Search by NSN/NIIN

In the application: Main Menu → Parts/Products → Search by NSN/NIIN

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Written walkthrough and screen references

  1. Find a part by NSN or NIIN
  2. Read an NSN result
  3. Read an item's technical characteristics
  4. Read an NSN's award history
  5. Read contractor results and profiles
  6. Find documents associated with an NSN
  7. Evaluate recorded substitute items
  8. Inspect and download item drawings
  9. Read FLIS identification, sourcing and reference segments
  10. Read FLIS shipping and management data
  11. Read inventory and backorders
  12. Read the combined NSN research report
  13. Search and read APL/AEL equipment lists
  14. Read monthly and quarterly forecasts
  15. Use the short-form NSN market report
  16. Find NIINs through supply groups, classes and item terms
  17. Discover NSNs by item name
  18. Narrow candidate NSNs by technical characteristics
  19. Search drawings by stock number or drawing number
  20. Prepare an account NSN list and request its batch report
  21. Read the full registration-detail field list
  22. Review opportunities related to a contractor

Watch the learning sequence

1. Search by NSN or NIIN: item research and alternative searches

Start with the button-specific workflow: Search by NSN or NIIN: item research and alternative searches.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Open Search by NSN/NIIN
  2. 0:22 — Enter the stock number
  3. 0:50 — Confirm the matching item
  4. 1:49 — Choose the next research question
  5. 2:23 — Open Technical Characteristics
  6. 2:36 — Read each characteristic across its row
  7. 3:39 — Open Award History
  8. 3:56 — Compare the award date, quantity and price
  9. 4:59 — Open the printable award table
  10. 5:37 — Follow an awardee to its CAGE profile
  11. 6:07 — Open Associated Documents
  12. 6:29 — Choose the matching document number
  13. 7:02 — Read the listed specification revisions
  14. 7:44 — Read the associated specification itself
  15. 8:27 — Browse documents related to the specification
  16. 9:07 — Open Substitutes
  17. 9:18 — Read the substitute relationship row
  18. 10:03 — Open the item's drawing list
  19. 10:14 — Compare drawing, sheet, type and revision
  20. 10:56 — Confirm the selected drawing row
  21. 11:20 — Use a separate opened-drawing example
  22. 11:57 — Inspect the opened drawing file
  23. 12:28 — Start at the NSN item page
  24. 12:59 — Open FLIS Header
  25. 13:01 — FLIS Header — Segment A
  26. 14:20 — Open MOE Rules
  27. 14:24 — MOE Rules — Segment B
  28. 15:20 — Open MCRL
  29. 15:24 — MCRL — Segment C
  30. 16:20 — Open Shipping
  31. 16:23 — Shipping — Segment G
  32. 17:31 — Open ML-C
  33. 17:35 — ML-C — Segment H
  34. 18:39 — Open Inventory
  35. 18:43 — Inventory
  36. 19:25 — Open BackOrder
  37. 19:29 — BackOrder
  38. 20:09 — Return to item research
  39. 20:36 — Open the combined HTML report
  40. 20:51 — Match catalog and management sections
  41. 21:32 — Read the report award quantities and prices
  42. 22:02 — Compare the report technical characteristics
  43. 22:26 — Read the report's document references
  44. 23:06 — Finish with substitutions and MOE rules
  45. 23:44 — Return to the NSN summary
  46. 24:13 — Check the screw's APL lookup
  47. 24:55 — Use a separate populated APL example
  48. 25:38 — Read the pump list's parts
  49. 26:20 — Read the screw's forecast result
  50. 26:46 — Identify the monthly forecast
  51. 27:05 — Read monthly quantities and total
  52. 27:13 — Read price and acquisition fields
  53. 27:26 — Switch from item months to class quarters
  54. 27:48 — Read the chain's quarterly quantities
  55. 28:27 — Read this screw's three-year market result
  56. 28:59 — Read a populated item market example
  57. 29:30 — Open the item competitor list
  58. 29:51 — Choose the right reference link on the screw
  59. 30:19 — See where the part-number link goes
  60. 30:52 — Confirm the referenced organization
  61. 31:19 — See what IPB Search opens
  62. 31:46 — Start another item lookup
  63. 32:10 — Choose the search that matches what you know
  64. 32:48 — Use a nine-character NIIN when you have it
  65. 33:14 — Confirm the item found by NIIN
  66. 33:39 — Browse by supply group and class
  67. 34:26 — Follow stored item terms to a NIIN
  68. 34:58 — Confirm the FSG search result
  69. 35:29 — Search from an item name
  70. 35:50 — Compare item names and stock numbers
  71. 36:19 — Confirm one name-search candidate
  72. 36:45 — Search by technical-characteristic description
  73. 37:21 — Choose the matching description
  74. 37:44 — Read the requirements and starting count
  75. 38:11 — Choose a reply for one requirement
  76. 38:43 — Narrow by exact values and units
  77. 39:17 — Review the narrowed NSN list
  78. 39:47 — Search a drawing by stock number or drawing number
  79. 40:26 — Read stock-number drawing matches
  80. 41:04 — Search from a drawing identifier
  81. 41:48 — Prepare an NSN batch report
  82. 42:23 — Select report sections
  83. 43:09 — Identify the report workbook and its tabs
  84. 43:27 — Read the battery MCRL reference
  85. 43:36 — Read the sling TechChars reply
  86. 43:48 — Identify the award-only workbook tabs
  87. 43:59 — Read the sling award line
  88. 44:34 — Read item identity and assignment fields
  89. 45:05 — Read the remaining catalog indicators
  90. 45:39 — Match part references to CAGE and company
  91. 46:28 — Read requirements beside their replies
  92. 47:09 — Read ML-C supply, unit and price fields
  93. 47:42 — Read ML-C control and service fields
  94. 48:16 — Read MOE rule rows
  95. 49:05 — Identify associated document references
  96. 49:37 — Read substitute relationships
  97. 50:24 — Identify each returned award line
  98. 50:46 — Read price, date and the sling example
  99. 51:21 — Use the right view for the next question

2. Research a contractor profile and its company actions

Continue from a company or CAGE link into its profile, DLA history, federal awards, part references, registration, GSA, RoadMap, opportunities and subcontractor report. Shared examples use different companies.

Watch from the beginning

Choose a chapter
  1. 0:00 — Open a CAGE-based profile
  2. 0:33 — Read the company identity and location
  3. 1:13 — Choose a parts-history range
  4. 1:44 — Check the company’s DLA parts history
  5. 2:43 — Read federal contract awards
  6. 3:34 — Review the company’s part references
  7. 4:23 — Check the GSA Schedule view
  8. 5:07 — Switch to the registration example
  9. 5:29 — open-registration-details
  10. 5:43 — match-the-business-identity
  11. 6:22 — interpret-registration-dates-and-next-step
  12. 7:05 — Explore the company RoadMap
  13. 7:34 — open-the-contractor-opportunity-view
  14. 8:00 — read-the-match-summary-and-part-row
  15. 8:44 — verify-notice-source-and-match-fit
  16. 9:11 — Open the SubContractor Report
  17. 9:31 — Return to company search

Optional focused reviews

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