11th November 2009
The purpose of IUID marking
IUID marking is the marking of an item's unique identification. As per MIL STD 130, the Department of Defense requires that many items be assigned an IUID marking in order to mark, identify, and track the military property ...
11th November 2009
The MIL STD 130 is a protocol followed by the Department of Defense for keeping track of their military property. This property includes anything produced stocked stored or issued by and for the DoD. Ultimately this MIL STD 130 standard is a guideline to ...
11th November 2009
Innovation plays a significant role in driving business, which in turn drives our economy. Although an indelible mark is being made on nearly every aspect of modern life, few of us ever stop to reflect on how property identification through UID labels imp...
09th November 2009
MIL-STD-130 is the Department of Defense's standard that any tangible item must be provided with Unique Identification (UID). The UID symbol can be a number, a sequence of bits or a character string as is physically marked on the item. Technologies utiliz...
09th November 2009
How would you keep track of your possessions if they were spread across the Earth? The US Department of Defense (DoD) deals with this problem every day, and thus developed a set of standards for tracking their massive inventory. MIL-STD-130N, released on ...
30th October 2009
The Department of Defense (DoD) established MIL-STD-130 which defines certain standard requirements for labeling and identifying all hardware articles; whether it's a discrete single item or single units comprising a group of subassemblies, components or ...
30th October 2009
The United States Department of Defense's standard MIL-STD-130 encompasses specific standards mandated by the Department of Defense with regard to identifying, marking and maintaining accurate records of military property. All government contractors must ...
30th October 2009
Imagine being one of the people responsible for the supplies procured by the US Armed Services. What sorts of supplies does the Department of Defense (DoD) have to track on a daily basis? Consider the sheer number of uniforms, boots, packs, helmets, hats,...
30th October 2009
Everyone who has purchased items from a military surplus or otherwise done business with the department of defense is well familiar with UID numbers, also known as "Unique Item Identifier." This combination of numbers and letters is a unique identifier wh...
29th October 2009
Inventory and inventory tracking are a serious matter to any business, and the Department of Defense (DoD) is no different. The MIL-STD-130N is, essentially, a set of DoD standards that determine requirements and methods used for marking, identification a...
29th October 2009
How would you keep track of your possessions if they were spread across the Earth? The US Department of Defense (DoD) deals with this problem every day, and thus developed a set of standards for tracking their massive inventory. MIL-STD-130N, released on ...
21st October 2009
The December update of MIL-STD-130 outlines the essentials of marking military property. While there are many technical aspects of this standard, it is important to first understand the basics of this important mandate. There are a few key aspects of the ...
21st October 2009
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has attempted to increase its data quality, accuracy and visibility with the Unique Identifier (UID) registry. On July 29, 2003, Acting Under Secretary of Defense Michael Wynne stated that the goal of the UID system was ...
21st October 2009
In December of 2007, the Department of Defense released an update to MIL-STD-130, the regulation governing the proper labeling of items in the military's inventory. This important set of standards ensures the efficient tracking and cataloging of every pro...
21st October 2009
In today's global market, efficiency is a focus for saving time, effort, and resources, no matter the industry. The Department of Defense is no different, and has implemented its own guidelines to maximize efficiency with the immense amount of goods in it...
