The standard is meant to be followed by all Department Agencies as well as Defense Department. The issue of MIL-STD-130M standard helps product designers to develop their products by adhering to the criteria set by the standard. Merely setting the definition of product in accordance with the standard is not enough. Starting from the size of the product, whole application process, the geographic location of the product the product designers have to take care of everything to be able to satisfy the criteria. Also Item identification marking is also important for the product designers. The Item Identification marking should have the supplier name and a Personal Identification number (PIN) for the item that has been marked.

As compared to MIL-STD-130L, this new standard has been set in a described manner so as to able to provide better guidance. Non-Government standards are maintained for Machine-readable information or MRI which is a vital tool for asset management for life-cycle products. but the standard also emphasizes on free text item identification marking.

The section 3 of the standard specifies certain engineering documentation terms which might not go in accordance with the American Identification languages, though every aspect has been tried to be taken care of. This section has been mainly set up to help product designers to provide lucid definition about the items created for military.

It is mandatory to show the purchase order number and the contract number while acquiring for a particular product from the Government acquiring agencies.