IN REPLY 

REFER TO 

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 

HEADQUARTERS 

8725 JOHN J. KINGMAN ROAD 

FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-6221 

December 1 7, 20 12 

MEMORANDUM FOR SUPPLY PROCESS REVIEW COMMITTEE (PRC) MEMBERS 

SUBJECT: Approved Defense Logistics Management System (DLMS) Change (ADC) 1019, 

Small Arms/Light Weapons (SAIL W) Local Stock Number (LSN) Assignment 

for use by DLA Disposition Services in DLMS 511R, 527R, 846C, 846R, 947I, 

tmder Reutilization Business Integration (RBI) (Supply) 

The attached change to Defense Logistics Manual (DLM) 4000.25, DLMS, is approved for 

immediate implementation. The updated DLMS Supplements will be posted to the DLA 

Logistics Management Standards Office Website www.dla.mil/j6/dlmso/elibrary/TransFormats/formats.asp within 10 days from the above date. 

Addressees may direct questions to Mr. Lou Madrigal, 703-767-2011 or DSN: 427-2011 

or email to: luis.madrigal@dla.mil. Others may direct questions to their Component designated 

Supply PRC representative. 

Attachment 

As stated 

cc: 

ODASD(SCI) 

Director 

DLA Logistics Management 

Standards Office 

Joint Small Arms/Light Weapons Coordinating Group 

Federal Recycling Program 0 Printed on Recycled Paper 
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ADC 1019

SA/LW LSN Assignment for use by DLA Disposition Services in DLMS 511R, 

527R, 846C, 846R, 947I under RBI

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION: 

a. Technical POC: DLA Logistics Information Service, LAR 269.961.5748

b. Functional POC: DLA Disposition Services, DB 269.961.5898

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA:

a. Primary/Secondary Functional Area: Supply/Logistics

b. Primary/Secondary Functional Process: Materiel Receipt Notifications

3. REFERENCES:

a. DLA Logistics Management Standards memorandum March 28, 2012; subject Approved 

DLMS Change (ADC) 466, Revised Procedures to Support Requisitioning and Transaction 

Exchange associated with DLA Disposition Services under Reutilization Business Integration 

(RBI) (Staffed as PDC 453)

b. DLMS memorandum February 21, 2012; subject Approved DLMS Change (ADC) 412, 

Intra-DLA Change – Establish New DLMS Supplement 846C, DLA Disposition Category 

Update Transaction and Procedures for use by DLA Disposition Services under Reutilization 

Business Integration (RBI) (Staffed as PDC 436)

c. DLMS memorandum January 5, 2012; subject Approved DLMS Change (ADC) 470, 

Revise DLMS Supplement (DS) 846R, Location Reconciliation Request in Support of 

Reutilization Business Integration (RBI) (Supply)

d. DLMS memorandum November 15, 2011; subject Approved DLMS Change (ADC) 443, 

Intra-DLA Revisions to Procedures and to 527R Receipt and 947I Inventory Adjustment for the 

Downgrade for Scrap Process for use by DLA Disposition Services under Reutilization Business 

Integration (RBI) (Supply) (Staffed as PDC 462)

e. DLMS memorandum December 21, 2011; subject Approved DLMS Change (ADC) 457, 

Intra-DLA Revisions to Procedures and DLMS 511R Requisition to Support Directed Release of 

Materiel (Post-Post Action) by DLA Disposition Services Field Offices under Reutilization 

Business Integration (RBI) (Staffed as PDC 432)

4. REQUESTED CHANGE(S): Significant revisions subsequent to staffing are highlighted in 

green.

a. Brief Overview of Change: Due to the unique situation present with confiscated or 

foreign captured weapons and the effort required to create a Materiel Master within DLA’s 
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Enterprise Business System (EBS), this DLMS change is required to allow for two Stock 

Numbers (one being the DOD SA/LW Serialization Program authoritative LOGSA-generated 

Management Control Number (MCN) and the other being the EBS Materiel Master Disposition

Local Stock Number (LSN) for Small Arms) to be passed on the materiel receipt and to identify 

which stock number is the LOGSA-generated MCN and which is the Disposition LSN. This 

