IUID Blog

This Q&A-style article in the Providence Business News addresses 5 questions that cover: (Read More)

Who says that UID tracking need only be used for military assets? The recent outbreak of salmonella in egg production presents an excellent opportunity for the use of UID in America’s food chain. (Read More)

We’re gearing up for the September UID Forum in Orlando, and we hope to see you there. On Wednesday, September 8th we plan to host another UID Comply!® User Group Meeting. (Read More)

NATO’s dedication to the adoption of UID is becoming more evident. A newly-released, 75-page guide titled NATO Guidance on Unique Identification (UID) of Items (July 2010) gives detailed instruction for implementing UID across 28 independent member countries. (Read More)

There has been a lot of discussion around the use of virtual UIIs when submitting data to the UID Registry. Indeed some areas of the military have suggested use of virtual UIIs only as a last resort. I agree, but with one important exception - GFP that is being managed under contract. (Read More)

Last week I attended the National Property Management Association’s annual education seminar in Myrtle Beach, SC. I’m always impressed with the depth of educational content and industry knowledge that converge at this conference, where property professionals gather to hone their knowledge of equipment and asset management. (Read More)

Recent changes to all property bearing contracts administrated by the DCMA are having an effect on government furnished property (GFP) property managers. There is movement away from high level aggregate reporting of government property (GFP) TOWARD item specific reporting that falls in line with DFARS 252.211-7007. This is illustrated by the Jan 11, 2010 Memorandum from Director, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy (DPAP) Shay Assad in which he calls upon the Directors of virtually all DoD procurement and contracts agencies to formulate a detailed set of milestones for IUID implementation within six months. (Read More)

I recently returned from Norfolk, VA, where I heard a number of presentations on the Navy’s implementation of IUID. Topics included the affixing of UIDs to items for lifetime use, managing UID data to the UID Registry, supporting legacy information systems and establishing marking processes. (Read More)

There is a rule of thumb in software development that for every $1 spent to develop original software code an additional $3 is spent to maintain the software. In other words, software that costs $2 million to develop will eventually cost $6 million. There are many reasons for this, including routine maintenance, but modifications that are required due to user requests as well as operating system and infrastructure changes are to be expected. (Read More)

In follow up to a former blog entry (A2B Hosts User Group Meeting), I’d like to share insights from the meeting in San Antonio.  With over 50 people participating, A2B led the discussion about our products and services roadmap.  Part of our goal was to generate discussion throughout the community of UID Comply!® software users and part of the goal was to share challenges that we were anticipating and starting to address for that community of users.  For instance, we recognize that not everything can be solved with technology.  Sometimes the community just needs down and dirty support in navigating UID policy issues. That’s why we’ve introduced A2B’s free new service to Premium-One™ support customers  - the UID Coach™. (Read More)