DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

 HEADQUARTERS

 8725 JOHN J. KINGMAN ROAD

 FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA 22060-6221

July 02, 2020

MEMORANDUM FOR SUPPLY PROCESS REVIEW COMMITTEE (PRC) MEMBERS

SUBJECT: Approved Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) Change (ADC) 1361, 

Retirement of Legacy MILSTRIP Requisitioning FormDD1348-M

The attached change to DLM 4000.25, Defense Logistics Management Standards, is 

approved upon publication. 

Addressees may direct questions to Mr. Eric Flanagan, DoD MILSTRIP Administrator, 

e-mail: EBSO.Supply@dla.mil. Others must contact their designated Supply PRC representative 

available at http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/DLMS/allpoc/

THOMAS A. DELANEY 

Director, Enterprise Business Standards Office

DLA Information Operations

Attachment

As stated 

cc: 

ODASD(Logistics)
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ADC 1361

Retirement of Legacy MILSTRIP Requisitioning Form DD1348-M

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION: Enterprise Business 

Standards Office (EBSO), email: EBSO.Supply@dla.mil

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA LOGISTICS AND TRANSACTION CHANGES: 

a. Primary/Secondary Functional Area: Supply

b. Primary/Secondary Functional Process: MILSTRIP

3. REFERENCES:

a. DLM 4000.25, Defense Logistics Management Standards

b. Approved DLMS Change 1322, Administrative Alignment of DLM 4000.25-1 

Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures with the DLM 4000.25, Defense 

Logistics Management Standards Manual

c. DLM 4000.25-1, Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures, April 12, 

2019 (Decomissioned)

4. APPROVED CHANGE(S): Substantive updates subsequent to staffing are highlighted in

green.

a. Brief Overview of Change: This change removes Department of Defense (DD) form

1348M from the DLM 4000.25, DLMS Manual (Reference 3.a.). PDC 1361 included DD forms 

1348 and 1348-6, but were removed from the change based on Componet input received during 

the proposed change review process. 

b. Background:

(1) In the 1960s, the Department of Defense established the Defense Logistics 

Standard Systems (DLSS). The DLSS were a series of procedures and electronic transmission 

formats used to exchange logistics data among DoD activities, and to a lesser extent, civil and 

commercial organizations. From the onset, DLSS used coded, single line-item documents for 

each supply transaction. At the time, DoD activities used data pattern messages to exchange 

these transactions. Data pattern messages were punched cards that measured 7-

3

/8 by 3-1⁄4 inches,

with 80 columns numbered left to right, and 12 rows from top to bottom. International Business 

Machines (IBM) developed these cards for use with Electronic Accounting Machine (EAMs). 

(2) The Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP) was 

the first DLSS publication. MILSTRIP allowed DoD activities to use the 80-column card format 

to electronically exchange requisition data. Among many card-based transaction formats, 

MILSTRIP included DD Form 1348-series documents. In particular, the DD Forms DD1348, 
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DD1348-6, and DD1348M were the original media used by the Department of Defense for 

requisition-related transactions. Descriptions of each form are shown below:

(a) DD Form 1348: DoD Single Line Item Requisition System (Manual). 

Requisitioning activities used this form to submit manual requisitions, modifiers, follow-ups, and 

cancellation requests. However, the requisitioner could only use this form in the following 

situations:

1. When the requisitioning activity could not access facilities that 

allowed the electrical transmission of documents in data pattern format, or if keypunch facilities 

were not available. 

2. When the requisition structure did not provide sufficient data to 

help the source of supply make supply decisions. 

(b) DD Form 1348-6, DoD Single Line Item Requisition System 

Document, DoD (Manual-Long Form). Requisitioning activities used this form to requisition

non-national stock number items when the combined length of the commercial activity and 

government entity (CAGE) and manufacturer’s part number exceeded 15 positions. 

Requisitioning activities also used this form to convey narrative instructions (i.e., exception data)

to help supply sources make supply decisions.

(c) DD Form 1348M, DoD Single Line Item Requisition System 

Document (Mechanical). This was the standard EAM card used by requisitioning activities with 

cardpunch capability. This form supported all transaction formats covered by MILSTRIP at the 

time.