ADC similarly applies the LOGSA-generated MCN and Disposition LSN to the DLMS 

supplements that the DLA Disposition Services Field Office will use to apprise DLA Disposition 

Services as these weapons process through to demilitarization. The Disposition LSN is only for 

DLA internal purposes, and is not used in lieu of the MCN.

b. Background: The DLA Disposition Services is a worldwide presence within the 

Department of Defense, with disposal specialists in 14 foreign countries, two U.S. territories, and 

39 states. DLA Disposition Services’ mission is the execution of disposition solutions for excess 

military property. The RBI project will replace the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service 

(DRMS) Automated Information System (DAISY) by integrating DLA Disposition Services 

business processes within the DLA enterprise suite of applications, including EBS for materiel

management functions and Distribution Standard System (DSS) for warehousing/distribution 

functions.

DLA Disposition Services requires that the subject transactions send a Disposition LSN for 

communications between DSS and EBS in addition to the LOGSA generated MCN for 

confiscated or foreign captured weapons. This requires that both identifying numbers (LOGSA 

generated MCN and the Disposition LSN) be carried on the DLMS transactions for RBI and that 

the transactions be modified to allow for a notation that will specify which stock number is 

which. For non-Small Arms property, these transactions carry the NSN or an agreed upon 

Disposition LSN that identifies the property in DSS and EBS. Because the Disposition LSN 

refers to a specific grouping/category of non-NSN property, it has the effect of reducing the 

number of LSNs in the system and helps to keep like items grouped together under a common 

identifier instead of allowing for a proliferation of LSNs that, over time, would become 

unmanageable. Small Arms regulations require that systems use a LOGSA generated MCN for 

foreign captured or confiscated weapons to identify those weapons as they proceed through the 

system and to enable full tracking of these weapons in DOD and Component SA/LW Registries 

throughout processing.

c. Describe Requested Change in Detail: Both DSS and EBS shall carry and store the 

LOGSA generated MCN and a Disposition LSN specific to small arms, which will help to keep 

these items segregated from the regular Small Arms property. Component turn-in activities must 

send confiscated and foreign captured weapons immediately to destruction/demilitarization 

processing. Because of this, it provides no significant benefit to the enterprise to create a 

specific and separate materiel master for items that will only be received and subsequently 

destroyed. This change modifies DLMS transactions to allow for the inclusion of the 

Disposition LSN in addition to the LOGSA generated MCN. This ADC covers not only 

modification of the 527R for receiving but also the 511R, 846C, 846R, and the 947I to 

accommodate downstream processing of these items:

527R (Materiel Receipt): If a small arms item is receipted at a DLA Disposition Services Field 

Office, a 527R is sent to DLA Disposition Services. DLA Disposition Services will keep track 
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of the inventory at the serial number level. Therefore, the MCN and Disposition LSN are passed 

between both systems for accountability purposes.

511R (Post-Post Requisition): If a small arms item is to be demilitarized, a 511R identifying a 

post-post materiel release will be sent from the DLA Disposition Services Field Office to DLA 

Disposition Services to remove the small arms property from the record. Because DLA 

Disposition Services will need to track and update the inventory at the serial number level, the 

MCN and Disposition LSN must be passed on this transaction for accountability purposes. The 

residual scrap materiel is then received on the record via a scrap receipt based on dominant 

materiel content and processed via standard scrap procedures, where the MCN is no longer 

tracked.

846C (Disposition Status Update): If status updates are provided from the DLA Disposition 

Services Field Office to DLA Disposition Services (or vice versa), DLA Disposition Services

will need to be able to keep track of the updates at the serial number level. Therefore, the MCN 

and Disposition LSN are passed between both systems for accountability purposes.

846R (Inventory Reconciliation Management- daily and annual): When inventory is 

performed daily or annually at a DLA Disposition Services Field Office, the 846R transaction is 

sent to DLA Disposition Services with updated inventory records. DLA Disposition Services

will keep track of the inventory at the serial number level. Therefore, the MCN and Disposition 

LSN are passed between both systems for accountability purposes.

