The NATO-compliant Cataloguing Solution is a catalogue management system which is compliant with the NATO Codification System used by more than 50 participating countries. The NATO Codification System is a one-standard, worldwide approach for recording information about both providers and suppliers.

SCS pioneered the development and implementation of the system, which was a key factor behind Singapore’s attainment of the prestigious NATO Codification System Tier 2 Nation Status in 2002. The Tier 2 Nation Status enables Singapore to make use of the NATO cataloguing database and allows items codified by the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) to be recognised internationally as part of the database.

The NATO-compliant Cataloguing Solution comprises the following major components:

• Catalogue management for local and overseas items
• User management for local and overseas users
• Interface to Procurement system to generate purchase requisitions for top-up of items
• Online item enquiry for trusted partners and services users to enquire about items in the catalogue
• Document Management System to store and retrieve pictorial specifications of items
• Report generation

Benefits

The NATO-compliant Cataloguing Solution

• helps to identify interchangeable items in different locations in the country or worldwide
• helps prevent buying unnecessary stock, avoid storage costs for overstocked items, and tracks the use of items before they become out of date
• aids in managing budgets and tracking expenditures
• helps identify and track commercial vendors
• enables systematical tracking of critical information, including past performance by contractors, addresses and telephone numbers, and political/social data
• makes it easier for logisticians to recognise whether an item contains precious metals may, whether it is hazardous to the environment, or of such high value that it requires special storage procedures