(3) The Department of Defense eventually replaced the 80-column punch cards 

with electronic-equivalent transactions, commonly referred to as Military Standard Logistics 

Systems (MILS) transactions, and finally, the DLMS variable length transactions. Currently, the 

DLMS transactions are the preferred data format, and EBSO has long sought to retire the DLSS 

manuals and the associated 80-record position transactions. 

(4) In 2019, EBSO published ADC 1322 (Reference 3.b.), which 

decommissioned the MILSTRIP manual (Reference 3.c.). The MILSTRIP manual included no 

textual references to DD Forms 1348, 1348-6, and 1348M, despite including them in DLMS 

Manual, Volume 2, Appendix 6 – Forms/Message Formats. The DLMS manual also includes no 

textual references to the forms.

(5) In June 2019, the Executive Services Directorate of the Washington 

Headquarters Service (WHS) sent an inquiry to the DLA forms manager and EBSO to find out 

how Department of Defense and participating organizations use these forms today. They asked 

questions such as, “Has their functions been superseded by other systems or forms, even if those 

instruments are not owned by DLA?” and “If they are still being used, who uses them, and for 

what purpose?” To answer these questions, WHS suggested a rigorous investigation into every 

facet of the DD Form 1348 series. After evaluating the forms’ historical usage, the DoD

MILSTRIP administrator determined that the DD1348, DD1348-6, and DD1348M were

candidates for elimination.
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(6) During Proposed DLMS Change (PDC) staffing, DLA and the Navy 

indicated a continued need for DD Forms 1348 and 1348-6. DLA stated that DD Form 1348-6 is 

used to manually process requisitions during continuity of operations (COOP)/system outage 

situations. The Navy initially non-concurred with the PDC, and provided a detailed rationale for 

preserving the forms. Accordingly, DD1348 and DD1348-6 continue to be valid forms.

c. Approved Change in Detail: See Section 4.d.

d. Revisions to DLM 4000.25 Manuals: As shown in Enclosure 1, mark AP6.3. DD 

Form 1348M, DoD Single Line Item Requisition System Document (Mechanical) as 

“RESERVED”. See Enclosure 3 for sample DD Form 1348M. 

e. Proposed Transaction Flow: N/A

f. Alternatives: None identified.

5. REASON FOR CHANGE: The Department of Defense established the DD1348M to 

support the exchange of 80-column punched cards and paper-based manual entry. This obsolete 

procedure is superseded by fixed and variable-length electronic transactions.

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES:

a. Advantages: This change supports the modernization of DLMS procedures and 

removes an obsolete form from the DoD Forms Management Program.

b. Disadvantages: Removing the DD1348 and DD1348-6 would negatively impact the 

Navy and DLA. DLA uses the DD1348-6 to manually process requisitions during Continuity of 

Operations (COOP)/system outage situations.

7. ESTIMATED TIME LINE/IMPLEMENTATION TARGET: Effective upon release of 

the ADC.

8. ESTIMATED SAVINGS/COST AVOIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE: None identified.

9. IMPACT: 

a. New DLMS Data Elements: N/A

b. Changes to DLMS Data Elements: N/A

c. Automated Information Systems (AIS): N/A

d. Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS): N/A

e. Non-DLM 4000.25 Series Publications: DoD Components and participating Federal 

and non-Federal organizations must update their publications to reflect the elimination of DD 

Form 1348M.
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10. PROPOSED DLMS CHANGE (PDC) 1361 RESPONSE/COMMENT RESOLUTION:

Component Response/Comment Disposition

1. DAAS Concur without comment As noted.

2. Disposition Services Concur without comment As noted.

3. DLA Concur with comment

DLA concurs with this PDC with the

understanding that the DD Forms 1348-1A, 

1348-2, 1348-5, and 1348-6 are not being 

removed. These forms are still utilized by 

DLA for official purposes.

The DD form 1348-6 is currently used by 

DLA for processing orders manually during 

COOP/system outage situations. While 

DLA would prefer to keep the 1348-6 DLA 

can utilize the 1348-1A instead.

Noted.

The ADC was revised 

to preserve the DD 

Form 1348-6.

