Shelf Life Item

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(5) Stacking and supporting superimposed loads during limited shipment and temporary storage.

Preferred Packaging. The level of packaging recommended for use which (due to its expediency and cost effectiveness)

has been assigned per the Army Master Data File, and listed in appendix A for individual items.

Preferred Storage. That type of storage recommended for use, which has been assigned per the Army Master Data File,

or, in its absence based upon the packaging assigned and the deteriorative characteristics of the material of construction.

This is listed in appendix A for individual items.

Principal Item. End items and replacement assemblies of such importance that management techniques require

centralized individual item management throughout the supply system (AR 310-25).

Quality Defect Code (QDC). A quality defect code is a numeric representation of an item's potential storage-induced

defect for which cyclic inspections are performed. (Quality defect codes used in appendix A, coded requirements, are

Risk. The relative (between items) potential loss incurred by an item's failure, that is based upon an item's cost,

complexity, personnel safety impact, and system impact.

,Sensitive Items. Items of property having a potential ready sale or use in illicit markets and especially likely to be pilfered.

Shelf Life Item. An item of supply possessing deteriorative or unstable characteristics to the degree that only a limited

storage time is allowed. There are two types of shelf-life items.

a. Type I--an item of supply determined, through evaluation of technical test data and/or actual experience, as an

item with a definite nonextendable period of shelf life.

b. Type TI--an item of supply possessing an extendable storage time, contingent upon satisfaction of designated

inspection, test, or restorative actions.

Special Control Item. A one-position alphanumeric code which identifies items requiring special controls due to such

considerations as their being principal, sensitive, radioactive, etc.

Storage Environment. Any space, without regard to type of construction, used for storage. May be classified according to

constructional characteristics and purposes. Specific storage environments (ranked in order of protection with the most

given first) are classified as follows:

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