Organization

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
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  • 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

bilateral agreements for codification data exchange and services
Country(CTR) Year Country(CTR) Year Country(CTR) Year
flag of United States of America
USA

2019

flag of Canada
CAN

2008

flag of Federative Republic of Brazil
BRA

2011

flag of United Kingdom
GBR

2009

flag of Belgium
BEL

2008

flag of Republic of Singapore
SGP

2002

flag of Germany
DEU

2009

flag of Kingdom of the Netherlands
NLD

2008

flag of Malaysia
MYS

2008

flag of france
FRA

2009

flag of Denmark
DNK

2009

flag of Republic of Indonesia
IDN

2008

flag of Italy
ITA

2009

flag of Spain
ESP

1992

flag of Russia
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"