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On2nd December 2005, Department of Defense, which plays a criticalrole in the identification marking of military properties of US made amendment onMIL-STD-130 L and thus a new standard entitled MIL-STD-130 M, was generated.
Thestandard is mandated by all Department Agencies as well as Defense Department.The issue of MIL-STD-130M standard enables product designers to develop theirproducts in alignment with the criteria set by the standard. Merely setting thedefinition of product in accordance with the standard may not be adequate. Beginningfrom the size of the product, whole application process, the geographiclocation of the product the product designers have to take care of everythingto be able to satisfy the criteria. Also Item identification marking is alsoimportant for the product designers. The Item Identification marking shouldhave the supplier name and a Personal Identification number (PIN) for the item thathas been marked.
Incomparison to MIL-STD-130L, this new standard has been set in a describedmanner so as to able to offer better guidance. Non-Government standards aremaintained for machine-readable information or MRI which is a critical tool forasset management for life-cycle products. However the standard also stresses onfree text item identification marking.
Thesection 3 of the standard specifies certain engineering documentation terms thatmight not go in keeping with the American Identification languages, thoughevery aspect has been addressed. This section has been primarily set up to assistproduct designers for offering a lucid definition about the items created formilitary.
Itis obligatory to show the purchase order number and the contract number whileacquiring for a particular product from the Government acquiring agencies.