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Manufacturing Organization Type

Indicates the type of organization responsible for manufacturing the product or service associated with the IDV. The value appears to be coded or abbreviated, so it represents a classification rather than a narrative description.

Family: IDV
Category: Product Or Service Information
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType
Title
Manufacturing Organization Type
FPDS Path
IDV/productOrServiceInformation/manufacturingOrganizationType
Description
Indicates the type of organization responsible for manufacturing the product or service associated with the IDV. The value appears to be coded or abbreviated, so it represents a classification rather than a narrative description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment award activity by the manufacturing organization profile behind the contracted item or service. It supports supplier analysis, market characterization, and comparisons across IDVs where the production source may affect sourcing strategy, domestic preference review, or industrial base assessment.
Example Value
A
Observed Non-Null Count
3,486,330

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType
FPDS XML Path
IDV/productOrServiceInformation/manufacturingOrganizationType
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/productOrServiceInformation/manufacturingOrganizationType' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • segment IDVs by manufacturing organization type
  • filter awards for supplier or industrial base analysis
  • group records for reusable procurement reporting

Common Mistakes

  • treating the code as a free-text description
  • interpreting the value without checking the valid code set or paired description

Query Guidance

Filter on the coded value directly when the code set is known, and join or derive the human-readable label if available. For reporting, aggregate by this field only after standardizing nulls, blanks, and any source-specific code variants.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType AS manufacturing_organization_type
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__productOrServiceInformation__manufacturingOrganizationType IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.