UNIFORM MATERIAL MOVEMENT AND
ISSUE PRIORITY SYSTEM (UMMIPS)
The UMMIPS system assigns priorities to material
movement. Issuing these priorities is a integral and
vital part of MILSTRIP. In the movement and issue of
material, it is necessary to establish a common basis to
determine the relative importance of competing
demands for resources of logistics systems. The
method for determining the relative importance and
urgency of logistics requirements is provided by the
priority designator (PD), a two-digit code that ranges
from 01 (highest) to 15 (lowest). The priority
designator is determined from the urgency of need
designator (UND) and the Force/Activity Designator
(F/AD), as shown in table 13-1.
Force/Activity Designator (F/AD)
F/AD is a Roman numeral (I-V) that identifies and
categorizes a force or activity on the basis of its
military importance as shown below:
Urgency of Need Designator (UND)
The Urgency of Need Designator (UND) consists
of an uppercase letter “A,” “B,” or “C.” It is selected to
indicate the relative urgency of a force’s or activity’s
need for a required item of material. Assignment of
UND is the responsibility of the force or activity
making the requisition and is derived according to
NAVSUP P-485. UNDs and their associated defini-
tions are as follows:
13-11
URGENCY OF NEED DESIGNATORS*
Unable to
Perform
Mission
Impaired
Operational
Capability
Routine
Force/Activity
Designators*
A
B
C
I
In Combat
1
4
11
II
Positioned for Combat
2
5
12
III
Positioned to Deploy/Combat
3
6
13
IV
Other Active & Selected
Reserve Forces
7
9
14
V
All Other
8
10
15
Numeric Priorities
*For additional detailed guidance concerning Force/Activity Designators and Urgency
of Need Designators, see OPNAVINST 4614.1.
Table 13-1.—Listing of Priority Designators
I
In Combat
II
Positioned for Combat
III
Positioned to Deploy/Combat
IV
Other Active and Selected Reserve Forces
V
All Other
UND
Definition
A
(1)
(2)
(3)
Requirement is immediate.
Without material, the activity is
unable to perform one or more of its
primary missions.
The condition noted in (2) above
has been reported by established,
not operationally ready supply/
casualty report (NORS/CAS-
REPT) procedures.
B
(1)
(2)
(3)
Requirement is immediate or it is
known that such a requirement
will occur in the immediate
future.
The activity’s ability to perform
one or more of its primary
missions will be impaired until
the material is received.
Deals with Q-COSAL Reactor
Plant components.
C
(1)
(2)
Requirement is routine.
Combat Logistics force.
