TheItem Unique Identification (IUID)acts as a universal method of parts identification. Unique Identification is asystem devised and planned by the Department of Defense (DoD) to easily distinguishone object from another throughout their life cycle process. IUID has become an indispensable partof DoD.IUIDhas been beneficial to the Department in capturing the value of items it buys,controlling these items during their use, and tracking counterfeiting of parts overdifferent periods of time.
TheUnique Item Identifier (UII)is regarded as the universally unique and permanent for the item during itsentire cycle. The IUID is the keywhich assists Department in its efforts to locate, control and value its assetsover time. Usually, UIIs are stored in the Unique Item Identifier (UID)Registry with pedigree data associated with the item. Though its IUID policy,the Department of Defense has mandated that all the qualifying items must bemarked with two-dimensional Data Matrix which should be encoded with a UniqueItem Identifier (UID).
Brief info about IUIDRegistry
IUID Registry is considered the centralrepository for IUID information. Ithelps the DoD to identify the types of the item, its preliminary value duringits acquisition, its acquisition time, its rightful custody (whether it belongsto the government or contractor), its marking process and other similarconcerns.
Asthe DoD's information systems have progressively become more web-savvy, the IUID assists with maintenance, integratingfinancial, accountability systems and the life cycle visibility of the items thatare stored within it. Aside from increasing the quality of informationavailable to configuration management, it will help in other important matterssuch as operational planning, logistics support and systems engineering. Inaddition, IUID Registry facilitatesjoint, paperless management of DoD property.
Procedure ofSubmitting Data in the IUID Registry
Allthe government manufacturing activities and commercial manufacturers must beregistered with the Central Contractor Registration (CRR) system before registeringwith the IUID Registry. If you wantto do business with Government Furnished Property, you must submit data to the IUID Registry. The users must register themselvesto acquire their login credentials and access rights before using theControlled Access portion of the IUIDRegistry. In addition, you have to be a government employee or an U.S. GovernmentContractor with approval from the DoD Program Manager to receive login accessto the IUID Registry.
