DOD INSTRUCTION 8320.04
D
OD SERIALLY MANAGED ITEMS OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL
PROPERTY AND ITEM UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION 2.0 STANDARDS
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
Effective: November 29, 2024
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Directives Division Website
at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
Reissues and Cancels: DoD Instruction 8320.04, “Item Unique Identification (IUID) Standards
for Tangible Personal Property,” September 3, 2015, as amended
Approved by: William A. LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment
Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5135.02 and the policies and procedures
in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8320.03, this issuance:
• Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides guidance for identifying DoD serially
managed tangible personal property, and for using Item Unique Identification 2.0 (IUID 2.0) for DoD
unique item-level traceability.
• Prescribes the item-level data required for DoD serially managed items, standards for constructing
the IUID 2.0 unique item identifier (UII), and requirements for automatic identification technology
(AIT) to enable data capture from the item or its packaging.
• Establishes the DoD Serialization Working Group (DoD SWG) to provide oversight of DoD
serialization management and the implementation of IUID 2.0.
