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NATO CODIFICATION

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The National Codification Bureau of the Republic of Korea(NCB KOR)

The National Codification Bureau of the Republic of Korea(NCB KOR) image

Korea, Republic of

To manage the Korean Codification System in conformity with the NATO Codification System(NCS) based on rules and regulations established in AC/135
To identify and codify items of supply produced by Korean manufacturers and used by military services and NATO countries/sponsored non-NATO countries.
To maintain a Total Item Record(TIR) that stores all data for each codified item of supply

The Korean NCB is responsible for the Korean codification policy and the coordination of all codification activities for the armed services and other organisations.
Organisationally it is part of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. The NCB was arranged to be divided into two functional groups (Policy and Cataloguing)

The Republic of Korea currently has bilateral agreements for codification data exchange and services with the following countries

Country(CTR)	Year	Country(CTR)	Year	Country(CTR)	Year
USA	2019	CAN	2008	BRA	2011
GBR	2009	BEL	2008	SGP	2002
DEU	2009	NLD	2008	MYS	2008
FRA	2009	DNK	2009	IDN	2008
ITA	2009	ESP	1992	RUS	2010
Total : 15 Countries

SEGMENTs Data Used by KOR NCB

SEGMENT A Identification Data
SEGMENT B MOE Rule Data
SEGMENT C Reference Data
SEGMENT K Item Identification Status /Cancellation Data
SEGMENT V Coded Characteristic Data

The tool for codifying items of supply based on NATO Codification System rules is KDSIS (Korea defense Standard Information System) developed by KOR NCB in April 2013.
This system is included in the integrated "Logistic Standard Management System"