Technopedia: Manufacturer
This section provides Technopedia: Manufacturer field descriptions for the following:
Field |
Description |
MFR Tier |
Categorization of manufacturers based on priority/importance |
MFR Name |
Manufacturer name (as obtained from the official website) |
MFR Manufacturer ID |
Manufacturer identification number |
MFR Legal |
Legal entity of the company (e.g., Corporation, Limited, etc.) |
MFR Description |
Brief description of the manufacturer |
MFR Also known as |
Another name the manufacturer is known as (e.g., abbreviation, expanded name, informal name, etc.) |
Manufacturer Financial Information
Field |
Description |
MFR Is Publicly traded? |
Indicates whether a manufacturer/vendor is publicly traded. (Values: Y or N) |
MFR Symbol |
Company stock/ticker symbol (if publicly traded) |
MFR Revenue |
Latest annual revenue (in millions, USD) |
MFR Revenue date |
Date the revenue number was collected |
MFR Profits per year |
Annual profits (in millions, USD) |
MFR Profits date |
Date the profits number was collected |
MFR Employees |
Number of employees |
MFR Employees date |
Date the number of employees was collected |
MFR Fiscal end date |
Date that marks the end of the manufacturer/vendor fiscal year |
Manufacturer Contact Information
Field |
Description |
MFR Country |
Country where the manufacturer is based (typically, the location of headquarters) |
MFR State |
State/province the manufacturer/vendor headquarters is located |
MFR Zip |
Zip/postal code of the manufacturer/vendor headquarters |
MFR City |
City where the manufacturer is based (typically, the location of headquarters) |
MFR Street |
Street address of the manufacturer/vendor headquarters |
MFR Phone |
Manufacturer telephone number |
MFR Fax |
Manufacturer fax number |
MFR Email |
Manufacturer email address |
MFR Website |
Manufacturer official website |
Manufacturer Acquisition Information
Field |
Description |
MFR Is Owned/Acquired? |
Indicates whether a manufacturer is owned or has been acquired by another manufacturer |
MFR Owner |
Manufacturer owner or acquirer, if applicable |
MFR Manufacturer owner ID |
Manufacturer owner identification number |
MFR Date acquired |
Date the manufacturer was acquired, if applicable |
Field |
Description |
IND Industry tag ID |
Unique identifier for industry tag |
IND Industry tag |
“Vertical integration” tag that identifies the industry within which a manufacturer belongs, based on the majority of their products |
IND Industry codes ID |
Unique identifier for Industry Code |
IND Code source |
Source from which industry tag categories are derived. (Values: NAICS, SIC, or UNSPSC) |
IND Code number |
Numeric codes of the industry categories used by NAICS, SIC, and UNSPSC |
IND Code title |
Category titles from NAICS, SIC, and UNSPSC |
Field |
Description |
TAX Type |
Software or hardware taxonomy |
TAX Group |
Optional attribute you can use to further simplify/re-organize the current, 2-level BDNA taxonomy into an additional, higher level. It groups Taxonomy parent ID into several discrete buckets |
TAX Taxonomy parent ID |
Identifier for BDNA parent taxonomy |
TAX Category |
Category |
TAX Category Description |
Brief description of the category |
TAX Taxonomy ID |
Identifier for BDNA taxonomy |
TAX Subcategory |
Subcategory |
TAX Subcategory |
Description Brief description of the subcategory |
Field |
Description |
PRI Is Private? |
Indicates whether the data being analyzed is private or not |
PRI Type |
Indicates the type of private data, options are: Proprietary item or Modified item |
PRI Table |
Name of the table that has private data. |
PRI Attribute |
Name of the attribute that has been edited. |
Field |
Description |
HW Model Count |
Distinct Hardware Model Count |
SW Release Count |
Distinct Software Release Count |