Inventory Management

Inventory Management Asset and Transaction Reporting System

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

JAMES C. MCCONVILLE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

Official:

MARK F. AVERILL
Acting Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

History. This publication is a major revision.

Summary. This regulation implements applicable provisions of DoDM 4140.01, Volume 1 and DLM 4000.25, Volume 2. It establishes policy, responsibilities, and procedures for Department of the Army asset and transaction reporting systems, and focuses on reporting requirements at all levels. The reporting systems described herein were developed solely to provide high visibility on selected, difficult to manage items; and to provide the

opportunity to intensively manage those items.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. During mobilization, the proponent may modify chapters and policies contained in this regulation.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded

through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25-30 for specific guidance.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11-2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see app F).

Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of command and local forms are prohibited without prior approval from the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 (DALO-SPE), 500 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0500.

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments or suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4 (DALO-SPE), 500 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310-0500.

Distribution. This publication is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

This chapter outlines the procedures for execution of the Army Unique Item Tracking Program.

This chapter establishes the criteria for identifying items that require unique item-level traceability and assigns roles and responsibilities of Army organizations to support SIM.

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