DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPPLY BULLETIN

*SB 11-617

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPPLY BULLETIN

DIRECT EXCHANGE WHOLESALE (DXW)

PROGRAM TO CONUS DEPOT

LEVEL OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IN THE

ARMY SUPPLY AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM

Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.

17 May 1971

1. Purpose. This bulletin furnishes instructions for the

National Maintenance Point. The identity of the items to

be included in the direct exchange wholesale program

use of CONUS depot maintenance facilities to provide

will be disseminated to the field and updated not less

direct exchange wholesale (DXW) support for Electronic

than semiannually by USAECOM Supply Information

Communication equipment not authorized to be repaired

Letter (SIL). Prior to the deletion of any item from the

at DS and GS maintenance categories.

2. Scope. This bulletin -

"DXW" Program, coordination will be effected with the

a. Provides field commanders and USAECOM with

major commands. All unnecessary repair parts presently

stocked below CONUS depot categories for these items

a method of accomplishing repair of unserviceable

will be returned to CONUS depots in accordance with

equipment on an expedited and economical basis as an

established excess procedures.

extension of the direct exchange procedures cited in AR

4. Procedures. a. Direct exchange wholesale control

711-16 and TM 38-750.

b. Provides for more efficient materiel utilization.

points will be established by major commands and/or

c. Applies only to those items with a supply and

subcommands responsible for organizational, direct and

general support of materiel under their command and

maintenance recoverability (SMR) code of "T" or "S" as

for support maintenance shops with a mission as

cited in appropriate technical publications and which are

assigned by AR 750-7. A listing of these control points

not authorized for repair below depot maintenance

and their DOD activity addresses will be submitted to

category or for which limited DS GS category repair is

USAECOM for inclusion in the SIL.. Only these points

authorized.

3. General.

will be permitted to evacuate items for the direct

a. All command levels responsible for supply and

exchange wholesale program. Direct exchange stockage

as set forth in AR 711-16 is authorized for these

distribution will insure that supply actions in processing

evacuation points.

requisitions, parts replenishment, and item shipments

b. Any items submitted for direct exchange whole-

are expedited in accordance with priorities and existing

sale which are not on the USAECOM SIL or any item

time frames established in current transportation and

submitted from other than direct exchange wholesale

supply regulations.

b. Ancillary components and spare parts (Basic

control points, will be returned to stock and the user will

be notified to requisition the item through normal supply

Issue List Items-BILI) will not accompany items included

channels. For items on the SIL submitted by other than

in the DXW Program

c. Candidates for direct exchange wholesale must

be PEMA or PEMA Secondary Items which have been

assigned a Recoverability code of "T" or "S" by the

* This bulletin supersedes SB 11-617, 13 December 1968