scope:

PURPOSE

a. Manual. This Manual is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.12 (Reference (a)), the purpose of the overall Manual is to reissue DoD 4140.26-M (Reference (b)) to provide requirements and procedures consistent with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4140.01 (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; submitting and processing supply support requests, and submitting and processing LR transactions.

b. Volume. This Volume establishes uniform guidance for IMM processes and management controls dealing with LRs of consumable items resulting from the DoD program for implementation of IMM assignments and for elimination of multi-management of 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.