1、Department of Defense INSTRUCTION NUMBER 4151.19 January 9,2014 Incorporating Change 2,Effective August 31,2018 USD(A&S)SUBJECT:Serialized Item Management(SIM)for Life-Cycle Management of Materiel References:See Enclosure 1 1.PURPOSE.In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5134.01(Referenc
2、e(a),and pursuant to DoD Directive 4151.18(Reference(b),this instruction reissues DoD Instruction(DoDI)4151.19(Reference(c)to update established policy and assigned responsibilities for implementing SIM in support of the life-cycle management of materiel.2.APPLICABILITY.This instruction applies to O
3、SD,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 in the DoD(referred to c
4、ollectively in this instruction as the“DoD Components”).3.POLICY.It is DoD policy to:a.Implement SIM to enable effective and efficient life-cycle management of materiel through the creation,capture,and use of life-cycle item management data(LCIM).LCIM data will:(1)Help achieve optimum materiel avail