Supply Condition Codes (SCC) — Complete Reference

Supply Condition Codes (SCC) are single alphabetic characters that classify materiel in the DoD supply system by its serviceability, condition, and completeness, and that flag any action underway to change that status. An SCC answers one question for everyone who touches the materiel: can this be issued, and if not, why? The codes divide into three families — serviceable (A–D, T, U), unserviceable (E–H, P, S, V), and suspended (J–N, Q, R, X) — and are carried on the inventory control record and on supply transactions for the item. They are governed by the Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) under DLM 4000.25, Volume 2, Appendix 2.5.

At a glance

• What it is: A one-position alphabetic code that classifies materiel by its degree of serviceability, condition, and completeness, including actions underway to change that status.
• Regulatory source: DLM 4000.25 (DLMS), Volume 2 (Supply Standards and Procedures), Appendix 2.5 — Supply Condition Codes, maintained by the Defense Logistics Management Standards Office (DLMSO).
• Carried on: The inventory control record and on MILSTRIP/MILSTRAP supply transactions; read alongside the Acquisition Advice Code and source-of-supply data.
• Scope: All DoD-managed materiel and participating agencies; standardized across the military services.
• Where used: Inventory accountability, issue and requisition decisions, maintenance induction, and turn-in to DLA Disposition Services.

What these codes are

A Supply Condition Code identifies the degree of an item's serviceability, condition, and completeness, and it also denotes any action that is underway to change that condition status. It is the supply system's single-character answer to whether materiel is ready to issue, needs work first, or has been pulled out of the issuable population for some reason.

The codes fall into three families:

1. Serviceable (A, B, C, D, T, U) — materiel that is issuable. A is unrestricted; B is issuable but qualified; C must be issued first to avoid loss; D needs test or modification before normal issue; T is ammunition serviceable for training use only; U is materiel with a limited remaining life before failure.
2. Unserviceable (E, F, G, H, P, S, V) — materiel that cannot be issued as-is: reparable (E, F), incomplete (G), condemned (H), reclamation (P), scrap (S), or waste military munitions (V).
3. Suspended (J, K, L, M, N, Q, R, X) — materiel held from issue pending some action: classification (J), return inspection (K), litigation (L), maintenance in work (M), emergency-combat-use-only ammunition (N), product quality deficiency (Q), reclaimed-item determination (R), or a deferred repair decision (X).

The SCC is read together with the Acquisition Advice Code (how the item is acquired) and the source-of-supply / routing data (where a requisition goes). The AAC and SCC answer different questions: the AAC says how to obtain the item, the SCC says what shape the materiel is in.

How they're used

The SCC is a workhorse field across the materiel lifecycle:

• Inventory accountability. Every quantity on the inventory control record is held in a specific Supply Condition Code, so a manager can see at a glance how much stock is issuable (A–C), how much is awaiting repair (F, G), and how much is suspended or condemned.
• Issue and requisition decisions. Serviceable codes are issued in a deliberate order — C (priority issue) before A and B — to draw down stock with the least remaining life first and avoid losing it as a usable asset.
• Maintenance induction. Reparable materiel (F) is inducted into maintenance; on completion it is reclassified to a serviceable code. Materiel actively in work at a maintenance facility or contractor is held in M.
• Turn-in and disposal. When materiel is excess or no longer serviceable, it is turned in under the appropriate code. Materiel headed to DLA Disposition Services (historically the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office, or DRMO) is the only place S (scrap) is used, and only on shipment transactions.

Because the SCC determines whether materiel is even eligible for issue, a miscoded item is a common cause of a serviceable asset being held back, or — worse — an unserviceable one being issued. See Common errors and gotchas below.

Complete code table

The table below lists the single-character Supply Condition Codes and their meanings as defined under DLM 4000.25, Volume 2, Appendix 2.5. Use the filter to narrow to a code or keyword (for example, "suspended" or "serviceable").

Supply Condition Code to Disposal Condition Code crosswalk

When materiel leaves the supply system for disposal, its condition has historically been expressed as a two-character Federal Condition Code: a Supply Condition Code (a single alphabetic character) in the first position, and a Disposal Condition Code (DCC) — a single numeric character — in the second. The SCC describes the item's serviceability on the supply record; the DCC described the item's physical condition as inspected at the time of receipt for disposal.

