NONALLOWANCE ITEMS—Items that do not appear in authorized allowance documents or, if listed, appear without an allowed quantity. OPERATING TARGET (OPTAR)—An estimate of the money required by an operating ship, staff, squadron, or other unit to perform the task and function assigned. ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUE MATERIAL— Any Navy property issued on a loan basis to an individual for use in the performance of official duties. This material is returned when the individual no longer requires it, transfers to another command, or is separated. OTHER SUPPLY OFFICER (OSO) TRANS- FER—A transfer of Navy Stock Fund material between two accountable officers. PROCUREMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE— The act of a qualified technician inspecting and certifying material acceptability for shipments received directly from a contractor. The inspec- tion requires the technician to verify the original purchase contract specifications against the specifications of the material received and documented on the DD Form 250, Material Inspection and Receiving Report. PROVISIONING—The process of technical planning necessary to establish the individual item support; establishing minimum levels responsible for repair; identifying support equipment re- quirements, handbooks, manuals, and mainte- nance publications; determining the basic factory and field training requirements; and providing for the establishment of inventory management records. This process takes place when new equip- ment is purchased. QUANTITY DEFICIENCY REPORT (QDR)—A report used to report quality deficient material to activities responsible for the design, development, purchasing, supply, maintenance, and contract administration so that the cause of the deficiency can be determined, deficiencies can be corrected, and action to prevent recurrence can be initiated. QUICKTRANS—A scheduled cargo airlift system using commercial air carriers under contract to the Navy. RANDOM SAMPLING INVENTORY—A method of determining the current inventory accuracy level whether or not there is a need for a total item count. It is considered to be part of the annual scheduled inventory program and a measure of the stock record accuracy for a segment of material based on the physical count of a specified number of randomly selected items within the segment. RANGE—The number of different line items stocked. To increase the stock range is to add new line items to stock. REAL TIME—The posting and processing of transactions as they occur rather than by the batch. RECONCILIATION—An effort between two or more activities, units, or work centers to bring a common file into agreement. RECOVERABILITY CODE—The third posi- tion of the maintenance code, indicating the lowest level authorized to condemn and dispose of an item. REFERRAL ORDER—An order used be- tween NSDs, NSCs, IMs, and other managers in the supply distribution system. Its purpose is to pass requisitions for continued supply action when the initial activity cannot fill the demand. REPAIRABLE ITEM—A component or item that can be returned to an RFI condition by use of repair parts or by overhaul. REPAIRABLE MATERIAL FILE (RMF)— A file that contains records consisting of elements unique to repairable management codes and counters used to document turnaround time for repaired components. REPLACEMENT ITEM—A different item supplied as a spare or repair part in place of the originally used part. Replacement items are not necessarily interchangeable with the items they replace. REPORT OF DISCREPANCY (ROD)— Standard Form 364, which is used to report shipping or packaging discrepancies attributable to or the responsibility of the shipper. This form is prepared by the receiving activity. AII-5