This regulation prescribes policy for supply operations below the national level. It applies in peace and war. It provides specific policy for the accountability and assignment of responsibility for property issued to a using unit. It also provides for the accountability and management of stocks being stored at direct, general, or installation supply support activities for issue to a customer. The management and accountability must include automatic identification technologies, such as bar code, 2D bar code, optical memory cards, radio frequency identification tags, contact buttons, or satellite tracking. All stocks will be AIT enabled from vendor to the war-fighter and return.
