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Is Manufacturer of Goods

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a manufacturer of goods in the IDV vendor line-of-business details. It is a site-level attribute tied to the vendor record, not a contract action outcome.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods
Title
Is Manufacturer of Goods
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a manufacturer of goods in the IDV vendor line-of-business details. It is a site-level attribute tied to the vendor record, not a contract action outcome.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish manufacturers from distributors, resellers, and other supplier types when assessing supply chain roles, industrial base composition, and set-aside or domestic sourcing patterns. It is useful for segmentation in vendor profiling and compliance-oriented reviews.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isManufacturerOfGoods' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Segment vendors by manufacturer versus non-manufacturer status
  • Support supply chain and industrial base analysis
  • Filter vendor populations for compliance or sourcing studies

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the flag as a contract-level performance or product attribute
  • Assuming all zeros mean non-manufacturers without checking code meanings in the dataset

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate manufacturer records after confirming the encoded value set in your data extract. If the load includes mixed coding conventions, normalize the flag first and join to related vendor descriptors only when needed for validation or reporting.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods AS is_manufacturer_of_goods
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isManufacturerOfGoods IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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