Organization

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

  • 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
flag of United States of AmericaUSA 2019 flag of CanadaCAN 2008 flag of Federative Republic of BrazilBRA 2011
flag of United KingdomGBR 2009 flag of BelgiumBEL 2008 flag of Republic of SingaporeSGP 2002
flag of GermanyDEU 2009 flag of Kingdom of the NetherlandsNLD 2008 flag of MalaysiaMYS 2008
flag of FranceFRA 2009 flag of DenmarkDNK 2009 flag of Republic of IndonesiaIDN 2008
flag of ItalyITA 2009 flag of SpainESP 1992 flag of RussiaRUS 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"