Manufacturer

The following table shows manufacturer attributes.

Manufacturer
Attribute	Description
Manufacturer ID	The manufacturer table’s unique identifier.
Manufacturer Owner ID	The manufacturer owner’s unique identifier.
Manufacturer	The manufacturer name (as obtained from the official website).
Legal	The legal entity of a company (i.e., Corporation, Limited, etc.).
Symbol	A company’s stock/ticker symbol (if publicly traded).
Tier	The categorization of manufacturers based on priority/importance.
Website	The manufacturer’s official website.
Date Acquired	The date the manufacturer was acquired, if applicable.
Description	A brief description of the manufacturer.
Known As	Another name the manufacturer is known by (i.e., an abbreviation, expanded name, informal name, etc.).
Street	The street address of the manufacturer/vendor headquarters.
City	The city where the manufacturer is based (typically, the location of its headquarters).
State	The state or province in which the manufacturer/vendor headquarters is located.
Zip	The Zip/postal code of the manufacturer/ vendor headquarters.
Country	The country where the manufacturer is based (typically, the location of its headquarters).
Phone	The manufacturer’s telephone number.
Fax	The manufacturer’s fax number.
Email	The manufacturer’s email address.
Publicly Traded	This indicates whether a manufacturer/vendor is publicly traded (i.e. ‘Y’ or ‘N’).
Revenue (in millions of USD)	Latest annual revenue (in millions of USD).
Revenue Date	The date in which the revenue number was collected.
Fiscal End Date	The date that marks the end of the manufacturer/vendor fiscal year.
Profits Per Year (in millions of USD)	The manufacturer’s annual profits (in millions of USD).
Profits Date	The date in which the profit numbers were collected.
Employees	The number of employees a manufacturer has.
Employees Date	The date the number of employees was collected.
Industry Tag ID	The unique identifier for an industry tag.
Is Private	Yes = Private entry; No = Original Technopedia entry
Private Flag	0 = Not Modified (i.e. original Technopedia entry); 1 = Modified Technopedia object; 2 = Proprietary object (those that have negative IDs).
Private Type	PRIVATE_TYPE = NULL if PRIVATE_FLAG = 0,PRIVATE_TYPE = Modified Technopedia entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 1,PRIVATE_TYPE = Proprietary entry if PRIVATE_FLAG = 2.