| The DoD hasmandated that the personal and acquired | | | | Since theintroduction of the IUID policy, the contractors, |
| property of the Department as well asthe property in | | | | supplying inventory, arebecoming more careful about |
| the possession of the contractors should have | | | | the marking of the items and use of UID labels. |
| uniqueidentification for easier item tracking and item | | | | The MIL-STD-130 is the standard that decides the |
| management procedures. Themachine readable | | | | quality of the UII marking. Ithas mentioned the criteria |
| information on the UID labels is globally unique data | | | | for the UID markings and construction of UIDlabels. |
| thatare assigned to the specific item. In fact, the use of | | | | Hence, the contractors are required to manufacture |
| UID labels aims atenabling the government and private | | | | UID labels so asto meet the criteria. While submitting |
| contractors to keep track of theinventory and manage | | | | the data to the UID Registry, thecontractors need to |
| the items more efficiently. The IUID program began | | | | make sure that the UID labels are UID compliance. |
| totake shape in 2003 and it has mandated the marking | | | | There are somebasic things that the contractors must |
| of items with UII for all | | | | know while preparing the UID Labelsfor UID |
| Government and personal properties and submitting | | | | compliance. |
| them to UID Registry. | | | | |