“CODIFICATION & LOGISTIC SUPPORT

TO OPERATIONS ”

GEORGE BOND

CHAIRMAN AC135

chairmanac135@hotmail.co.uk

Tel: +44 1786 823237

Mobile: +44 771 403 0202

LAAD 13

RIO DE JANEIRO

UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL

CODIFICATION BUREAU

KENTIGERN HOUSE

GLASGOW

SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH

LONDON

GLASGOW

LONDON

THE TARTAN ARMY

5

SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM 2014

BATTLE OF BANNOCKBURN - JUNE 1314

ALLIED COMMITTEE 135 – GROUP OF NATIONAL

DIRECTORS OF CODIFICATION

1953 - Federal Cataloguing becomes NATO Codification

28 NATO and 37 Partner Nations

Current Applications & Interest

CODIFICATION – A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

NATO CODIFICATION - DEFINITION

NATO Codification (Cataloguing) is a

process which examines an item,

compares it with other similar items

and allocates a unique NATO Stock

Number to identical items with the

same form, fit and function

•

NCS BASIC

PRINCIPLE

ONE ITEM OF SUPPLY

ONE NATO STOCK NUMBER

Part 001 Part AB-1 Part XYZ Part 1234

MANUFACTURING

– „ITEMS OF PRODUCTION‟

IDENTICAL ITEMS

= ONE „ITEM OF SUPPLY‟

5306 – 99 – 123 – 4567

MANUFACTURER'S

IDENTIFICATION

SYSTEM

DUNLOP11-00-20SPTGM

GOODYEAR TIRE CO11-00-20SRLER

GOODYEAR FRANCE11-00-20UNISRL

CUP SNC1100R20GSRT4-16PR

NATO Stock Number (NSN)

MANUFACTURER'S

IDENTIFICATION

SYSTEM

NATO

CODIFICATION

SYSTEM

2610-14-3224604NATO Stock Number

DUNLOP11-00-20SPTGM

GOODYEAR TIRE CO11-00-20SRLER

GOODYEAR FRANCE11-00-20UNISRL

CUP SNC1100R20GSRT4-16PR

NAVY

ARMY

AIR FORCE

OTHER

COUNTRIES

NATO Stock Number (NSN)

BEFORE CODIFICATION

I need a washerJeg har brug

for en skive

I need a shim Un disque s.v.p.

AFTER CODIFICATION

I need a washerJeg har brug

for en skive

I need a shim Un disque s.v.p.

5306-00-019-1802 5306-00-019-1802

5306-00-019-1802

5306-00-019-1802

Online Subscription @ : www.nato.int/nmcrl

WWW.NATO.INT / CODIFICATION

NATO MASTER CATALOGUE OF REFERENCES

FOR LOGISTICS

• 17 Million active Items of Supply (NSNs)

• 34 Million active Items of Production

• 2 Million Manufacturers and Vendors

• 92 Million Lines of Technical Characteristics

• Links to other Identification Systems

• Search by Characteristics, Batch Functionalities

EFFICIENCY AND

EFFECTIVENESS

IN LOGISTIC SUPPORT

= ENHANCED CAPABILITY

NATO CODIFICATION - PURPOSE

• To establish a common supply language for all

Operations

• To enable interoperability and joint support

• To reduce costs by minimizing duplication in

inventories

• To support data management and data quality

initiatives

NATO CODIFICATION - PURPOSE

A COMMON LANGUAGE INTEGRATING THE

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

National

Agencies

Army

Depots

Navy

Air Force

Private

Industry

Other

Nations

NATO CODIFICATION SYSTEM

22

ISAF – AFGHANISTAN

48 TROOP –

CONTRIBUTING

NATIONS

45 ARE

MEMBERS OF

THE NCS

CREATING

INTEROPERABILITY

COMMON EQUIPMENT

SUPPORT BETWEEN

COALITION FORCES

RAF Equipment (Tornado Digital Joint Recce Pod)