On the supply record, condition now travels as the Supply Condition Code alone: ADC 1360 removed the Disposal Condition Code from the DLMS supply transactions (511M / 511R / 869F), and ADC 1382 retitled this appendix from "Federal Condition Codes" to "Supply Condition Codes." At disposal, however, DLA Disposition Services still assigns the numeric Disposal Condition Code at turn-in. The complete numeric set (1–9, plus X salvage and S scrap) — verified against NAVSUP P-485 Volume II — is on the Disposal Condition Codes reference; for example, 1 (Unused — Good), 4 (Used — Good), 7 (Repairs Required), X (Salvage), S (Scrap).

Worked example

A storage activity holds 200 units of an NSN. On a recent inventory, 120 units check out as fully serviceable, 50 are found to need a minor repair achievable on-site, and 30 are condemned.

• The 120 serviceable units are held in SCC A (Serviceable, Issuable Without Qualification) and are available for unrestricted issue.
• The 50 repairable units are reclassified to SCC E (Unserviceable, Limited Restoration), because the fix is minor and can be done where the stock sits. If the repair were major and economically worthwhile, they would instead be SCC F (Unserviceable, Reparable) and inducted into a maintenance facility.
• The 30 condemned units are reclassified to SCC H (Unserviceable, Condemned). They do not meet repair criteria and are routed toward reclamation or disposal.

If any of those 30 condemned units are later determined to retain serviceable components, they move to SCC P (Unserviceable, Reclamation) so the usable parts can be pulled. When the residue is sent to DLA Disposition Services, the shipment transaction carries SCC S (Unserviceable, Scrap) — the only place S is used, and never recorded as on-hand stock.

Read against the legacy Federal Condition Code, a unit in SCC A inspected as new at a disposal site would have read A1; one in SCC H inspected as repairable would have read H7; one in SCC S would have read S for scrap.

Common errors and gotchas

• Confusing the SCC with the Acquisition Advice Code. The SCC says what condition the materiel is in; the Acquisition Advice Code says how the item is acquired. They are different fields with different purposes — read both.
• Issuing A/B before C. SCC C (Priority Issue) exists to be drawn down first so the least-remaining-life stock is not lost. Issuing A or B ahead of C-coded stock can waste a usable asset.
• Treating F and H as interchangeable. SCC F (Reparable) goes to maintenance and returns to serviceable; SCC H (Condemned) does not meet repair criteria. Inducting H-coded materiel into repair, or scrapping F-coded materiel, both waste resources.
• Recording stock on hand in SCC S. No stock is held in condition S — it appears only on transactions shipping materiel to DLA Disposition Services. Carrying an on-hand balance in S is an error.
• Leaving materiel parked in a suspended code. Suspended codes (J, K, L, M, R, X) mark materiel awaiting an action. Returns in K, for instance, are meant to be classified promptly; materiel left suspended indefinitely is materiel that is neither issuable nor accounted for in a final condition.
• Reading a two-character Federal Condition Code as one code. A1, H7, S combine the alphabetic Supply Condition Code with the numeric Disposal Condition Code. Read the alpha first character as the SCC; do not confuse the numeric second character with a different code system.

Related codes and cross-references

• Disposal Condition Codes — the numeric second-character codes that combine with the SCC to form the Federal Condition Code at disposal.
• Demilitarization (DEMIL) Codes — the other determinant of what happens at end of life: the SCC says whether materiel is serviceable; the DEMIL code says what must be destroyed before it leaves DoD control, regardless of condition.
• Controlled Inventory Item Codes (CIIC) — the security/pilferage handling classification carried on the same item record; condition and control are independent axes.
• Acquisition Advice Codes (AAC) — how an item is acquired (stocked, local purchase, terminal, condemned), read together with the SCC.
• Document Identifier Codes (DIC) — the MILSTRIP/MILSTRAP transaction codes that carry condition-coded materiel through the supply system.
• DLA Disposition Services — where unserviceable, condemned, and scrap materiel is turned in.

Authoritative references

• DLM 4000.25, Volume 2 (Supply Standards and Procedures), Appendix 2.5 — Supply Condition Codes. The authoritative definition of the single-character SCC set, maintained by the Defense Logistics Management Standards Office (DLMSO) and published by the Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Data Standards.
• DLM 4000.25-2 (MILSTRAP) — Military Standard Transaction Reporting and Accounting Procedures. Governs inventory accountability transactions on which Supply Condition Codes are reported.
• DLA Disposition Services — Condition Codes. The disposition-side reference for materiel turned in to DLA Disposition Services and the move toward Supply-Condition-Code-only terminology.
• DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 6 — DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel Returns, Retention, and Disposition. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, for the materiel-lifecycle context behind unserviceable and disposal coding.