Policy - Per AR 750-1, para. 3-7.0.1
- (1) The maintenance of all end items and Class IX
reparable items with a Maintenance Repair Code
(MRC) of F, H, D, or L will be managed at the
serial number level of detail. - By requiring these items to be serially managed,
they are placed in a category that DoD requires
to be uniquely identified.
A tangible item used by DoD which is
designated by a DoD or Service item manager to be
uniquely tracked, controlled or managed in
maintenance, repair and/or supply by means of its
serial number Source DoD Guide to Uniquely
Identifying Items, 1 Oct 08
5Stages of IUID Implementation
I
II
III
IV
DoDI 8320.04 -------------------------------------
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Use the Unique Item Identifier (UII) in Business
Processes Create Value!
Determine and document how and where to mark
Determine and prioritize items to be marked
Mark items and register pedigree information
- Focus of
- Suppliers
- Depots
- Service Bureaus
- Focus of
- Hardware PMs
- IMMCs
- Focus of
- Hardware PMs
- Suppliers
- Depots
- Focus of
- Functional proponents
- Automated Information System (AIS) PMs
6IUID- Essential to Materiel Readiness
Functions supported by IUID
Objectives
Requirements
Capabilities
Financial Management Warranty Management Tracking
Item Performance Age Failure Analysis Reliabilit
y Improvement Engineering Design
Analysis Maintenance Productivity Supply
Productivity Safety Accountability READINESS!
Strategic Serialized Asset Management
Payback
Value
Processes
Analysis
Speed and Precision in Data Capture
Item Unique Identification (IUID)
Automated Data Collection
Information Systems
Supply Chain Events
Resources
Unique Item Identifier (UII)
Machine Readable Marking
Uniquely Identified Items
7IUID AccomplishmentsMarking and Registration
- 6,151,727 Items registered
- 4,364,709 New items
- 1,787,018 Legacy
- 1,498 Contractors have delivered new UIIs
- 868 of the contractors (58) are small
businesses - 1,442,423 of the new items (33) are from small
businesses - Growth rate of over 42,000 new UIIs/week
- 321,627 Items are in GFP status
- Based on current size status in CCR
- Legacy and GFP UIIs often come in large
batches and weekly rates for those are not
meaningful - as of 29 April 09
8IUID Accomplishments New Army
IUID Applications
- Arms Rooms
- Major time saving and accuracy improvement in
Issue, receipt and inventory processes and
improvement in management information - PM J-AIT moving to field Commercial-off-the-shelf
(COTS) Logistics System Arms Room across Army - Procurement Tracing
- New statutory requirement to certify unit level
receipt of major systems by Reserve Components - Army G-8 decision to leverage the unique item
identifier - (UII) and use Property Book Unit Supply
Enhanced - (PBUSE) to trace specific items to units
- CCPs to mod PBUSE in process
EUREKA!
9IUID Challenges
- Challenge Suppliers use incorrect syntax when
encoding data in the data matrix symbol result
encoded data is unusable - Solution
- Verify that proper syntax is being used in the
mark by validating pre-production samples - PM J-AIT has assembled do-it-yourself solution
consisting of hardware from AIT III contract and
Navy online software - Accessible from any computer with Internet access
- Hardware cost 379
- Details at http//www.eis.army.mil/ait/Technology/
iuid_registry.asp
10IUID Challenges (cont.)
- Challenge Non-Recurring Engineering of Marks
- Determining and documenting in Tech Data Package
(TDP) or Depot Maintenance Work Requirements
(DMWR) requires engineering effort and can be
very expensive - There is no good mechanism to share marking
solutions - The ability of some marks to meet MIL-STD-130
durability requirements is suspect - Solution
- AMC committed to the development of Publication X
11Publication X Concept Features
- Is a globally accessible catalog of
pre-engineered IUID marking solutions - Is permissive rather than mandatory
- Is applicable to all labeled assets less Aviation
Critical Safety Items/Flight Safety Critical
Aircraft Parts (ACSI/FSCAP) - Authorizes and prescribes both temporary and
permanent IUID marking solutions - Is integrated with the Armys IUID marking
infrastructure - Facilitates modification of TDP and DMWR
- Is a dynamic, living, electronic publication
- Initial stakeholder meeting in June 2009.
12IUID Challenges
- Challenge Unmet public expectations
- Discussion
- IUID requirement initiated in 2003
- At this time, there is emphasis on marking and
registering items (a cost) but few applications
that use the UII to provide a benefit BUT THAT
IS ACCORDING TO PLAN - Need to get critical mass of items marked will
take several more years - Concurrent development of the Single Army
Logistics Enterprise (SALE) with IUID
capability - Critical mass marked IUID-enabled SALE
GOLD!
13Elements of an IUID-based Solution Maintenance
Management
AIT Automatic Identification Technology AIS
Automated Information System IUID Item Unique
Identification UII Unique Item Identifier