*DLM 4000.25, Volume 2, November 26, 2019*

*Change 13*

**AP7.1. APPENDIX 7.1**

**DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER CODES**

AP7.1.1.  Document Identifier Codes (DIC) (located in record position (rp) 1-3 of transactions) provide a means of identifying a given product (for example, a requisition, referral action, status transaction, follow-up, or cancellation) to the system to which it pertains and further identify such data as to the intended purpose, usage, and operation dictated.   DIC enables automatic data processing (ADP) equipment to select the appropriate program(s) and to mechanically perform operations dictated by the data element or code and performs a similar function in manual operations.  (All A__ and FT_ series DICs that are not listed in this appendix are reserved for future use and are not to be used unless authorized and disseminated by the DoD Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (MILSTRIP) Administrator.)

AP7.1.2.  DIC is a mandatory entry on all documents entering and leaving the supply distribution systems under MILSTRIP; therefore, each transaction shall be identified by an appropriate code.

AP7.1.3.  Control of assignments of the first character of the DIC is a responsibility of the DoD.  Alphabetic characters A and B have been assigned to the supply distribution system(s) for requisitioning and issue.  Alphabetic characters FT are assigned to the Materiel Returns Program (MRP).  In addition, alphabetic characters X, Y, and Z have been provided as variable codes usable in any or all systems but under the restrictive conditions hereafter indicated.

AP7.1.4.  The following rationale is applicable only to DICs pertaining to MILSTRIP supply distribution system(s)

	AP7.1.4.1.  First Position (rp 1):

		AP7.1.4.1.1.  Alphabetic A in rp 1 identifies requisitioning/issue systems transactions. 

		AP7.1.4.1.2.  Alphabetic U in lieu of A in rp 1 identifies mobilization exercise requisitioning/issue transactions which shall not automatically be processed as real documents.  Whether such transactions are created for simulation purpose only, or require action by elements of supply distribution system(s), they shall be explicated by the Component activity responsible for conducting the particular exercises.  The following code blocks are reserved in the transaction formats for the legacy 80 record position logistics transactions for mobilization purposes:

		AP7.1.4.1.3.  RESERVED:

		AP7.1.4.1.4.  Alphabetic B and X are provided to identify transactions relating to inventory control system(s) within the Components.  Each Component may develop and assign these DICs but they will be confined to intra-Service use only.

		AP7.1.4.1.5.  Alphabetic C is provided to identify transactions relating to the inventory control system of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).

		AP7.1.4.1.6.  Alphabetic characters Y and Z are provided to facilitate assignment of DICs by Components that are necessary to internal depot, source of supply, or base operations when they cannot be identified directly to the preceding subparagraphs AP7.1.4.1.2. and AP7.1.4.1.4., when they are not universal in scope and application.  Transactions containing codes Y or Z in the first position of the DIC may never appear on any transactions passed beyond the confines of a base, depot, Inventory Control Point (ICP), or equivalent.

	AP7.1.4.2.  Second position (rp 2) may contain alphabetic or numeric entries.

	AP7.1.4.3.  The third position (rp 3) may be either alphabetic or numeric.  When used with alphabetic A in the first position of requisitions, passing orders, referral orders, redistribution orders, and MROs, any numeric in rp 3 shall signify that shipment of materiel is intended for an Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) consignee.  Conversely, when rp 3 is any alphabetic character, it shall mean shipment to a domestic recipient.  The actual character (regardless of whether numeric or alphabetic) will indicate the content of the stock or part number field.

AP7.1.5.  The alphabetic FT_ series DICs are applicable to reporting and return of materiel to a distribution system.

	AP7.1.5.1.  First two positions (rp 1 and 2):  Alphabetic FT shall identify transactions relating to the reporting and return of materiel to distribution systems irrespective of Component or systems within a Component.

	AP7.1.5.2.  Third position (rp 3) may be alphabetic or numeric.

AP7.1.6.  Document identifier codes are listed below:

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