UID standards delve into all the details
Imagine dozens of defense departments trying to determine what military equipment is available to
share and where it is located.
This is a challenge faced by NATO and its 28 member countries.
To address this...
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UID standards delve into all the details
Imagine dozens of defense departments trying to determine what military equipment is available to
share and where it is located.
This is a challenge faced by NATO and its 28 member countries.
To address this challenge, NATO has turned to the Unique Identification of Items, or UID, system for
labeling and tracking mission-critical equipment.
Items are labeled with a 2D Data Matrix symbol
that contains a Unique Item Identifier (UII).
An automated scanner is used to read the Data Matrix
and retrieve an item’s identifier.
The UII is entered into a registry, which can contain other critical
details about the item such as its repair and maintenance history and warranty information.
The idea
behind UID is that the information for any piece of equipment can be quickly retrieved and easily
shared.
With UID, any individual item can be readily distinguished from all others, throughout its
entire lifetime.
To bring consistency to the process, NATO h
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