scope:

PURPOSE

a. Manual. This Manual is composed of several Volumes, each containing its own purpose. In accordance with the authority in Reference (a), the purpose of the overall Manual is to reissue Reference (b) to provide requirements and procedures consistent with Reference (c) for integrated materiel managers and others who work within or with the DoD supply system to determine if an item qualifies for wholesale management and to submit and process supply support requests (SSRs) and logistic reassignment (LR) transactions.

b. Volume. This Volume provides standard procedures for planning, controlling, and reporting on the total Defense Integrated Materiel Management Program and the number of new items entering the DoD supply system. This Volume also covers the financial management of consumable items.

APPLICABILITY. This Volume applies to:

a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. Federal agency organizations participating with the DoD Components, e.g., the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and General Services Administration (GSA), but only when and to the extent they adopt the terms of this Manual.