947I (Inventory Adjustment): If the quantity of a materiel on hand at a DLA Disposition 

Services Field Office needs to be adjusted for any approved reason, a 947I is sent with the 

updated quantity to DLA Disposition Services. DLA Disposition Services will keep track of the 

inventory at the original serial number level. Therefore, the MCN and Disposition LSN are

passed between both systems for accountability purposes.

d. Revisions to DOD 4000.25 Manuals: None.

e. Proposed Transaction Flow: No new transactions or routing rules are required.

f. Alternatives: None available at this time.

5. REASON FOR CHANGE: Normally, the interchange of information between DSS and EBS 

for SA/LW transactions uses National Stock Numbers (NSNs). In the event that a weapon is 

confiscated from a civilian or captured from a foreign combatant, these weapons typically will 

not have an appropriate NSN to identify them. When this occurs, DOD SA/LW Serialization 

Program policy in DLM 4000.25, DLMS, Volume 2, Chapter 18, requires that the DOD 

Component obtain an MCN, or NSN if available, from DOD SA/LW Registry, to use to identify 

the weapon. Applicable DLMS excerpt below:

“C18.2.3. Small Arms and Light Weapons without a National Stock Number and/or Serial 

Number. When discovered, SA/LW without a National Stock Number (NSN) and/or SA/LW 

(except museum pieces) with missing, obliterated, mutilated, or illegible serial numbers shall be 

reported to the DoD Registry by the Component Registry for review and assignment of a 

Management Control Number (MCN)/NSN and/or serial number. Assignment of Local Control 
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Number (LCN) or MCN shall not replace or be used in lieu of procedures to request assignment 

of an NSN where applicable.”

Due to the large number of MCNs that are created for these purposes and the fact that these 

weapons are only allowed to be destroyed, it benefits DLA Disposition Services not to have to 

create a specific Materiel Master record for each of these MCNs. For the DLMS transactions, 

the DOD SA/LW Serialization Program authoritative MCN will be the primary materiel 

identification in the transactions; the DLA Disposition Services assigned Disposition LSN as a 

secondary reference. The SA/LW specific DLMS 140A (SA/LW Reporting) transaction must 

cite the DOD SA/LW Serialization Program authoritative MCN.

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES:

a. Advantages: 

(1) Proper inventory accountability records will be kept for SA/LW LOGSA generated 

MCNs and disposition LSNs, ensuring proper auditability of the records and maintaining 

consistency throughout data.

(2) Use of the Disposition LSNs will result in significantly less work required to create 

Materiel Master records that may only be used a few times.

b. Disadvantages: Updating these transactions may require coding changes in the RBI 

system suite to accommodate the field and values required to notate which NSN/LSN is which. 

Failure to accomplish these changes will result in significant coding changes being required.

7. ASSUMPTIONS USED OR WILL BE USED IN THE CHANGE OR NEW 

DEVELOPMENT: Confiscated and foreign captured weapons will only be turned in to the 

DLA Disposition Services Field Office that will demilitarize the weapons. If another DLA 

Disposition Services Field Office accepted the weapons and then shipped them to another DLA 

Disposition Field Office for demilitarization, the 856S and 945A would need to be modified as 

well to carry the Disposition LSN.

8. ESTIMATED TIME LINE/IMPLEMENTATION TARGET: Target implementation date 

is December 2012

9. ESTIMATED SAVINGS/COST AVOIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE: N/A

10. IMPACT:

a. New DLMS Data Elements: Disposition Local Stock Number

b. Changes to DLMS Data Elements: None

c. Automated Information Systems (AIS): Updating these transactions will require 

minor coding changes in the RBI system suite to accommodate the field and values required to 

notate which NSN/LSN is which
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d. DLA Transaction Services: DLA Transaction Services mapping for the NSN/LSN

Record section must be updated to allow for the required identifier values to notate when an 

LSN is the LOGSA Approved MCN vice the Disposition LSN.

e. Non-DLA Logistics Management Standards Publications: Update all appropriate 

DLA Disposition Services Manual/documentation as appropriate.
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 Enclosure 1, ADC1019

Enclosure 1, DLMS Supplement Changes

A. DLMS Supplement (DS) 511R Change Table:

# Location DLMS 511R

Revision

Reason

1 DLMS

Intro

Notes

Add ADC 1019 to DLMS Introductory note:

- ADC 1019, Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) Local 

Stock Number (LSN) Assignment for use by DLA 

Disposition Services in DLMS 511R, 527R, 846C, 846R, 

and 947I, under Reutilization Business Integration (RBI) 

(Supply).

