REQUISITIONING OBJECTIVE (RO)— The
maximum quantity of material to be maintained
on hand and on order to sustain current
operations.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER— An individual ap-
pointed to exercise custody, care, and
safekeeping of property book material. For
stores inventory afloat, the division officer,
LCPO, or LPO is normally assigned this
responsibility.
RESPONSIBILIY CENTER— A command desig-
nated to receive and administer an operating
budget.
RETROGRADE— Any movement of material that is
being returned to supply or maintenance
activities for repair.
SECURITY CLEARANCE— A security clearance is
a determination made that an individual is
eligible for access to classified information up to
a specific level.
SHIPBOARD UNIFORM AUTOMATED DATA
P R O C E S S I N G S Y S T E M - R E A L T I M E
(SUADPS-RT)— Refers to the entire group of
supply and financial computer programs that use
the SNAP I system.
SOFIWARE— A set of programs, documents,
procedures, and routines associated with the
operation of a computer system.
STANDARD PRICE-The price charged to a
customer for a DLR when there is no NRFI
turn-in.
STOCKING ACTIVITY— A facility within the supply
system that performs receiving, storing, and
issuing of materials.
STOWAG— The act of physically storing material
properly so it is protected from loss or damage,
as well as making sure that it will not cause any
hazard to the ship or its crew.
SUBSTITUTE ITEM— An item authorized for
one-time use in place of another item, based on
a specific application and request. Equivalent
or interchangeable items are not included in the
term substitute item.
SURVEY— A procedure for determining the cause of
gain, lost, damaged, or destroyed Navy property,
establishing personal
responsibility,
and
documenting necessary inventory adjustments to
stock records.
TECHNICAL DIRECTIVE (TD)— A document au-
thorized and issued by COMNAVAIRSYSCOM
to provide technical information necessary to
properly and systematically inspect or alter the
configuration of aircraft, engines, systems, or
equipment, subsequent to establishment of each
respective baseline configuration. The TD num-
bers are controlled by the Naval Air Technical
Services Facility.
TRANSACTION ITEM REPORTING (TIR)—
Reporting a coded description of any supply
action affecting the on-hand balance of an item.
TRANSACTION ITEM REPORTING (TIR)
ACTMTY— An activity that makes daily
transaction reports to the NAVICPs to ensure
asset visibility for all centrally managed and
stocked material.
WHOLESALE INVENTORY— Material over which
the designated wholesale inventory manager
(NAVICP Philadelphia/Mechanicsburg) has
asset visibility and exercises unrestricted asset
control.
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