IHS HAYSTACK® Gold
Quick access to comprehensive parts information is critical for both government organizations and commercial contractors. Whether you are conducting a simple search to verify a NSN or part number, or a timesaving batch search for thousands of items in one operation, your mission is dependent on fast, accurate and reliable data.
To meet your needs, IHS offers Haystack Gold, a complete parts and logistics management system. It provides crucial, integrated and interoperable logistics information so that processes can be automated, labor and research costs reduced, and new levels of efficiency and return on investment realized. Using IHS Haystack Gold will significantly cut down the time you spend researching hard-to-find parts, maximizing supply chain effectiveness.
HAYSTACK contains information on more than 100 million items in the U.S. Federal Supply Catalog and over 40 U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and related military databases. Access to the National Forging Tooling Database (NFTD) provides visibility to spare parts and tooling. Superior search engine capabilities enable users to search by a wide range of criteria, databases, or other commands to returns hundreds of thousands of relevant results in seconds. Search by:
- National Stock Number (NSN)
- Part number
- CAGE code
- Company name
- Technical characteristics
- Product Item Description (PID) data
- and many other parameters
With HAYSTACK's breadth of content and superior indexing, you get the information necessary to make the decisions related to your specific job function and the ability to focus on what is truly important: the projects you're managing to support your mission.
Engineering
- Locate alternate sources of supply
- Increase efficiency of design, component, test, and quality assurance processes
- Improve product development cycle time
- Avoid part duplication
- Meet engineering design requirements
- Search by technical characteristics of parts
- Augment internal part references and legacy data
- Ensure cleansed and standardized information
- Enhance DMSMS capabilities
- Quickly locate past vendors
- Manage risk of part and material obsolescence
Acquisition/Purchasing
- Identify sources for parts - including supplier contact information and pricing
- Maximize negotiating power
- Locate alternate sources of supply
- Pinpoint products purchased by specific government agencies
- View consolidated award history data
Supply/Maintenance/Repair
- Streamline internal processes
- Strengthen MRO responses
- Quickly identify and retrieve existing parts information
- Reduce high costs associated with part duplication
- Support FMS and maintain older equipment
- Access obsolete part numbers and NSNs
Marketing/Sales
- Uncover new business prospects to expand your business
- View information on more than 135,000 companies currently selling to the U.S. Government
- Research the specifics of DoD bid opportunities and other RFQs
- Monitor competitors' activities
- Track pricing trends
Cataloguing/Codification
- Verify part and supplier information
- Improve data cleansing and augmentation
- Flexible search capabilities
Frost: N. American Biofuels Market Faces Challenges
Jun 26, 2008
Biofuels enjoy many inherent advantages such as regulatory, infrastructural, environmental, geopolitical and agricultural support, according to Frost & Sullivan.
DOE Seeks to Invest up to $90M in Advanced Geothermal Energy Technology, Research
Jun 26, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for up to $90 million over four years to advance the R&D and demonstration of next-generation geothermal energy technology which will harness the earth's interior heat extracted from hot water or rocks.
EPSA: FERC Briefing Confirms Importance of Both Existing, New Generation to Reliability
Jun 26, 2008
The following statement was released by Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA) President and CEO John E. Shelk after a briefing from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on the rapidly rising costs associated with existing and new power generation infrastructure:
Trilliant Uses Freescale Tech Based on IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol to Deploy Wireless Smart Grid in N. America
Jun 24, 2008
Trilliant Inc. delivered a two-way fixed wireless smart grid deployment in North America based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) 802.15.4 compliant media access control/physical layer (MAC/PHY) from Freescale Semiconductor.
FAQ on EU Response to High Oil Prices
Jun 23, 2008
This document contains responses from the European Union (EU) to frequently asked questions about rising oil prices.
Farm Bill Addresses Commercialization of Advanced Biofuels
Jun 23, 2008
The U.S. Congress passed a farm bill that is designed to accelerate the commercialization of advanced biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol, encourage the production of biomass crops and expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program.
DOE: Gas Prices, Oil Consumption Would Increase Without Biofuels
Jun 23, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a letter outlining perspectives on rising gas prices, biofuels, diesel fuel and food prices.
More...