Identifies changes included in DS.

2 2/P0106/

030

Add DLMS Note 2 to existing qualifier ZZ:

ZZ Mutually Defined

1. Use to identify nonstandard materieal when all other 

authorized codes do not apply or cannot be determined 

(includes management control numbers and locally assigned 

control numbers). May be used for DLSS-to-DLMS 

conversion when the translator cannot determine a more 

appropriate code.

2. DLA Disposition Services Field Offices use on DLADirected MROs (DIC C0_) for post-post issues to provide 

the DoD small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) program 

authorized management control number (MCN).

Clearly identifies mapping for 

the DoD SA/LW Serialization 

Program MCN assigned by the 

DoD SA/LW Registry (Army 

LOGSA).
Page 2 Enclosure 1, ADC 10179

# Location DLMS 511R

Revision

Reason

3 2/P0108/

030

Add qualifier SW with DLMS Note:

SW Stock Number

DLMS Notes:

Use to identify the local stock number (LSN). DLA 

Disposition Services Field Offices use with 511R DLADirected MROs (DIC C0_) for confiscated or captured 

foreign weapons, to identify the disposition LSN in addition 

to the SA/LW MCN cited in P0106/P0107 by qualifier ZZ. 

Authorized DLMS enhancement for DLA Disposition 

Services. DLA Disposition Services requires the disposition 

LSN for internal DLA processing only. Refer to ADC 

1019.

To provide for the disposition 

LSN, which DLA requires for 

intra-DLA communication 

between DSS and EBS.

In order to maintain the 

integrity of the DoD SA/LW 

Serialization program, the 

authoritative MCN is cited in 

the transaction at P0106/07/ZZ; 

however, both the MCN and the 

disposition LSN are readily 

available in the P01 segment for 

use as needed between DSS and 

EBS. 

For internal communications, 

EBS and DSS would have 

internal rules as needed to use 

the disposition LSN, with the 

understanding that they have to 

keep visibility of the 

authoritative MCN, in the event 

they have to transact external to 

DLA.

The disposition LSN is for 

intra-DLA use only. 

Transactions that process 

external to DLA such as DLMS 

140A, DLMS 888A, supply 

discrepancy reporting (SDR), 

etc., when applicable, must 

perpetuate the authoritative 

SA/LW MCN value as the 

primary materiel identification.
Page 3 Enclosure 1, ADC 10179

B. DLMS Supplement (DS) 527R Receipt Change Table:

# Location DLMS 527R Receipt 

Revision

Reason

1 DLMS

Intro

Notes

Add ADC 1019 to DLMS Introductory note 7:

- ADC 1019, Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) Local 

Stock Number (LSN) Assignment for use by DLA 

Disposition Services in DLMS 527R, 846C, 846R, and 

947I, under Reutilization Business Integration (RBI) 

(Supply).

Identifies changes included in DS.

2 2/LIN02/

010

Add DLMS Note 2 to existing qualifier ZZ:

ZZ Mutually Defined

1. Use to identify nonstandard materieal when all other 

authorized codes do not apply or cannot be determined 

(includes management control numbers and locally 

assigned control numbers). May be used for DLSS-toDLMS conversion when the translator cannot determine 

a more appropriate code.

2. Use when a management control number (MCN) is 

provided. This includes the MCN assigned by the DoD 

small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) Registry for the 

DoD SA/LW Serialization Program, IAW DLM 

4000.25, DLMS, Volume 2. 

Clearly identifies mapping for the DoD 

SA/LW Serialization Program MCN 

assigned by the DoD SA/LW Registry 

(Army LOGSA).

3 2/LIN04/

010

Add new DLMS note 3 to existing qualifier SW:

SW Stock Number

DLMS Notes:

1. Use to identify the local stock number (LSN).

2. The LSN is provided as a cross-reference when unit of 

use indicator is included and the unit of use LSN is 

identified as the primary materiel identification. 

Authorized DLMS enhancement under DLA industrial 

activity support agreement.

