*Importance of UID to the UID Registry
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What’s UID?
UID
is a part of DoD’s serialization tracking programs (SNTs). For all Government
furnished tangible assets, Unique Identification or UID for each item is a must
as per The Department of Defense (DoD) mandate. UID nameplates, UID labels, and
UID tags are a must for items to be UID compliant. Also they need to withstand
the rough climatic condition. The DoD
devised this UID program to keep track of all info about defense related and
embedded items. Starting from acquisition, repair, and to deployment, the DoD can
easily trace any info about military items in much easier and faster way
through this UID program.
To
meet the UID registration standards, the Department of Defense has clearly
mentioned which items are eligible to be UID compliant. Those items whose
- Unit
acquisition cost is $5,000 or more
- Is
serially managed, is mission essential or is a controlled inventory
- the
item is a DoD mandated serially managed embedded item
- Designated
by the Program office for permanent identification, are required to be
marked by UID.
Stainless
steel, Polyester, aluminum and laser marked Tessa tapes are most commonly used
for UID labels. Some of the popular types of UID labels are Metal bar code UID
labels, Polyester bar code UID labels, Foil bar code UID labels and
Ceramic-Steel UID nameplates. These types of labels offer robustness and last
for a long duration. Now many online stores even offer customized UID Tags and
Labels. It doesn’t matter, what materials are used for UID labels, but they
must meet the MIL STD 130 code standards.
All
the product info such as serialized item number, part number, CAGE Code,
manufacturing details are to be written in a 2dimensional data matrix code. As
per a recently added clause, an additional batch or log number of the product
is also required to be added in the 2D-datamatrix code.
UID registry
submission process
It
is essential that all the government as well as commercial manufacturers should
register with Central Contractor Registration system (CRR) before they apply
for registering with the UID registry. For Government Contractors or government
employees, the DoD Program Manager facilitates special login access rights to
the UID registry. All other users are required to register themselves. They can
access the Controlled Access portion of the UID Registry only after they get
login credentials from the UID registry.
There
are certain things which the contractors should take care of while submitting
to the UID registry. Item description should also be included along with the
serialized item number, part number, and log or batch number. Initial
acquisition info and any major modification info should also be mentioned
clearly. Detailed shipment and delivery info about the acquisition of item
should also be included in the list of submitted data. Contractor custody info
and acceptance data should also be present in the accountability section of the
info.
The
Department of Defense now facilitated UID data submission via wide area
workflow (WAWF). This technologically advanced and paperless mode of data
submission to the UID registry is easy to approach. The UID registry is updated
automatically each time the data is submitted through WAWF. Contractors can not only transmit data
electronically, they can acquire contract receipt too this WAWF. WAWF has made
UID data submission process comparatively faster.
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