There are Just 14 in the RAF Inventory - £1M Each

HMS Nottingham

Ran aground off the coast of Australia while on an

unsupported tour – urgent requirement - a sea water pump –

not held on-board

62%

10%

28%

Reference ScreeningCharacteristic ScreeningNew Codification

200, 000 NEW ITEMS OFFERED TO UK MOD FOR CODIFICATION

MINIMISING INVENTORY

40,000 Line ItemsOnly 7,000 items that were

not already held in the

Defence Supply Chain

ASTUTE SUBMARINE

PROCUREMENT COST SAVINGS

In the UK two methods of supply exist

ITEM 5920-99-543-0658

A) Drawing the item from an existing store

£0.10

B) Purchasing the item direct from the manufacturer

£0.80 purchase (minimum order of 10) +

£5 Postage + Packing = £13

TOTAL SAVING WHEN THE ITEM HAS BEEN CORRECTLY

IDENTIFIED IN STORES

£12.90

Source: Airbus Military

ALN

AS

BAE

CASA

FLABEL

TAI

MULTINATIONAL

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

DASA

A400M

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CODIFICATION BENEFITS STUDY

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The Codification Benefits Framework

role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

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role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

The Codification benefits framework

Estonia …

able to use US supply chain in

Iraq to provide engine oil for

vehicles because the NSN was

the definitive link by which to

establish the technical

characteristics & hence

suitability of the available oil …

avoided complexity &

expense of supply chain from

Estonia

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role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

The Codification benefits framework

Singapore …

access to last purchase price

enabling identification that the

contractor was proposing new

prices in total USD 4 million more

expensive for 156 high-value

items on an aircraft project

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role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

The Codification benefits framework

Australia …

during operations in East Timor, up to nine

weeks to re-supply items that had no NSN

… significantly longer than those items with

an NSN

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role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

The Codification benefits framework

NAMSA …

able to effect re-supply in 24 hours

using the NSN to identify available NOR

items after US aircraft had been

previously unavailable for 60 days

because of lack of stock

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role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

The Codification benefits framework

UK contractor …

using NSN as the primary

key for internal ERP

systems, including

management of stock of

behalf of the UK MOD

because this is the most

effective & efficient option

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role of Codification

record within logistic

support system

common language

equivalence between

form, fit & function

master data for logistics

management aspects

master data for Items of

Supply

impact on logistic

support system

interoperability

rationalized inventory

alternative sources of

supply

decision making as part

of logistics processes

procurement of materiel

timeliness

timeliness

timeliness

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

reduced risk

reduced cost

delivered benefit

multi-national operations

new sales opportunities

for Industry

secure & competitive

supply from Industry

faster, better, cheaper

logistic support system

The Codification benefits framework

Singapore …

original equipment

manufacturer (OEM) prices of

items up to 30% cheaper than

those charged by prime

contractor

In-Transit In-TheaterIn-StorageDevelopment Disposal

NSN UID RFID

Good Data is the

key to good

materiel

management

ENHANCING DATA QUALITY

DATA ACCURACY

Wanted this!

Got this!

250L Fuel250 barrels each containing 250L of fuel

Quite often, by the time we discover the wrong

thing has been sent, its too late to late to do

anything about it!

Gold RN Buttons (Going to Lashkar Ghar)

Flown from UK

Not Required in Theatre

Not Authorised to be Issued to Theatre.

Wrong NSN demanded ?

Item Introduction

DataISIS

Base Inventory Deployed Inventory

Codification

Data

CODIFICATION AT THE HEART OF THE

DATA ‘WORLD’‘DEFENCE CATALOGUE’

PACIFIC AREA CODIFICATION

SEMINAR

CODIFICATION – A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

LATIN AMERICAN CODIFICATION

SEMINAR ??

CODIFICATION – A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

CODIFICATION

THE GLOBAL LANGUAGE OF LOGISTICS

CODIFICATION

SUPPORTING THE WARFIGHTER

Vendor BPart Number 2

Vendor APart Number 1

NSN

UII A1

UII A3

UII A2

UII A4

UII B1

UII B3

UII B2

UII B4

NATO Stock Number (NSN) level

Item of Supply

Part Number level

Item of Production

Item level –

Unique Item

Identifier (UII)

Item of Usage

INTEGRATING THE DATA

ASSET IDENTIFICATION HIERARCHY

MILITARY

GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY

CODIFICATION