4. DSCA Concur without comment As noted.

5. ODASD(Logistics) Concur without comment As noted.

6. US Air Force Concur without comment As noted

7. US Army No response received.

8. USMC Concur without comment As noted

9. US Navy Concur

Issue: Although paper formats of the 

DD Form 1348-series documents 

referenced in subject PDC have largely 

been replaced with electronic versions, 

Navy still has valid use cases for DD 

Form 1348 and DD Form 1348-6 paper 

forms. Navy non-concurs with the 

provisions of this PDC to eliminate 

usage of these two forms. Navy concurs 

with removal of DD Form 1348M.

1. Rationale:

The following summarizes current 

usage, policy references and rationale 

for maintaining DD Form 1348 and DD 

Form 1348-6.

DD Form 1348

Noted.

The ADC was revised 

to preserve the DD 

Forms 1348 and 

1348-6.
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Component Response/Comment Disposition

DD Form 1348 is still being used by 

aviation squadrons in their pilot flight 

packets and is used in system downtime 

procedures for Relational Supply (RSupply), Optimized Organizational 

Maintenance Activity (OOMA) and 

Naval Aviation Logistics Command 

Management Information System 

(NALCOMIS). Every Navy aviation 

squadron uses these forms in its pilot 

packets, and every Navy ship/submarine 

maintains a supply of them.

DD Form 1348-6

DD Form 1348-6 is used by fleet 

customers, in use cases similar to those 

requiring DD Form 1348, to requisition 

items not associated with a national 

stock number, as this form allows the 

capture of additional information not 

supported on DD Form 1348.

2. Policy References

a. Both forms are referenced extensively 

in NAVSUP Publication 485 (P-485), 

Vol I, Operational Forces Supply, 

including references in Chapter 3 

(Material Procurement) and Chapter 6 

(Inventory Management).

b. DD Form 1348-6 is referenced 

multiple times in NAVSUP P-485, Vol 

II, Supply Appendices.

c. Both forms are referenced extensively 

in NAVSUP P-485, Vol III, Ashore 

Supply, including references in Chapter 

2 (Supply Systems Management); 

Chapter 3 (Material Procurement); and 

Chapter 6 (Stock Point Operations).

3. Rationale for Maintaining (Both 

Forms)

a. Paper forms may be needed to 

manually request material in case an 

Automated Information System (AIS) is 
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Component Response/Comment Disposition

not available to provide electronic 

versions of the forms or if a customer is 

operating in an offline contingency 

environment.

b. When utilized, paper forms are 

maintained as records and provided as 

evidence in response to financial auditrelated inquiries.

At this time, Navy has no plans to 

discontinue use of DD Form 1348 or 

DD Form 1348-6 due to the above use 

cases and given the need for ad hoc 

offline support and audit documentation.

10. USTRANSCOM Abstain As noted.
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Enclosure 1

AP6. APPENDIX 6

FORMS/MESSAGE FORMATS INDEX

NUMBER TITLE

AP6 FORMS/MESSAGE FORMATS INDEX (THIS FILE)

AP6.1 FORMS/MESSAGE FORMATS INTRODUCTION

AP6.2 DD FORM 1348, DoD SINGLE LINE ITEM REQUISITION SYSTEM DOCUMENT (MANUAL)

AP6.3 RESERVED DD FORM 1348M, DoD SINGLE LINE ITEM REQUISITION SYSTEM 

DOCUMENT (MECHANICAL)

AP6.4. DD FORM 1348-5, NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY/SHIPMENT

AP6.5. STANDARD FORM 344, MULTIUSE STANDARD REQUISITIONING/ISSUE SYSTEM 

DOCUMENT

AP6.6 DD FORM 1348-6, DoD SINGLE LINE ITEM REQUISITION SYSTEM DOCUMENT 

(MANUAL-LONG FORM)

(Remaining Appendices not shown)
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Enclosure 2

DD FORM 1348, DoD SINGLE LINE ITEM 

REQUISITION SYSTEM DOCUMENT (MANUAL)

SAMPLE
Enclosure 3, ADC 1361

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Enclosure 3

DD FORM 1348M, DoD SINGLE LINE ITEM 

REQUISITION SYSTEM DOCUMENT (MECHANICAL)
Enclosure 4, ADC 1361

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Enclosure 4

DD FORM 1348-6

DoD SINGLE LINE ITEM REQUISITION SYSTEM 

DOCUMENT (MANUAL-LONG FORM)

SAMPLE