3. DLA Disposition Services uses with receipt and 

historical receipt transactions, for confiscated or 

captured foreign weapons, to identify the disposition 

LSN in addition to the SA/LW MCN cited in 

LIN02/LIN03 by qualifier ZZ. Authorized DLMS 

enhancement for DLA Disposition Services. DLA 

Disposition Services requires the disposition LSN for 

internal DLA processing only. Refer to ADC 1019.

To provide for the disposition LSN, which 

DLA requires for intra-DLA communication

between DSS and EBS.

In order to maintain the integrity of the DoD 

SA/LW Serialization program, the 

authoritative MCN is cited in the transaction 

at LIN02/03/ZZ; however, both the MCN 

and the disposition LSN are readily available 

in the LIN segment for use as needed 

between DSS and EBS. 

For internal communications, EBS and DSS 

would have internal rules as needed to use 

the disposition LSN, with the understanding 

that they have to keep visibility of the 

authoritative MCN, in the event they have to 

transact external to DLA.

The disposition LSN is for intra-DLA use 

only. Transactions that process external to 

DLA such as DLMS 140A, DLMS 888A, 

supply discrepancy reporting (SDR), etc., 

when applicable, must perpetuate the 

authoritative SA/LW MCN value as the 

primary materiel identification.
Page 4 Enclosure 1, ADC 10179

C. DLMS Supplement (DS) 846C Change Table:

Item 

#

Location DLMS Supplement 846C Disposition Category Update

Revision

Reason

1 DLMS

Intro

Notes

Add ADC 1019 to DLMS Introductory note 5:

- ADC 1019, Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) Local 

Stock Number (LSN) Assignment for use by DLA 

Disposition Services in DLMS 527R, 846C, 846R, and 947I, 

under RBI. (Supply)

Identifies changes included in DS.

3 2/LIN02/

0100

Add qualifier ZZ with DLMS note. 

ZZ Mutually Defined 

DLMS Note: Use when a management control number 

(MCN) is provided. This includes the MCN assigned by the 

DoD small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) Registry for the 

DoD SA/LW Serialization Program, IAW DLM 4000.25, 

DLMS, Volume 2. 

Clearly identifies mapping for the 

DoD SA/LW Serialization 

Program MCN assigned by the 

DoD SA/LW Registry (Army 

LOGSA).

4 2/LIN04/

0100

Add new DLMS note 3 to existing qualifier SW:

SW Stock Number

DLMS Notes:

1. Use to identify the local stock number (LSN).

2. The LSN is provided as a cross-reference when unit of use 

indicator is included and the unit of use LSN is identified as 

the primary materiel identification. Authorized for use by 

DLA Disposition Services.

3. DLA Disposition Services uses with Disposition Category 

Update transactions, for confiscated or captured foreign 

weapons, to identify the disposition LSN in addition to the 

SA/LW MCN cited in LIN02/LIN03 by qualifier ZZ. DLA 

Disposition Services requires the disposition LSN for 

internal DLA processing only. Refer to ADC 1019.

To provide for the disposition 

LSN, which DLA requires for 

intra-DLA communication

between DSS and EBS.

In order to maintain the integrity 

of the DoD SA/LW Serialization 

program, the authoritative MCN is 

cited in the transaction at 

LIN02/03/ZZ; however, both the 

MCN and the disposition LSN are 

readily available in the LIN 

segment for use between DSS and 

EBS. 

For internal communications, EBS 

and DSS would have internal rules 

as needed to use the disposition 

LSN, with the understanding that 

they have to keep visibility of the 

authoritative MCN, in the event 

they have to transact external to 

DLA.

The disposition LSN is for intraDLA use only. Transactions that 

process external to DLA such as 

DLMS 140A, DLMS 888A, 

supply discrepancy reporting 

(SDR), etc., when applicable, must 

perpetuate the authoritative 

SA/LW MCN value as the primary 

materiel identification.
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D. DLMS Supplement (DS) 846R Change Table:

Item 

#

Location DLMS Supplement 846R Location Reconciliation

Revision

Reason

1 DLMS 

Intro

Notes

Add ADC 1019 to DLMS Introductory note:

- ADC 1019, Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) Local 

Stock Number (LSN) Assignment for use by DLA 

Disposition Services in DLMS 527R, 846C, 846R, and 

947I, under RBI (Supply)

Identifies changes included in DS.

