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Purpose. a. This regulation provides Department of Army (DA) policy, procedures, performance objectives, and reporting requirements concerning physical inventory control of Army assets managed by national-level activities. Included are uniform procedures to-

(1) Maintain accurate accountable records.

(2) Conduct physical inventories.

(3) Conduct location surveys and location reconciliations.

(4) Research inventory discrepancy and causes for adjustments.

(5) Set up quality control of work processes affecting inventory accuracy.

(6) Measure performance for cost effectiveness among inventory systems.

(7) Report and measure effectiveness of physical inventory control.

b. These policies and procedures will improve the accuracy of inventory control and asset information in the Army national supply system.

Applicability. This regulation applies to Active Army worldwide national supply activities responsible for operating storage activities (the term storage facilities will apply to depots, depot activities, Government-owned, contractor-operated and Government-owned, Government-operated plants, arsenals, and installation supply activities storing national assets under the central asset management concept); national inventory control points; stock control activities; unit materiel fielding points; staging areas; program executive officers (program/project/product managers); computer and communication centers supporting the above; and depot maintenance facilities. Included in the inventory procedures in this regulation are principal items, packaged fuels, secondary items, non-nuclear weapons, materiel at contractor-owned/operated facilities when assets are maintained on national accountable records (for example, assets being repaired with P7M funds or national Defense Business Operating Fund), forms and publications, and subsistence. Excluded from the inventory procedures in this regulation are bulk petroleum, nuclear weapons, materiel at the contractor-owned/operated facilities when assets are not maintained on national accountable records (for example, Government-furnished materiel to be consumed during an overhaul contract), industrial plant equipment reportable to Defense Supply Center-Richmond, Virginia, special weapons, and certain medical materiel. This regulation does not apply to the Army National Guard of the United States or the U.S. Army Reserve. Ammunition has been exempted from the requirement to transfer accountability to the storage activity; therefore, the ammunition accountable record (class V) will remain at the national inventory control point.