APL/AEL Search

When you perform a search in the Navy APLClosedAllowance Parts List - the Navy's general distribution list./AELClosedAllowance Equipment List - the Navy's list for Trident submarines. Database, the search results enable you to view current and historical data from the same detail results window. You begin by entering a RICClosedRepairable Item Code - indicates whether or not an item is repairable. The code is directly associated with the Material Control Code (MCC). If the MCC is D, M, W, or Z, the item is not repairable. If the MCC is E, H, or X, the item is repairable. Also Routing Identifier Code - a three-character code representing a depot in critical supply of a given item. The RIC is the Army Inventory Control point having Army item management responsibility (items for which wholesale item management is assigned to Army), or RIC of the service item control center (items for MS for which DLA/GSA are assigned wholesale integrated management responsibility). Also Reportable Item Code - can be used interchangeably with the APL code and the AEL code. They are items in the Navy's General Distribution Allowance Part List. APLs cross-reference to part numbers, NSNs, and FSCM/CAGEs./APL/AEL or NSNClosedNational Stock Number - a 13-digit number assigned to a part under the Federal Cataloging Program. The first four digits of the NSN are the Federal Supply Class (FSC) of the part. The last nine digits are the National Item Identification Number (NIIN) of the part./NIINClosedNational Item Identification Number - nine-digit number assigned to a part under the Federal Cataloging Program. It is the last nine digits of the National Stock Number. number in the associated search field on the Search window. You also search using NomenclatureClosedAllowance Parts/Equipage List Nomenclature is a set or group of alphanumeric words or symbols that describe the equipment, component or equipage assigned an APL or AEL identification number. The following develops the nomenclature: 1. Material Systems Command personnel, or other designated activities 2. Shipyard and fleet personnel 3. ICP technicians Nomenclature is based on applicable engineering drawings, nameplate data, and/or technical publications. Keywords, a CAGEClosedCommercial Activity Government Entity - listings of firms that manufacture or distribute items procured by the U.S. Government; also known as the Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers. The following are the types of activities and documents that are assigned CAGE Codes: Manufacturers; Vendors; Government agencies who manufacture an item of supply; Government agencies that control the development of government specifications and/or standards; Government specifications or standards when no single government source can be identified; NATO manufacturers. Code, Part NumberClosedA 32-character field containing the part number assigned by the manufacturer. In some cases, the part number field is used to identify a drawing, or the source or specification controlling number of the item identified by the National Stock Number (NSN). Part Number is also known as the Reference Number., Plan Number, Publication/Manual Number, Reference Symbol/Circuit Number, Hull Number, or Ship Name.

In most cases, you will type a partial RIC/APL/AEL or NSN/NIIN number with a wildcard, and then if you want to filter your search results further, you type criteria in the other fields.

Allowable Parts List Search page

In addition, you have the option of clicking the More Search Options link to open criteria fields, which represent a single line of data from Segment B. The criteria fields narrow your search further.

The first search results window, referred to as the Brief window and the APL File List, returns a list of RIC/APL/AEL numbers and associated Part Number/Manufacturer IDs, Manufacturer Name, and Nomenclature. If you typed a complete RIC/APL/AEL number, Haystack Gold will take you to the details results window and skip the Brief window because it is one number.

RIC/APL/AEL numbers and associated Part Number/Manufacturer IDs, Manufacturer Name, and Nomenclature page

From the Brief window, you select a RIC/APL/AEL linked number, which takes you to the current details of the RIC/APL/AEL with access to Segments A, B, C, D, E, F, and MAPLClosedManufacturing Assembly Parts List - data is found in the APL/AEL database..

Current details of the RIC/APL/AEL page

To view the historical details of the RIC/APL, click the Historical APL tab. This summary gives you access to Segments A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and MAPL.

Historical details of the RIC/APL page

FLSIP Views

You easily access FLSIPClosedFleet Logistics Support Improvement Program - devised and implemented by the DOD to increase fleet customer service on a ship without degrading the ship's readiness. The rating system uses the Navy's Inventory Control Point -Mechanicsburg, PA, (NAVICP-M) Point Five FLSIP Plus (.5F+) COSAL (Coordinated Onboard Shipboard Allowance List) inventory model, which incorporates all the features of the .25 FLSIP (one hit in one year), .5 (one hit in 5 years) and .10 FLSIP range (one hit in ten years), where one hit indicates one instance of repair. The FLSIP information uses a combination of predicted failure rate, population of the part on board the ship, military essentiality of the part to the component, and whether or not the component is vital to the mission of the ship. The FLSIP model develops a COSAL based on one request in four years and a minimum requirement of one replacement unit. Unless there is a valid override requiring a fixed enableance quantity, a repair part must meet the specified usage rate per quarter in order to qualify as an enableance item. The FLSIP model exclusion factor can be set at different levels, e.g., an exclusion factor of .25 indicates that the failure rate on an item with a population of one would have at least one failure in a four year period. The formula to obtain the usage rate is the failure rate (Best Replacement Factor) times the population divided by four. The usage rate would then have to be at least .0625 per quarter for an item to qualify for enableance. data from the Historical ALP view. Tabs for FLSIP data appear above the header information on the right side of the window and contain FLSIP .25 and .5, Conventional, Modified FLSIP, AEL, Trident FLSIP/APL, and Trident AEL.

