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ATTACHMENT TO ADC 202, 

Revisions to DLMS Supplement 947I to Support Requirements for the Army Medical 

Material Agreement Inventory Adjustment Transactions (Staffed by PDC 217) (Supply) 

1. ORIGINATOR: 

a. Service/Agency: Defense Logistics Agency

b. Originator: DLA Order Fulfillment Lead, Cindy McGee 

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA: Primary: Supply/Logistics

3. REFERENCES:

 a. Army Medical Material Agreement (AMMA) Functional Requirements Document. 

 b. DLMSO memorandum, April 21, 2006, subject: Proposed Defense Logistics 

Management System (DLMS) Change (PDC) 217, Revisions to DLMS Supplement 947I to 

Support Requirements for the Army Medical Material Agreement Inventory Adjustment 

Transactions (Supply). 

c. DLMSO memorandum, May 23, 2006, subject: Defense Logistics Management 

Systems (DLMS) Supply Process Review Committee (SPRC) Meeting 06-01, April 25-27, 

2006. 

4. REQUESTED CHANGE: 

a. Title: Revisions to DLMS Supplement 947I to Support Requirements for the Army 

Medical Material Agreement Inventory Adjustment Transactions (Supply)

b. Description of Change: This change is to allow inventory adjustments for local 

catalog items at Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) and Theater 

Enterprise-Wide Logistics System (TEWLS) sites as part of AMMA.

c. Background: 

 (1) The Tailored Vendor Relationships (TVR) process was implemented in Defense 

Logistics Agency’s Business System Modernization (BSM) R2.2. TVR are those business 

processes where there is a direct relationship between the customer and the vendor. That is, 

customers place orders directly with the Prime Vendor using various communication 

channels such as EDI, phone, fax, e-mail, or via the prime vendor’s ordering system. BSM 

receives copies of transactions in order to maintain line item accountability. 

 (2) For BSM R2.2.1 a new process termed the Army Medical Material Agreement 

(AMMA – previously known as Medical Army Single Stock Fund (MASSF)) is being 
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implemented in coordination with the DMLSS and TEWLS. The prime vendor model of the 

AMMA program is in many ways very similar to TVR, however, DLA funds are used by the 

Army to purchase items via DMLSS/TEWLS. In this case BSM owns the materiel at the 

AMMA sites until items are issued at the retail level. As a result a DLMS 947I Inventory 

Adjustment transaction will be received by BSM from DMLSS/TEWLS to communicate 

inventory adjustments for both NSNs and local catalog numbers. 

 (3) AMMA and TVR were discussed at the SPRC meeting 06-1 (reference 3.c.) and 

the background was summarized in the minutes as follows: In DLA's legacy system, AMMA 

was known as Medical Army Single Stock Fund. The new agreement between DLA and 

Army renamed the program, and to support this supply technique in DLA's ERP (BSM), some 

reengineering of the process has taken place which requires additional data to be passed in 

the associated DLMS transactions. Under the AMMA concept, DLA owns the medical 

materiel all the way down to the retail or hospital shelf level until it is issued to a consumer. 

When it is issued to a consumer, then a post-post issue transaction is sent to DLA, 

inventories are debited, and the customer is billed. To replenish DLA-owned "retail" materiel 

from DLA supply sources, Army employs DMLSS/Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System 

(TEWLS). There are multiple ordering chains used to obtain materiel depending on how DLA 

manages the item. These range from traditional MILSTRIP stock and DVD orders for 

medical NSN items to TVR direct procurements for part number items. However, the 

predominance of support is via the TVR arrangements. TVRs are business processes where 

there is a direct relationship between the customer and the vendor (e.g., customers place 

orders directly with the Prime Vendor or with an Electronic Catalog (ECAT) Vendor). BSM 

receives copies of the transaction between the customer and the vendor in order to maintain 

line item accountability. Under the AMMA process, when the hospital receives the materiel 

they send a receipt transaction back to BSM so the assets are posted on DLA's records as 

the owner, however, DMLSS/TEWLS maintains the accountable record.

d. DLA RECOMMENDED: Add local catalog ID qualifier. Inventory adjustments for 

AMMA sites may be for a local catalog number and not a NSN. The identification qualifier 

“A3 - Locally Assigned Control Number” could be added to W1905 to handle this situation as 

for the 527R.

e. PROCEDURES: Revise DS 947I (versions 4010 and 4030) as shown below:

Item 

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Location DS 947I (Inventory Adjustment) 

Revision (Versions 4010 and 4030) 

Reason Federal IC 

Impact

1. DLMS 

Introductory 

Notes 

(both version 

4010 and 4030)

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Location DS 947I (Inventory Adjustment) 

Revision (Versions 4010 and 4030) 

Reason Federal IC 

Impact

2.a 2/W1905/20

(Version 4010) 

Add new qualifier A3 with DLMS note:

A3 Locally Assigned Control Number 

DLMS note: Defense Medical Logistics Standard 

Support (DMLSS)/Theater Enterprise-Wide 

Logistics System (TEWLS) use to cite their Local 

Catalog Identification which can reference 

multiple prime vendor part numbers for a specific 

site 

2. DLMS enhancement; see introductory DLMS 

note 4a. 

To accommodate 

requirement for Local 

Catalog Identification 

number 

No revision 

required 

2.b 2/W1905/0200

(Version 4030) 

Add new qualifier A3 with DLMS note:

A3 Locally Assigned Control Number 

DLMS note: Defense Medical Logistics Standard 

Support (DMLSS)/Theater Enterprise-Wide 

Logistics System (TEWLS) use to cite their Local 

Catalog Identification which can reference 

multiple prime vendor part numbers for a specific 

site 

2. DLMS enhancement; see introductory DLMS 

note 4a. 

To accommodate 

requirement for Local 

Catalog Identification 

number 

No revision 

required 

f. DAASC Mapping: Update DAASC mapping to allow DS 947I transactions containing 

the new qualifier to pass edits.

g. Alternatives: BSM will not be able to accurately support the AMMA processes using 

the DLMS 947I Inventory Adjustment transaction without this change.

5. REASON FOR CHANGE: The AMMA process requires the addition of a local catalog 

qualifier to accurately identify the material number to be adjusted.

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES: 

a. Advantages: BSM and DMLSS/TEWLS will be able to comply with DLMS standards for 

the AMMA inventory adjustment process.

b. Disadvantages: None identified