2 2/LIN02/

010

For Existing Code ZZ:

Number existing DLMS notes as 1 and 3, and add new 

note 2:

1. For 1/BIA02/20 code LC (Location Reconciliation 

Request), use to identify nonstandard materieal when all 

other authorized codes do not apply or cannot be 

determined (includes management control numbers and 

locally assigned control numbers). May be used for 

DLSS-to-DLMS conversion when the translator cannot 

determine a more appropriate code.

2. For Location Reconciliation Request transactions,

use when a management control number (MCN) is 

provided. This includes the MCN assigned by the DoD 

small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) Registry for the DoD 

SA/LW Serialization Program, IAW DLM 4000.25, 

DLMS, Volume 2. 

3. For 1/BIA02/20 codes X4 (Location Reconciliation 

Notification) and ZZ (Location Reconciliation History 

Notification), must use to comply with ANSI syntax 

requirements. Indicate ZZ in LIN03.

Clearly identifies mapping for the DoD 

SA/LW Serialization Program MCN 

assigned by the DoD SA/LW Registry 

(Army LOGSA).
Page 6 Enclosure 1, ADC 10179

Item 

#

Location DLMS Supplement 846R Location Reconciliation

Revision

Reason

3 2/LIN04/

010

Add new DLMS note 3 to existing qualifier SW:

SW Stock Number

DLMS Notes:

1. Use to identify the local stock number (LSN).

2. The LSN is provided as a cross-reference when unit of 

use indicator is included and the unit of use LSN is 

identified as the primary materiel identification. 

Authorized DLMS enhancement under DLA industrial 

activity support agreement.

3. DLA Disposition Services uses with Location 

Reconciliation Request transactions, for confiscated or 

captured foreign weapons, to identify the disposition 

LSN in addition to the SA/LW MCN cited in 

LIN02/LIN03 by qualifier ZZ. Authorized DLMS 

enhancement for DLA Disposition Services. DLA 

Disposition Services requires the disposition LSN for 

internal DLA processing only. Refer to ADC 1019.

To provide for the disposition LSN, 

which DLA requires for intra-DLA 

communication between DSS and EBS.

In order to maintain the integrity of the 

DoD SA/LW Serialization program, the 

authoritative MCN is cited in the 

transaction at LIN02/03/ZZ; however, 

both the MCN and the disposition LSN 

are readily available in the LIN segment 

for use between DSS and EBS. 

For internal communications, EBS and 

DSS would have internal rules as needed 

to use the disposition LSN, with the 

understanding that they have to keep 

visibility of the authoritative MCN, in 

the event they have to transact external 

to DLA.

The disposition LSN is for intra-DLA 

use only. Transactions that process 

external to DLA such as DLMS 140A, 

DLMS 888A, supply discrepancy 

reporting (SDR), etc., when applicable, 

must perpetuate the authoritative SA/LW 

MCN value as the primary materiel 

identification.

E. DLMS Supplement 947I CHANGE TABLE. Revise DLMS Supplement 947I as follows 

# Location

(version 

4030)

DLMS 947I Inventory Adjustment 

Revision

Reason

1 DLMS

Intro

Notes

Add ADC 1019 to DLMS Introductory note:

- ADC 1019 Small Arms/Light Weapons (SA/LW) Local 

Stock Number (LSN) Assignment for use by DLA 

Disposition Services in DLMS 527R, 846C, 846R, and 

947I, under Reutilization Business Integration (RBI) 

(Supply)

Identifies changes included in DS.
Page 7 Enclosure 1, ADC 10179

# Location

(version 

4030)

DLMS 947I Inventory Adjustment 

Revision

Reason

2 2/W1905/

0200

Add DLMS Note 2 to existing qualifier ZZ:

ZZ Mutually Defined

1. Use to identify nonstandard materieal when all other 

authorized codes do not apply or cannot be determined 

(includes management control numbers and locally assigned 

control numbers). May be used for DLSS-to-DLMS 

conversion when the translator cannot determine a more 

appropriate code.

2. Use for the management control number (MCN) when 

provided. This includes the MCN assigned by the DoD

small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) Registry for the DoD

SA/LW Serialization Program, IAW DLM 4000.25, 

DLMS, Volume 2. 