Access to the MAPL is included with the Segment tabs.

Segment buttons of the Historical Details APL/AEL tab page

Reporting

Microfiche reports and Custom APL reports can be accessed from both the Current and Historical APL views. Reports are specific to the tab you are viewing and will only contain the applicable segments for each.

Batch reporting is available for the current and historical APL content. The default batch reports contain both sets of data.

Code Definitions and Descriptions

When you hover the mouse over a value in the details result list, a popup appears with a definition and explanation of the code.

Hover the cursor over the graphic examples to see examples.

Navy Cognizance Code tooltip of the Historical APL/AEL tab page Federal Supply Classification Code tooltip of the Historical APL/AEL tab page Source Maintenance and Recovery Code tooltip of the Historical APL/AEL tab page Unit of Issue Code tooltip of the Historical APL/AEL tab page

  1. Click Database >  USClosedUSP UNIT (Unit of Measure). Navy > APL/AEL.
  2. At the bottom of the window click Advanced Search to expand the window and view the available Criteria fields that are similar to the Criteria fields on the FLISClosedFederal Logistics Information System - the Haystack APL Federal Supply Catalog comprised of the FLIS (Parts 1, 2, 3); the Management List - Consolidated (ML-C); the Federal Supply Classifications Handbooks (H-2); the Federal Item Name Directory (H-6); the Commercial Activity Government Entity Handbook (CAGE); the Characteristics Data (V-Segment); the Interchangeability / Substitutability Data; and the Major Organizational Entity Rules (MOE) databases. window.
    To return to a basic APL search, click Return to Basic Search.
  3. Type 00003064 in the RIC/APL/AEL field.  
  4. Place your cursor in the Ship Name field and begin typing in USS Ronald Reagan.
    The pull-down menu uses "type ahead" functionality to display a list of ship names that includes the USS Ronald Reagan. Select USS Boston, and then click Search.
  5. The results display Segment D data by default.
  1. Hover over or click any of the underlined codes, such as the 9B Cog code or 4320 FSCClosedFederal Supply Classification - a four-digit code. The first two digits denote the group or major division of commodities; the last two denote the class or subdivisions of commodities within a group. Items which are similar in physical or performance characteristics are requisitioned together, or grouped together, for supply management purposes and given a Federal Supply Class (FSC) code. The FSC is. code to view the definitions for those codes.
  2. Type 5310 in the FSC field at the top of the FSC column in the list, and then type on your keyboard or click the Filter button to refine your list to just the items with that FSC code.
  3. To clear the FSC sort, highlight the field, and then click Clear in the COGClosedCognizance Symbol - a two-position prefix to Federal Stock Numbers to identify and designate the inventory control point, office, or agency that exercises supply management within the Name. The first position of the COG is numeric and identifies the storage account. The second position is alphabetic and identifies the combined technical and inventory managers having jurisdiction over the item. The inventory manager is that inventory control point, office, or agency that exercises supply demand control over a given segment of Navy interest material. column.
  4. To view Segment B data, click the [B] Component Characteristics [19] tab.
    The number of records appears. Notice that the [D] Component Parts button shows the number of records in Segment D data when you click the other Segment buttons.
  5. To view Segment F data, click the Historical APL tab, and then click the [F] Multiple Ref. Numbers [60]tab.
    In our example, Segment G has no data available, and the tab is gray.
  1. Click the Microfiche Report link to display a PDF image of the component, which includes Segment B and D data and can include other segmental information.
  2. Close the Microfiche Report window to return to your APL data.
  3. Click Custom APL Report to go to the selectable segment data you would like to use to build a custom report.
    Click Default Report if you want to use all available segments for your report.
  4. Click Display/Print Report to compile your report.
  1. Click the Ship/Hull link to view other ships that use that component.
  2. Click Back To Summary to return to the results list.
  3. Click the Back To Brief link to go to the APL File List window where you select other available FLSIP, Trident, or MAPL views.
    Note: Sort the search results in the MFR ID and Nomenclature columns as well as the RIC/APL column.
  4. Click the MAPL tab in the Historical APL display to view the Master Allowance Parts List.
  1. To export any of the major segments [B, C, D, E, F] to an Excel spreadsheet or text format, select the component, and then click Print List below the table.
    The window opens with a new table and an Export Report Data box.
  2. Click Export to Excel format or Export to text format to download the table to your computer.
    Note: You are able to download the first 2,500 items listed in the segment. To create an APL Batch, click the Back to Search button, and then the APL Batch button.

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