Development of an Item Unique Identification strategy for the legacy components of the US Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams Tank
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Authors
Blakiston, Edward Y.
Jennings, Richard A.
Punzel, Carl J.
Subjects
Item Unique Identification
IUID
Legacy Components
M1A1 Abrams MBT
CFO Act 1990
IUID
Legacy Components
M1A1 Abrams MBT
CFO Act 1990
Advisors
Ferrer, Geraldo
Nussbaum, Daniel A.
Date of Issue
2008-12
Date
December 2008
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has mandated that every component that meets certain cost and management criteria in the Department of Defense's (DoD) tangible inventory must have a valid Item Unique Identification (IUID) mark by December 2010. The IUID program is expected to increase force readiness, enhance the lifecycle management of assets, and provide more accurate asset valuation to achieve unqualified audit opinions on DoD financial statements. One of the challenges of the program is to achieve IUID-marking saturation throughout in-use, or legacy, inventories with minimal interruption of operational readiness. The purpose of this project is to propose an effective implementation strategy for the legacy items that meet the DoD's requirements for IUID marking in the US Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams tank community. This plan could potentially serve as a model for other communities facing the challenge of IUID implementation. This project examines different implementation alternatives and identifies and develops the determined best course of action. In addition, an estimation of the costs to implement the chosen plan will be provided for comparison and decision-making purposes.
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Description
MBA Professional Report
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
xx, 85 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined
in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the
public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States
Code, Section 105, is not copyrighted in the U.S.