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PURPOSE. This manual provides policies and prescribes uniform procedures for recording inventory management data passed between elements of a single Service or Agency distribution system or between the various distribution systems of the Department of Defense. The procedures govern the interchange of information for all materiel in the supply control/distribution systems and financial management of the DoD and other participating Agencies, unless specifically exempted by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics) (DUSD(L)).

APPLICABILITY. This manual applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Unified and Specified Commands, the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Defense Nuclear Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, and, in part (chapter 11 and appendix AP2.5), to the General Services Administration (hereafter referred to collectively as "DoD Components" or "Components").