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d. For service unique items that are not shared across services, suffix assignment
should be from the owning service's designated functional specialist.
e. The activities that assign suffixes are responsible for ensuring that the suffixes assigned are unique, traceable, and do not duplicate other existing suffixes for the same lot.
f. The manufacturing activity or sustainment activity is responsible for the proper application of the assigned suffixes.
g. The manufacturing or sustainment activities performing the operations and applying the suffix are responsible for updating the ADCs with the suffix assignment and description of associated operations. For sustainment actions where the activity does not have the capability to create or update ADCs, such as rework performed by end users in the field, then the owning service has the responsibility to ensure the documentation requirements are met.
h. If an operation is cancelled and a suffix is no longer required, then the applicable manufacturing or sustainment activity should contact the activity that assigned the suffix and notify them of the cancellation (see 4.6.3).
i. When lots or portions of lots of ammunition are being reworked at depots, in the field, etc., the authorization for issuing rework instructions and the types of operations to be performed, quantities, etc., is the responsibility of the owning service.
J. For situations which may not require a suffix (see 4.6.9), the manufacturing or sustainment activity should request a determination from the applicable QASAS or other designated Government functional specialist.
6.13 Lot identifier code responsibilities. In conJunction with the requirements outlined in sections 4 and 5, the following responsibility references are provided and recommended.
a. For new lots in production, the procuring activity is responsible for notifying the manufacturing activity that a lot has been selected to be a calibration lot (see 4.7.6). The manufacturing activity is then responsible for taking actions needed to apply the appropriate identification to the individual units in the lot, the containers in which the lot is packed, the ADC (in WARP) for the lot, and all other pertinent documents.
b. For lots which have already been accepted by the Government and are later selected as calibration lots, the owning service is responsible for taking
actions needed to apply the appropriate identification to the individual units in the lot, the containers in which the lot is packed, the ADC (in WARP) for the
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