Part Parametric Search ToolFebruary 10,2011

Contact Information

https://pinpoint.xsb.com

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XSB, Inc.21 Bennetts Road, Suite 100Setauket, New York 11733

631-371-8100

Session Outline• Pin Point Overview• Navigating Pin Point

– NSN information– CAGE information– Part Number information

• Parametric Searching– Finding similar items– Grouping parts by characteristics– Setting rules for matching properties

• Other Features• Questions

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Pin Point Overview

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What is Pin Point?• A website providing a query engine for researching parts in the Federal

supply chain– Provides advanced parametric searching on physical and logistic part

properties– Allows user to quickly locate groups of similar parts for possible substitution,

sustainment engineering studies, and long term contracting• A User Interface to the Coherent View database. The Coherent View:

– aggregates part data from over 20 DOD databases, DOD EMALL and GSA Advantage electronic part portals, and commercial and manufacturer websites

– uses advanced Artificial Intelligence technology to structure part properties from unstructured narrative text, specifications, part numbers, and product descriptions

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Pin Point Data RichnessEnhanced Data  

More Weapon System Data: Increased number of NSNs associated to Weapon System (WSDCs)

1,920,116 NSN to Weapon System associations not in DLA EBS data

More Specification Data: Increased number of NSNs associated to specification documents

6,224,455 NSN to Specification associations not organized anywhere else

More Materials Data: Increased number of NSNs material associations

2,099,369 NSN to Material associations not found in material technical characteristics

More Manufacturing Process Data: Increased number of NSNs associated to manufacturing process

3,365,438 NSN to Manufacturing Process associations

Commercial Items on Government Contract: ~74,000,000Commercial data harvested from the WWW : Number of parts / Number of Attributes …Growing Daily.

~2,400,000 / ~49,000,000

Accessing Pin Point

• Web address: https://pinpoint.xsb.com• CAC login for Government users with DOD

Common Access Card (CAC)• DOD contractors may get login accounts with

Defense Standardization Program Office (DSPO) approval

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Users with accounts canuse Standard Login.

You may request an accountfrom DSPO

Users with CAC cards canuse CAC Login

Pin Point Login Screen

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Pin Point Home Page

NSNquery

CAGEquery

PartNumberquery

Parametric Search

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Navigating Pin Point

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NSN information lookup

Text boxes with circle icons have autocompletionStart typingNSN in textbox

Matching NSNappear in dropdown list

Choose desired NSN from list

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NSN Information Lookup

Alternately you can click on the lookup icon …

…and a separate window pops up that offersadditional NSN lookup options

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NSN information lookup

Once an NSN is entered in thetext box click the Search button to get informationfor that NSN

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NSN information lookup

Sidebar shows differentviews of informationavailable for NSN Grayedout items have no informationavailable

Initial view displayed is thebasic Info view

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CAGE information lookup

Cage to lookup can be entered in textbox withautocompletefunction

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CAGE information lookup

Alternately you can click on the lookup icon …

…and a separate window pops up that offersadditional CAGE lookup options

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Cage Information lookup

Once a CAGE is entered in thetext box click the Search button to get information for that CAGE

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CAGE information lookup

Sidebar shows differentviews of informationavailable for CAGE Grayedout items have no informationavailable

Initial view displayed is thebasic Info view

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CAGE Information Lookup

Looking up a brand name in the CAGElookup window…

… will match to the CAGE that supplies that brand

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Part Number Information Lookup

You start a part number search by typing thefull or partial part number you are looking forin the text box using the * as a wildcard

Holding the mouse over The question mark icon …

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Part Number Information Lookup

… Brings up rules for usingwildcards

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Once a Part Number pattern is entered in thetext box click the Search button to get informationfor matches to that Part Number pattern. ThisPattern finds all part numbers starting with MS14303

Part Number Information Lookup

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Part Number information lookup

Sidebar shows differentviews of informationavailable for Part Number. Grayed out items have no information available

Initial view displayed is thebasic Info view

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Part Number information lookup

