Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 4140.01
December 14, 2011
Incorporating Change 1, September 14, 2017
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SUBJECT: DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Policy
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 4140.1 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in
accordance with the guidance in DoDI 5025.01 (Reference (b)) and the authority in DoDD
5134.01 (Reference (c)).
b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for management of materiel across the DoD
supply chain.
c. Authorizes and directs the conversion of the DoD issuances identified in Enclosure 2 into
Defense Logistics Manuals (DLMs) and publication of the DLMs in the Defense Logistics
Agency (DLA) publication system (DLAPS) within 180 days of publication of this Instruction,
after which time those DoD issuances shall be removed (cancelled) from the DoD Directives
system.
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “DoD
Components”).
b. All phases of materiel management, from identifying and defining an operational
requirement to an item’s introduction into the DoD supply chain to operational requirements
through weapon system phase-out and retirement, including materiel disposition, and the DoD
materiel management data systems.
