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Primary Functional Area : Life Cycle Logistics
The process of accounting for items and arranging systematically with descriptive details to include naming, describing, classifying and assigning a unique combination of letters or numerals, or both. This is a fundamental basis for effective supply chain management (SCM) within DoD to standardize supplies and assets that will be recurrently procured, stocked, or distributed by DoD.
The Secretary of Defense is required by law, Title X, section 2451 (Defense Supply Management) to develop a single catalog system and related program of standardizing supplies for the Department of Defense. The purpose is to ensure that any item that is purchased or managed by the DoD has a unique identifier and to eliminate redundancy within the DoD. The catalog shall include all classes of supply (JP 4-09, Fig C-1), and for each item, information needed for supply operations, such as descriptive and performance data, size, weight, cubage, packaging and packing data, and any other related data that the Secretary deems desirable.
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Logistics Information Service (DLIS) is responsible for data strategy, management, operational control and accomplishment of logistics data support for all National Stock Number (NSN) items in the Federal Catalog System (FCS) used in supply management operations within and between the United States Military Services, other DOD activities, federal and civil agencies, and foreign governments.
Twelve of the 13 cataloging functions listed below are managed by DLIS. The one function that remains a Service/Agency responsibility is the Item Management Coding (determining whether items of supply qualify for management by the Military Services or by DLA/GSA).
- Accomplishing Item Name Assignment by designating a commonly-recognized noun or noun phrase to an item of supply. Based on subsequent availability of technical data and ongoing tool development, the item name may be refined later.
- Determining the Federal Supply Class (FSC) of an item of supply by establishing its relationship with other items, based on assigned item name and/or physical and performance characteristics. The FSC may be refined later, based on subsequent availability of technical data and ongoing tool development.
- Preparing and Maintaining an Item Identification (II) by recording the characteristics data (in accordance with the Military Standard Item Characteristic Coding Structure (MILSTICCS)) to describe the physical and performance attributes of an item of supply.
- Accomplishing Item Entry Control (filtering and scrutinizing a candidate for inclusion in the Federal Catalog System (FCS)) by manually and mechanically comparing a candidate to existing items and recognized standards.
- Performing Technical Data Validation by confirming the quality of technical data used for item name assignment, FSC determination, and item identification.
- Providing Provisioning Support by taking actions to assist the best selection, procurement, and cataloging of items of supply required to sustain weapon systems and other government requirements (data calls; provisioning; guidance and Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) conferences; technical data validation; etc.).
- Performing Data Recordation and Maintenance actions necessary to ensure complete, accurate, and current logistics data records (excluding item characteristics data) for an item of supply. These actions are normally accomplished as a result of item manager requests, system incompatibility notices, technical data revisions, interchangeability and substitutability (I&S) decisions, and periodic record reviews.
- Initiating and enhancing Cataloging Tools documents and procedures required to research, record, and organize item logistics information. Cataloging Tools include item names, definitions, FSC Structure, Federal Item Identification Guides (FIIGs), and other publications.
- Performing Supply Support Request (SSR) Processing (resulting from a request by a Service to be a user of a consumable item managed by another Service or Agency) by accomplishing cataloging actions which record user interest, assign management data, and review/accept substitutes offered.
- Performing Data Dissemination functions, which provide logistics information (written, telephonic, or electronic) to customers who need it at every level of the supply system.
- Developing Cataloging Procedures and Systems to implement cataloging policies. This includes written directives, manual methods, and automated information systems in various combinations, including FLIS.
- Developing Cataloging Policy to support the general principles governing the relationship of all cataloging elements/functions to each other as well as to other logistics disciplines.
Defense Acquisition Guidebook, Policies, Directives, Regulations,
Laws
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Best Practices, Lessons Learned, Stories, Guides,
Handbooks, Templates, Examples, Tools
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Electronic Cataloging (E-Cat) Training dlacontactcenter@dla.mil
DAU Training Courses
- LOG 102 Fundamentals of System Sustainment
- LOG 200 Product Support Strategy Development, Part A
- LOG 201 Product Support Strategy Development, Part B
- LOG 206 Intermediate Systems Sustainment Management
- LOG 235 Performance-Based Logistics
- LOG 340 Life Cycle Product Support
- LOG 350 Enterprise Life Cycle Logistics Management
- PQM 101 Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Fundamentals
- PQM 201A Intermediate Production, Quality, and Manufacturing, Part A
- PQM 201B Intermediate Production, Quality, and Manufacturing, Part B
- PQM 301 Advanced Production, Quality, and Manufacturing
DAU Continuous Learning Modules
- CLC 108 Strategic Sourcing Overview
- CLE 040 Item Unique Identification (IUID) Marking
- CLL 002 Defense Logistics Agency Support to the PM
- CLL 007 Lead Free Electronics Impact on DoD Programs
- CLL 011 Performance Based Life Cycle Product Support (PBL)
- CLL 032 Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts from Entering the DoD Supply System
- CLL 034 Army SSN-LIN Automated Management and Integrating System (SLAMIS)
- CLL 037 DoD Supply Chain Fundamentals
- CLL 038 Provisioning and Cataloging
- CLL 062 Counterfeit Prevention Awareness
- CLL 043 Green Logistics: Planning for Sustainability
- CLL 046 The Twelve Integrated Product Support Elements
- CLL 051 System Retirement, Reclamation, Demilitarization & Materiel Disposition [In Development]
- CLL 056 Sustainment of Software Intensive Systems
- CLL 120 The DoD Shelf-Life Program
- CLL 206 Introduction to Parts Management
- CLM 037 Physical Inventories
- CLM 044 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
- CLM 200 Item-Unique Identification
Non DAU Training Courses
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9/26/2013
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10/25/2016
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Last Reviewed
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5/27/2016
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