26th August 2010
The Department of Defense is committed to maintaining an efficient method of managing the logistics process. Mil Std 129 outlines the requirements of this commitment. It goes into great detail about the importance of item identification and management. Mi...
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20th August 2010
Item Unique Identification or IUID as it is known as, is the military specification for identifying each tangible item or asset and distinguishing it in inventory. The IUID specification calls for permanent labeling of each asset with a unique identifying...
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20th August 2010
Every day there are hundreds of new technological gadgets and devices released onto the market. Some of them are extremely useful to society and the individual by providing useful convinces to our everyday life; although, some of these new inventions and ...
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30th July 2010
The United States Department of Defense has put forth a great deal of effort to improve the quality of data and efficiency in the logistics process. The product of this initiative is the Unique Identifier registry. This initiative began in 2003, under the...
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30th July 2010
The logistics involved with the storage, indexing, and transporting a large quantity of items and goods can be a daunting task. There are many opportunities for complications to spring up and waste time and money along the way. Many companies and other or...
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27th July 2010
Logistics is a complex process that involves the shipping, handling, and storage or a vast number of objects. A system must be in place that can meet the requirements and demands posed by such a challenging task. There are many solutions that can be used ...
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27th July 2010
In order for the US Department of Defense (DoD) to track vast amounts expensive equipment, it has mandated the standard UID marking criteria MIL-STD-130N; specifically section 252.211-7003 entitled "Item Identification and Valuation" [1]. The specificatio...
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27th July 2010
All items submitted to and contorlled by the Department of Defense (DoD) must be marked by a unique identification (UID) or serial. The Military Standard for this is the MIL STD 130, and all UID labels must meet these specifications to be authorized. Each...
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27th July 2010
UID scanners are helpful in reading and verifying data matrix labels. New technologies involved with these scanners perform tasks that once required separate machinery or outsourcing. The potentially time consuming task of scanning, decoding, verifying, a...
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24th June 2010
The United States Department of Defense uses a set of standardizations to ensure that defense items are in accordance to specific and necessary demands. These include proper identification provisions. This identification system is key to maintaining a rec...
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15th June 2010
The United States Department of Defense requires that any companies who they deal with to comply with the mil-std-130 specification. Just what does this mean for your business? Mil-std-130 compliance exists to assure that machinery, tools and other resour...
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15th June 2010
The MIL-STD-130 is a marking standard that explains how to be compliant with Unique Identification (UID). The Department of Defense (DOD) frequently updates the UID standard. They take fraud, waste and abuse very seriously.
Extensive rules are involve...
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15th June 2010
The set of standards that is used by the United States Department of Defense is vital in keeping provisions and property well monitored in accordance with the strict identification requirements. With the variety of items that are owned and maintained by t...
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15th June 2010
Unique Identification (UID) is a system made mandatory by the government to assist in the efficiency of logistics flow. Dealing with the Department of Defense requires use of the UID standard as detailed in the MIL-STD-130. Several other government agenci...
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25th May 2010
Understanding the mil-std-130 specification may prove to be a difficult task. But having properly identified equipment and conforming to this standard is important if your company deals with the United States Department of Defense. The mil-std-130 exists ...
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