DID Shipping and Packaging Report.pdf

This is a Data Item Description (DID) document for the Report of Shipping (Item) and Packaging Discrepancy form (SF 364), identified as DI-MGMT-80503 with OMB approval number 0704-0188.

The DID establishes the format and content requirements for contractors to report discrepancies between freight contents and shipping documents, or packaging deficiencies, when receiving Government materiel during performance of defense contracts. The report serves two principal purposes: to support adjustment of property and financial inventory accounting records, and to provide information as a basis for claims. The applicable form is SF 364, with AMSC number A6284. Contractors must complete the report using specific preparation instructions that include detailed content requirements for 15 items: date of preparation, report number, recipient information, shipper details, invoice data, transportation documents, shipment numbers, requisitioner information, item nomenclature and serial numbers, unit of issue, quantities shipped versus received, discrepancy quantities and costs, discrepancy codes and action codes, remarks, funding and accounting data, and preparer identification. The document includes comprehensive guidance on completing each data element, with codes provided for condition of material, product quality deficiencies, and required actions. Distribution statements indicate the report is approved for public release with unlimited distribution. The form includes both a front side containing shipment and discrepancy data fields and a reverse side for processing instructions and disposition options for the referenced material.