Selecting specific part numbersand clicking the compare button …

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Part Number information lookup

…And you get a side by side comparison of the parts by attributes

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Parametric Searching

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Parametric Searching can be used to:

• Find part similar to an NSN– Example 1 - Bearing NSN

• Find parts with common attributes– Example 2 – O-Ring Attributes

• Group parts based on physical and logistic properties– Example 3 – Material Problem

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Example 1 – Bearing NSN

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

This is the results of a search on NSN 3110-00-184-0039, an AnnularBall Bearing. No referenced sourceis a purchasable item

Clicking the Find Similar button willinitiate a parametric search based on theknown attributes of this NSN

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

A parametric search query is filledout with all the known attributes ofThis NSN

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

The results of this query only returnthe one NSN

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

We modify the search by removing non-essential attributes including thereference to MIL-G-18709, an olderlower performance grease specification

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

Now 3 NSNs are returned that matchthese properties

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

We can select these NSNs and compare themside by side by clicking the Compare button

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

If we modify the query byremoving the StandardTolerance Designation,(ABEC 1 is minimal)…

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

Now ten NSNs are returned

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

The 10 NSNs can be compared side by side

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Parametric Search – Find similar parts – Example 1

Holding the mouse over the Context Icon next toa property value pops up a window showing where that value was found or inferred

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Example 2 – O-Ring Attributes

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

A parametric search based on productcharacteristics can also be started by clicking on “with INC/FSC/FSG filters” or “without filters”

We will start the nextsearch with an INC filter

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

You can choose one or moreINC, FSC, or FSG filters to limityour search. We will limit the nextsearch to a single INC

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

We enter the INC for O-Ring by startingto type O-Ring then choosing thecorrect INC from the autocompletedrop down list

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

We are presented with a listof O-Ring characteristicsfrom which we can selectto build a parametric search query

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

We enter the characteristicvalues we are looking forand click the Submit Querybutton

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

We find 2 NSNs and 74commercial part numbers thatmatch the query characteristics

Looking at AAC, AMC, AMSC, and CriticalityCodes for the NSNs, we see one is purchasedthrough open competition at a cost of $0.25 andthe other is purchased from a single source atat a cost of $3.98. The AMSC code of H forthis NSN means the Government does not haveenough information about the part to purchasefrom other sources

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

Comparing the NSNs side by side and looking at thecontext for Cross-Sectional Height for the sole sourceNSN, we see that FLIS technical characteristics onlyhas one critical dimension and the material as syntheticrubber

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Parametric Search – Find parts with common attributes – O-Ring Attributes

The other critical dimension and the Fluorocarbon material all comefrom the Caterpillar part number reference number for the NSN. There is a link to the Caterpillar website to verify this

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Example 3 – Material Problem

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Click on product characteristics search without filters

Parametric Search – Grouping Parts – Material Problem

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Choose material and click on lookup icon

Parametric Search – Grouping Parts – Material Problem

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Titanium can be chosenfrom the Material Taxonomy

Parametric Search – Grouping Parts – Material Problem

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Parametric Search – Grouping Parts – Material Problem

Use Manufacturing Processtaxonomy lookup to chooseForging

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Select WSDC and choose WSDCfor EA-6B aircraft

Click on Submit Query

Parametric Search – Grouping Parts – Material Problem

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53 Titanium forgings identified for this weapon system

Parametric Search – Grouping Parts – Material Problem

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Parametric Search – Setting Matching Rules

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Parametric Search – setting rules for matching properties

When working with a specificINC, you can set up special rulesfor matching property values.All Pin Point users can viewthese rules. Editing the rulesrequires a user account withspecial permissions. CAClogin will not let you edit rules

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Parametric Search – setting rules for matching properties

Rules for INC 47946O-RINGS. Rules canbe set for different types of numerictolerances and valueequvalencies.

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Other Features

• Links to ASSIST, QPD data, GIDEP, and WSIT• Ability to download tables and reports in

multiple file formats• Support for Batch Queries• Support for defining specialized matching

rules in parametric search queries

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Questions

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