REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

www.mod.gov.rs

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Material Resources Sector

Defensive Technologies Department

Military Technical Institute

www.vti.mod.gov.rs

THE IMPORTANCE OF CODIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGIES OF AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION IN THE SYSTEM OF DEFENSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

DANKO JOVANOVIĆ

Logistics Department GS SAF, Belgrade, danko.jovanovic@mod.gov.rs

VELIBOR JOVANOVIĆ

Central logistics base GS SAF, Belgrade, velibordjovanovic@gmail.com

VELJKO PETROVIĆ

Department of defense technologies MoD, Belgrade, veljko.petrovic@mod.gov.rs

Abstract: Codification represents the process of determining codification code for material assets with the aim of their unambiguous recognition. Bearing in mind that the current nomenclature does not allow the products and services, which go through the process of codification, the exit on the market of the users of NATO codification system, and that it does not allow SAF interoperability with the armies participating in the UN missions, a need appeared to sign the Contract of adopting NATO codification system between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia and the Group of national NATO codification directors (АC-135), which gave Serbia membership as a sponsored non-NATO country. The application of technologies of automatic identification in the system of defense means tracking the state of codified things to the extent desired by subordinates in charge. The media of technologies of automatic identification (BARCODE and RFID), are used as code exponents with a high quality of data and adequate description of material assets, in order to provide the key level of supplies transparency in a supply chain. By using them and  applying adequate information system, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia would be able to establish its own codification system and harmonize it with NATO codification system in order to successfully realize a unique codification and classification of assets with the aim of their unambiguous recognition.

Key words: Codification, Serbian Armed Forces (SAF), technologies of automatic identification, RFID technology.