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materiel — All items (including ships, tanks, self-propelled weapons, aircraft, etc., and
related spares, repair parts, and support equipment, but excluding real property,
installations, and utilities) necessary to equip, operate, maintain, and support military
activities without distinction as to its application for administrative or combat purposes.
See also equipment; personal property. (JP 4-0)
materiel control — See inventory control.
materiel inventory objective — The quantity of an item required to be on hand and on
order on M-day in order to equip, provide a materiel pipeline, and sustain the approved
US force structure (active and reserve) and those Allied forces designated for US
materiel support, through the period prescribed for war materiel planning purposes. It
is the quantity by which the war materiel requirement exceeds the war materiel
procurement capability and the war materiel requirement adjustment. It includes the
M-day force materiel requirement and the war reserve materiel requirement. (JP 4-09)
materiel management — See inventory control.
materiel planning — A subset of logistic planning consisting of a four-step process. a.
requirements definition. Requirements for significant items must be calculated at
item level detail (i.e., National Stock Number) to support sustainability planning and
analysis. Requirements include unit roundout, consumption and attrition replacement,
safety stock, and the needs of allies. b. apportionment. Items are apportioned to the
combatant commanders based on a global scenario to avoid sourcing of items to
multiple theaters. The basis for apportionment is the capability provided by unit stocks,
host-nation support, theater pre-positioned war reserve stocks and industrial base, and
continental United States Department of Defense stockpiles and available production.
Item apportionment cannot exceed total capabilities. c. sourcing. Sourcing is the
matching of available capabilities on a given date against item requirements to support
sustainability analysis and the identification of locations to support transportation
planning. Sourcing of any item is done within the combatant commander’s
apportionment. d. documentation. Sourced item requirements and corresponding
shortfalls are major inputs to the combatant commander’s sustainability analysis.
Sourced item requirements are translated into movement requirements and documented
in the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System database for transportation
feasibility analysis. Movement requirements for nonsignificant items are estimated in
tonnage.
materiel readiness — The availability of materiel required by a military organization to
support its wartime activities or contingencies, disaster relief (flood, earthquake, etc.),
or other emergencies. (JP 4-03)
materiel release order — An order issued by an accountable supply system manager
(usually an inventory control point or accountable depot or stock point) directing a non-
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