| UID Compliance Follows a Strict Set of Complex | | | | Application Identifier (AI) two-digit number at the |
| Government Specifications | | | | beginning of a sequence, a Commercial and |
| The United States Department of Defense (DoD) | | | | Government Entity (CAGE) five-digit alphanumeric |
| has established a complicated set of strict | | | | code, and a text element identifier (TEI) |
| barcode identification requirements, including | | | | four-character mnemonic symbol representing a |
| MIL-STD-130, "Standard Practice for Identification | | | | data element. |
| Marking of Military Property", which governs the | | | | While one UID Compliance system bases its |
| printing, marking and recording of military material | | | | identification number on the manufacturer |
| with a Unique Identifier (UID) symbol for rapid | | | | identification code, another depends upon the |
| recognition and data capture purposes. UID | | | | individual product number. Manufacturers must |
| Compliance requirements are quite specific for | | | | match the proper number, accepted pattern and |
| barcode identification systems, for example, | | | | designated system for label marking to fulfill UID |
| different specifications have been written for | | | | Compliance laws. |
| batteries, microcircuits and rocket motors. Military | | | | |
| contractors must be in full UID Compliance before | | | | MIL-STD-130 General Requirements for Label |
| being allowed to sell their products to the | | | | Marking |
| government. | | | | Under the MIL-STD-130, Paragraph 4, entitled |
| | | | "General Requirements", the specific rules for |
| Barcode Identification Marking of Military | | | | application technique, size and location are |
| Equipment | | | | articulated: "The required marking shall be applied |
| The DoD demands durable, easily recognizable, | | | | to an identification plate, identification band, |
| permanent markings for its military equipment. | | | | identification tag, or identification label securely |
| UID Compliance includes both human-readable and | | | | fastened to the item...." This standard continues - |
| machine-readable barcode, text and marking | | | | "Whenever practicable, the location of the marking |
| symbols. The military must be able to immediately | | | | on the item shall ensure its readability during |
| recognize the origin, type and location of its parts, | | | | normal operational use." The identification marking |
| material and equipment for tracking purposes. | | | | "shall be as permanent as the normal life |
| UID Compliance might accept simply a | | | | expectancy of the item and be capable of |
| human-readable paragraph of free text for | | | | withstanding the environmental tests and cleaning |
| identification purposes on simple parts. More | | | | procedures" used for the item. |
| complex product labels require a combination of | | | | Don't waste valuable time, money and energy on |
| the machine-readable 2D dot-matrix or barcode | | | | printing and marking faulty identification labels, |
| and the human-readable free text identification | | | | which the DoD will reject as insufficient. Turn to |
| number. Military contractors must ensure that | | | | the proven experts at ID-Integration to help you |
| they have provided enough information - in the | | | | decipher the UID Compliance requirements. |
| proper format - on their labels. | | | | Our experienced ID-Integration professionals will |
| At times, the competing identification numbers, | | | | ensure that you satisfy all requirements for UID |
| acronyms and Construct types can be confusing | | | | Compliance. |
| for the novice business. For example, there is an | | | | |