Logistics Joint Oil Analysis Program
Summary of Change
TOCTable of Contents
Chapter 1Purpose
Chapter 2Joint Oil Analysis Program Goals and Objectives
Appendix AReferences
Appendix BInternal Control Evaluations
Glossary
Customer Any agency, organization, or activity authorized by the Service program manager to submit samples to and receive oil analysis services from JOAP laboratories.
Inter-Service customer A customer receiving oil analysis support from another Service’s laboratory.
Joint Oil Analysis Program certification program A program managed by the Service’s oil analysis program management office to ensure that oil analysis laboratories have the capability to perform oil analysis services.
Joint Oil Analysis Program correlation program A program in which all JOAP-certified laboratories receive and analyze correlation samples (a sample of oil, synthetic or mineral, used to monitor instrument capability to produce desired results) to confirm that all spectrometers produce results continually to meet inter-Service and intra-Service analysis require- ments.
Joint Oil Analysis Program offices of primary responsibility The Army, Navy, and Air Force lead agents responsible for inter-Service policy coordination, problem res- olution, and management control over their respective Service’s oil analysis programs.
Joint Oil Analysis Program-certified laboratory An Army, Navy, or Air Force oil analysis laboratory operating according to JOAP regulations.
Non-Joint Oil Analysis Program laboratory A laboratory that is not part of the Services’ oil analysis program that may participate in some portions of the JOAP.