Clearly identifies mapping for the 

DoD SA/LW Serialization Program 

authoritative MCN assigned by the 

DoD SA/LW Registry (Army 

LOGSA).

3 2/W1907

/0200

Add new DLMS note 3 to existing qualifier SW:

SW Stock Number

DLMS Notes:

1. Use to identify the local stock number (LSN).

2. The LSN is provided as a cross-reference when unit of 

use indicator is included and the unit of use LSN is 

identified as the primary materiel identification. Authorized 

DLMS enhancement under DLA industrial activity support 

agreement.

3. DLA Disposition Services uses with receipt and 

historical receipt transactions, for confiscated or captured 

foreign weapons, to identify the disposition LSN in 

addition to the SA/LW MCN cited in LIN02/LIN03 by 

qualifier ZZ. Authorized DLMS enhancement for DLA 

Disposition Services. DLA Disposition Services requires 

the disposition LSN for internal DLA processing only. 

Refer to ADC 1019.

To provide for the disposition LSN, 

which DLA requires for intra-DLA

communication between DSS and 

EBS.

In order to maintain the integrity of 

the DoD SA/LW Serialization 

program, the authoritative MCN is 

cited in the transaction at 

LIN02/03/ZZ; however, both the 

MCN and the disposition LSN are 

readily available in the LIN segment 

for use between DSS and EBS. 

For internal communications, EBS 

and DSS would have internal rules 

as needed to use the disposition 

LSN, with the understanding that 

they have to keep visibility of the 

authoritative MCN, in the event they 

have to transact external to DLA.

The disposition LSN is for intraDLA use only. Transactions that 

process external to DLA such as 

DLMS 140A, DLMS 888A, supply 

discrepancy reporting (SDR), etc., 

when applicable, must perpetuate the 

authoritative SA/LW MCN value as 

the primary materiel identification.
Page 1 Enclosure 2, ADC 1019

Enclosure 2, Comment Resolution

Originator Response/Comment Disposition

Army Concurs with comment:

1. Concur with the PDC since DLA has 

assured that the MCN would appear on

all documentation and that the LCN 

would never be used in lieu of the MCN.

Noted.

Assurance provided by DLA Disposition 

Services.

Navy Concur Noted.

Coast Guard Concur Noted.

Marine Corps Concurs with comment:

1. Headquarters Marine Corps has 

reviewed the subject PDC and concurs 

with the understanding that the LSNs will 

only be created for foreign weapons 

captured and turned in to DLA 

Disposition Services for disposal in 

theater. The LSNs will not be utilized 

outside of the Reutilization Business 

Integration (RBI) system.

2. Additionally, we assert that the 

cataloging and assignment of national 

stock numbers (NSN) in the Federal 

Catalog System (FLIS), as required by 

references (a) and (b), remains a 

requirement that needs to be adhered to. 

Paragraph 5 of enclosure 3, reference (c), 

requires accountable property records be 

established for small arms, regardless of 

acquisition cost. The Marine Corps 

continues to use many captured SA/LW 

for display and training. A FLIS 

cataloged NSN is required to ensure 

compliance with current DOD directives 

and ensure accuracy of the DoD-wide 

SA/LW inventory. Currently, 

Noted.

1. Statement added to clarify this 

change is only for internal DLA 

processing requirements for DLA 

Disposition Services.

2. The issue of NSN assignment where 

MCNs are being assigned is a discussion 

topic for the next JSA/LWCG meeting. 
Page 2 Enclosure 1, ADC 10179

Originator Response/Comment Disposition

Management Control Numbers (MCN) 

are created by the DOD registry to 

provide visibility of the SA/LW to the 

registry when a SA/LW does not have a 

National Stock Number (NSN). Per 

references (a) and (b), this is supposed to 

be an interim solution pending 

assignment of the NSN. A greater 

emphasis is needed to improve timely 

compliance with DOD mandates to get 

NSNs assigned and cataloged for 

weapons in the registry. There is a 

recurring demand for use of the NSN in 

order to account for the weapons within 

the accountable property systems of 

record.

USTRANSCOM Abstain Noted.

Air Force Concur Noted.

DLA Concur Noted.