Starfleet Codification System

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The Starfleet Codification System (SCS for short) is a Standardization Agreement approach to identify, classify and number items of supply for Starfleet. This is applicable to items that are repetitively used and stocked (e.g., repair parts, equipment, food items, etc.). The System has been agreed by all members of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) and sponsored non-Federation societies and systems for use in identifying equipment and supplies.

The result is a unique identification and a data set that can be easily shared and understood by a wide range of users. The data set may be shared in the form of printed catalogs, electronic data exchanges and replicator systems. Users include logisticians as well as designers and traditional manufacturers.

The process of codification (or cataloging) involves naming, classifying, describing the item and assignment of a 13 digit Federation Stock Number or Fleet Stock Number (FSN). The system aids logistics processes, to include supply, maintenance, warehousing, transportation, planning, design, replication etc. Further, it allows different organizations, national, and even interstellar societies, to cooperate in providing logistics support to disaster relief, peace keeping and similar operations.

As presently established the SCS, as structured by the FSN, consists of 81(?) groups which are subdivided into 645(?) classes.

FCS documents[edit | edit source]

Five Standardization Agreements (STANAGs) build the structural basis for the system:

  • STANAG 3150: Codification-Uniform System of Supply Classification
  • STANAG 3151: Codification-Uniform System of Item of Supply Identification
  • STANAG 4177: Codification-Uniform System of Data Acquisition
  • STANAG 4199: Codification-Uniform System of Exchange of Materiel Management Data
  • STANAG 4438: Codification-Uniform System of Dissemination of Data Associated with Fleet Stock Numbers (FSN)

FCS basics[edit | edit source]

Unambiguous item identification in accordance with the STANAG 3151 standard. This identification takes place by means of a Fleet Stock Number (NSN), which is composed of a 4-digit Federation Supply Classification Group Code, a 3-digit code for the Federation Codification Bureau (FCB) representing the UFP member which codifies the item and of a 7-digit non-significant number that is assigned by this FCB.

Uniform System of Supply Classification in accordance with STANAG 3150. All material is classified in material groups and classes with respect to its usage in logistics.

Uniform System of Item Names in accordance with the H6 manual (Item Name Directory). There are approximately 120,000 approved item names used, covering all types of material.

Item identification:

  • A descriptive item identification according to the Item Identification Guide (IIG) on the basis of material technical attributes specification.
  • A reference item identification on the basis of the manufacturer’s code, CAGE, and of the manufacturer’s item identification number.

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